Globalization and Empire: The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Free Markets, and the Twilight of Democracy

by Stephen John Hartnett and Laura Ann Stengrim

Book Overview

A pointed diagnosis of the fate of democracy in an age of globalization and empire. This bookprobes the discrepancies separating President Bush's stated reasons for waging war on Iraq, the deeper political and economic reasons for the invasion, and the consequences of the Bush administration's policies for the future of globalization.As the reconstruction of Iraq wobbles forward, tarnished by waves of deadly bombings and mounting charges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817315012
• ISBN13: 9780817315016
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"