Intervention Narratives: Afghanistan, the United States, and the Global War on Terror

by Purnima Bose

Book Overview

Intervention Narratives examines the contradictory cultural representations of the US intervention in Afghanistan that help to justify an imperial foreign policy. These narratives involve projecting Afghans as brave anti-communist warriors who suffered the consequences of American disengagement with the region following the end of the Cold War, as victimized women who can be empowered through enterprise, as innocent dogs who need to be saved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978805985
• ISBN13: 9781978805989
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"