Behind the invasion of Iraq

著者

    • Research Unit for Political Economy (Bombay, India)

書誌事項

Behind the invasion of Iraq

Research Unit for Political Economy

Monthly Review Press, c2003

  • pbk.

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注記

Originally published as special issue of the journal: Aspects of India's Economy

Includes bibliographical references and index

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収録内容

  • Western imperialism and Iraq
  • From colony to semi-colony
  • Towards nationalization
  • The Iran-Iraq War
  • The torment of Iraq
  • Return of imperialist occupation
  • The real reasons for the invasion of Iraq and beyond
  • The current strategic agenda of the United States
  • Home front in Shambles
  • Military solution to an economic crisis
  • Rehabilitating colonialism

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内容説明

Since September 11, 2001, there have been many accounts of the ways in which the alignment of global power is changing or will be changed by the U.S. "war on terrorism." Most of them take as their starting point the options facing the wealthy and powerful nations of the world seeking to control an ever larger share of the world's resources. Behind the Invasion of Iraq is written from a different perspective, and one that makes possible a far more comprehensive point of view. Its authors, the Research Unit for Political Economy, based in Mumbai, India, are rooted in the politics of a Third World country which has long been on the receiving end of imperialist power. As a consequence, they have a more sober view of the workings of global power. In clear and accessible prose, weighing the evidence carefully and tracing events to their root causes, they move beyond moral outrage to a clear view of the process being set in motion by the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. They show that the invasion of Iraq is a desperate gamble by a section of American capital to secure their hold on power that is driven by the wish to stave off economic crisis through military means. Their efforts will not end with Iraq, but will require the recolonization of the Middle East. Behind the Invasion of Iraq exposes the idea that war will bring democracy to the middle East as so much propaganda. In a context where so many rulers are themselves clients of the United States, the war is aimed not at the rulers but at the masses of ordinary people whose hostility to imperialism has not been broken even by corrupt and autocratic rulers. This book describes the remaking of global power with a truly global awareness of what is at stake.

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