Globalization and empire : the U.S. invasion of Iraq, free markets, and the twilight of democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hartnett, Stephen J.
Other Authors:	Stengrim, Laura Ann
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2006]
Series:	Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Subjects:	Iraq War, 2003-2011. Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century. Globalization > Political aspects > United States.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations and acronyms
Introduction: globalization, empire, and the productions of violence
"The whole operation of deception": reconstructing President Bush's rhetoric of weapons of mass destruction
War rhetorics: the national security strategy of the United States and President Bush's globalization-through-benevolent-empire
"It is accelerating": the rhetorics of globalization and the dilemmas of U.S. power
Privatizing the empire: globalizing crony capitalism and the rhetoric of "Renewal in Iraq"
Conclusion: rhetorical integrity and the twilight of democracy
Appendix: sources of information for scholars and empowerment for activists
Notes
Index.