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Incoherent Empire

Incoherent Empire

by Michael Mann (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

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Synopsis

This rigorous critique of the new American imperialism analyses the action in Afghanistan, the war against terrorism and the warnings to rogue states . It argues that current American foreign policy exaggerates American power and fails to understand that the US possesses much less power than the major empires of history. It suggests that this new imperialism will simply produce wars without end. This dissection of the military, economic, political and cultural resources of the US insists that they can only generate an incoherent empire.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 284
 Edition: First Printing Water Damage
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 26 Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 1859845827
ISBN 13: 9781859845820

Media Reviews
Amongst contemporary analysts of the new imperialism, Mann is remarkable for his unyielding realism. As he explains in this brilliant but disturbing book, the Stars and Stripes on the Euphrates heralds less a new international order than the dangerously unpredictable reign of the gods of chaos. --Mike Davis Michael Mann applies the framework he developed in his classic work The Sources of Social Power to the American empire. He finds that its economic and ideological foundations are flimsy and that its only real strength is an ability to bully weak Third World countries. The United States wields 'power but not authority' and has succumbed to 'ruthless arrogance leading to overconfidence and hubris.' This is an important, provocative diagnosis by an experienced social analyst. --Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Author Bio
Michael Mann is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His major works include the prizewinning series The Sources of Social Power, Volume I: A History of Power from the Beginning to 1760 AD, and Volume II: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914.