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03693aam a22004218i 4500 001 ADB61542136211EB81CB539552ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201021010010 008 200207t20202020cauab g b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020006465 020 $a 0520300874 020 $a 9780520300873 035 $a (OCoLC)1142924506 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d JAS $d JQM $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a E181 $b .V65 2020 082 00 $a 355.00973 $2 23 100 1 $a Vine, David, $d 1974- $e author. 245 14 $a The United States of war : $b a global history of America's endless conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State / $c David Vine. 246 30 $a Global history of America's endless conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xxv, 426 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a California series in public anthropology 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: "If we build them, wars will come" -- Imperial succession. Conquest ; Occupied -- Expanding empire. Why are so many places named Fort? ; Invading your neighbors ; The permanent Indian frontier ; Going global -- Imperial transitions. The military opens doors ; Reopening the frontier -- Global empire. Empire of bases ; The spoils of war ; Normalizing occupation ; Islands of imperialism ; The colonial present ; Building blowback -- Hyperimperialism. Did the "cold war" end? ; Out-of-control war ; War is the mission -- Conclusion: ending "endless wars" -- Gratitude and thanks -- Appendix : US wars, combat, and other combat actions abroad. 520 $a "The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the US has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In The United States of War, David Vine traces this pattern of bloody, near-permanent conflict from Columbus's 1494 arrival in Guantanamo Bay through the 250-year expansion of a global US empire. Drawing on historical and firsthand ethnographic research in fourteen countries and territories, The United States of War demonstrates how US leaders across generations have locked the United States in a self-perpetuating system of permanent war by constructing the world's largest-ever collection of foreign military bases-a global matrix that has made offensive interventionist wars more likely. Beyond exposing the profit-making desires, political interests, racism, and toxic masculinity underlying the country's relationship to war and empire, The United States of War shows how this history of aggressive military expansion shapes our daily lives, from today's multi-trillion-dollar wars to the pervasiveness of violence and militarism in everyday US life. The book concludes by confronting the catastrophic toll of American wars-which have left millions dead, wounded, and displaced-while offering proposals for how we can end the fighting"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Military. 651 0 $a United States $x Social aspects. $x Social aspects. 651 0 $a United States $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a United States $x History. 830 0 $a California series in public anthropology. 941 $a 3 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220730010124.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201217010408.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201021010044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ADB61542136211EB81CB539552ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search