Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy
Cover of the book Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy by Benjamin R. Barber, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Benjamin R. Barber ISBN: 9780393070415
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: October 17, 2004
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Benjamin R. Barber
ISBN: 9780393070415
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: October 17, 2004
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"Fear's Empire lays the foundation for a principled opposition based on America's truest and best values."--Senator Gary Hart

The author of Jihad vs. McWorld analyzes how American foreign policy has gone wrongand how it could go right. In this hard-hitting but pragmatic new critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy, Benjamin R. Barber exposes in detail the folly of an agenda of preventive war, placing it in the context of two hundred years of American strategic doctrine (including the recent history of deterrence and containment). He shows how chosen "rogue states" have been made to stand in for terrorists too difficult to locate and destroy, and how the United States continues to support dictatorship in nations it regards as friends, while still believing we can impose democracy on vanquished enemies at the barrel of a gun. Barber argues for an America that promotes cooperation, multilateralism, international law, and pooled sovereignty. For as law and citizenship alone secure liberty within nations, law and citizenship alone can secure liberty among them, freeing them from fear.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Fear's Empire lays the foundation for a principled opposition based on America's truest and best values."--Senator Gary Hart

The author of Jihad vs. McWorld analyzes how American foreign policy has gone wrongand how it could go right. In this hard-hitting but pragmatic new critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy, Benjamin R. Barber exposes in detail the folly of an agenda of preventive war, placing it in the context of two hundred years of American strategic doctrine (including the recent history of deterrence and containment). He shows how chosen "rogue states" have been made to stand in for terrorists too difficult to locate and destroy, and how the United States continues to support dictatorship in nations it regards as friends, while still believing we can impose democracy on vanquished enemies at the barrel of a gun. Barber argues for an America that promotes cooperation, multilateralism, international law, and pooled sovereignty. For as law and citizenship alone secure liberty within nations, law and citizenship alone can secure liberty among them, freeing them from fear.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Firebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11 by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book The Well-Tuned Brain: The Remedy for a Manic Society by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Waistland: A (R)evolutionary View of Our Weight and Fitness Crisis by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book The Body Remembers Continuing Education Test: The Psychophysiology of Trauma & Trauma Treatment by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Unmentionables: Poems by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book The Riddler: Fantastic Puzzles from FiveThirtyEight by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Beautiful Eyes: A Father Transformed by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book In the Valley of the Kings: Stories by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book The Shia Revival (Updates) by Benjamin R. Barber
Cover of the book Practice Building 2.0 for Mental Health Professionals: Strategies for Success in the Electronic Age by Benjamin R. Barber
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy