Intervention narratives : Afghanistan, the United States, and the Global War on Terror /

Intervention Narratives examines the contradictory cultural representations of the US intervention in Afghanistan that help to justify an imperial foreign policy. These narratives involve projecting Afghans as brave anti-communist warriors who suffered the consequences of American disengagement with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bose, Purnima, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Series:	War culture.
Subjects:	Afghan War, 2001- United States > Relations > Afghanistan. Afghanistan > Relations > United States. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. Imperialism. Intervention (International law) Afghan War, 2001- > Literature and the war. Afghan War, 2001- > Mass media and the war. Afghan War (2001- ) War on Terrorism (2001-2009) International relations. Mass media and war. War and literature. Afghanistan. United States. 2001-2009

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Intervention narratives and geopolitical fetishism
The premature withdrawal narrative
Hegemonic masculinities and the liberal humanist subject
The capitalist rescue narrative
Afghan women and micro-entrepreneurship
The canine rescue narrative and post humanist humanitarianism
The retributive justice narrative
Osama bin Laden as simulacra
Post-script : three presidents, one policy.