Endless Holocausts by David Michael Smith

Endless Holocausts by David Michael Smith

An argument against the myth of American exceptionalism

Endless Holocausts: Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire helps us to come to terms with what we have long suspected: the rise of the U.S. Empire has relied upon an almost unimaginable loss of life, from its inception during the European colonial period, to the present. And yet, in the face of a series of endless holocausts at home and abroad, the doctrine of American exceptionalism has plagued the globe for over a century.

However much the ruling class insists on U.S. superiority, we find ourselves in the midst of a sea change. Perpetual wars, deteriorating economic conditions, the resurgence of white supremacy, and the rise of the Far Right have led millions of people to abandon their illusions about this country. Never before have so many people rejected or questioned traditional platitudes about the United States.

In Endless Holocausts author David Michael Smith demolishes the myth of exceptionalism by demonstrating that manifold forms of mass death, far from being unfortunate exceptions to an otherwise benign historical record, have been indispensable in the rise of the wealthiest and most powerful imperium in the history of the world. At the same time, Smith points to an extraordinary history of resistance by Indigenous peoples, people of African descent, people in other nations brutalized by U.S. imperialism, workers, and democratic-minded people around the world determined to fight for common dignity and the sake of the greater good.

Smith, David Michael: - David Michael Smith holds a doctorate in Greek prehistory from the University of Liverpool. He has taught widely on Aegean and Greek archaeology and material culture, and has extensive excavation experience on mainland Greece and the Cycladic archipelago on sites ranging in date from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. He is a member of the British School at Athens and a regular contributor to Archaeological Reports.

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ISBN 13	9781583679890
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Titel	Endless Holocausts
Autor	David Michael Smith
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2023-01-01
Seitenanzahl	504
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