Format:
xi, 215 Seiten
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Diagramme, Karten
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24 cm
ISBN:
9780190061456
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9780190061463
Content:
Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S. continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy from their "terrorist" internal and external enemies. However, since the U.S. was willing to protect these states in perpetuity, the leaders of these regimes had no incentive to disarm their terrorists. This inaction allowed terrorists to transition into more powerful and virulent insurgencies, leading the protected states to chart their own courses and ultimately break with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Bapat provides a sweeping look at show how the loss of influence over these states has accelerated the decline of U.S. economic and military power, locking it into a permanent war for its own economic security.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 199-210, Register
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The economic origins of the "war on terror" -- Terrorism and the problem of moral hazard -- Threatening allies -- Hegemonic decline and the escalation of violence -- Conclusion : the war for exorbitant privilege
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190061470
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190061487
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190061494
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Bapat, Navin A. Monsters to destroy New York : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780190061494
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
USA
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Internationaler Terrorismus
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Bekämpfung
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Wirtschaftskrieg
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Geopolitik
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Geschichte
