Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy
Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy
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Benjamin R. Barber lambasts the Bush administration's attempt to fight fear with fear in the age of terrorism, advocating instead an America that promotes co-operation, multilateralism, international law and pooled sovereignty.
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Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy by Benjamin R Barber
The author of Jihad vs. McWorld analyzes how American foreign policy has gone wrongand how it could go right. In this hard-hitting book, Benjamin R. Barberone of the world's most inspiring voices on behalf of democratic citizenshipmarshals American political and diplomatic history to lambast the Bush administration's attempt to fight fear (of terrorism) with fear (of "preventive" war). Barber examines the controversial issues that underlie both the Cold War theory of containment and deterrence and the dilemmas faced by America today. He argues forcefully against unilateralism, nuclear deterrence, and reliance on military solutions. And he inveighs against the tendency of recent administrations to confuse the spread of McWorld that seductive blend of free-market ideology and American brandswith the spread of democracy. 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.
Benjamin R. Barber (1939-2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780393058369 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393058360 |
| Title | Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy |
| Author | Benjamin R Barber |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2003-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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