America'S Shadow : An Anatomy of Empire /

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A study of imperialism that stretches from ancient Rome to the post-Cold War world and focuses on the Vietnam War, this provocative work boldly revises our assumptions about the genealogy of the West.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spanos, William V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Buitenlandse politiek.
Postmodernism > Political aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Imperialism.
East and West.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
Postmodernisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Imperialisme > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Postmodernism > Political aspects > United States.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ontological Origins of Occidental Imperialism: Thinking the Meta of Metaphysics; 2. Culture and Colonization: The Imperial Imperatives of the Centered Circle; 3. Vietnam and the Pax Americana: A Genealogy of the "New World Order"; 4. "Theory" and the End of History: Rethinking Postmodernity; 5. Thinking in the Interregnum: Prolegomenon to a Spectral Politics; Notes; Index.

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