Naked Imperialism: America's Pursuit of Global Hegemony

by John Bellamy Foster

Overview

During the Cold War years, mainstream commentators were quick to dismiss the idea that the United States was an imperialist power. Even when U.S. interventions led to the overthrow of popular governments, as in Iran, Guatemala, or the Congo, or wholesale war, as in Vietnam, this fiction remained intact. During the 1990s and especially since September 11, 2001, however, it has crumbled. Today, the need for American empire is openly proclaimed and defended by mainstream analysts and commentators.

John Bellamy Foster’s Naked Imperialism examines this important transformation in U.S. global policy and ideology, showing the political and economic roots of the new militarism and its consequences both in the global and local context. Foster shows how U.S.-led global capitalism is preparing the way for a new age of barbarism and demonstrates the necessity for resistance and solidarity on a global scale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583671320
Publisher:	Monthly Review Press
Publication date:	05/01/2006
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review . He is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of The Ecological Revolution , The Great Financial Crisis (with Fred Magdoff), Critique of Intelligent Design (with Brett Clark and Richard York), Ecology Against Capitalism , Marx’s Ecology , and The Vulnerable Planet .