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Author:

Hartnett, Stephen J.

Title:

Globalization and empire : the U.S. invasion of Iraq, free markets, and the twilight of democracy / Stephen John Hartnett and Laura Ann Stengrim.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 387 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Iraq War, 2003-
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--21st century.
Globalization--Political aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Stengrim, Laura Ann.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-366) and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction: globalization, empire, and the productions of violence -- "The whole operation of deception": reconstructing President Bush's rhetoric of weapons of mass destruction -- War rhetorics: the national security strategy of the United States and President Bush's globalization-through-benevolent-empire -- "It is accelerating": the rhetorics of globalization and the dilemmas of U.S. power -- Privatizing the empire: globalizing crony capitalism and the rhetoric of "Renewal in Iraq" -- Conclusion: rhetorical integrity and the twilight of democracy -- Appendix: sources of information for scholars and empowerment for activists -- Notes -- Index.

Series:

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique

ISBN:

9780817315016
0817315012

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61353089

LCCN:

2005024351

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)