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| Title | : | Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1583671471 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
Amigo Paulo said superlative book. The adoption of the humanitarian war rationale has had a particularly damaging effect on what remains of the Left in Western countries; one of the basic tenets for Leftists should have been to oppose imperial wars, and it has been disconcerting to witness the adoption of the human rights lingo to either co-cheerlead wars, accept portions of the rationale for war or simply to demonstrate unreflective muddled thinking. Jean Bricmont's book, Humanitarian Imperialism, is a clearly written guide through this moral maze, an unmasking of tendentious interpreta. Sheep's Clothing Recovering from the popular trauma of Vietnam has been agonizing for the nation's imperial managers. Running a global empire requires seizing opportunity when it arises, as well as strafing the unruly when they threaten to break ranks. But all that got a lot harder once the bloody realities of southeast Asia gave intervention a bad name. Still, there's considerable truth in the old saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way", and there's definitely a "will" in Washington-- an imperial will. But after Vietnam, the "way" took some time to crystallize. E. "Fine demolition of the big lie of 'humanitarian' interventionism" according to William Podmore. In this brilliant book, French scientist Jean Bricmont exposes the liberal lie of humanitarian imperialism, showing that imperialism is never humanitarian.Throughout the last century, the USA and its allies, principally Britain, constantly attacked progressive forces, upholding by force the unjust world order under which we live, attacking workers seeking justice and national sovereignty. The USA is the organ-grinder, Britain the monkey.The key example is the Soviet Union, which was always forced to defend itself against aggression. As Bricmont notes, d
She is the author of The Politics of Euromissiles: Europe’s Role in America’s World (Verso, 1985). Her writings have been published in New Left Review, Counterpunch, and Covert Action Quarterly.. He is the author of Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science (with Alan Sokal) and other political and scientific publications.Diana Johnstoneis a distinguished researcher and commentator on contemporary global politics. About the AuthorJean Bricmont is professor
It outlines an alternative approach to the question of human rights, based on the genuine recognition of the equal rights of people in poor and wealthy countries.Timely, topical, and rigorously argued, Jean Bricmont’s book establishes a firm basis for resistance to global war with no end in sight.. It seeks to restore the critique of imperialism to its rightful place in the defense of human rights. invasion of Iraq, the large parts of the left was often complicit in this ideology of intervention—discovering new “Hitlers” as the need arose, and denouncing antiwar arguments as appeasement on the model of Munich in 1938.J
Jean Bricmont is professor of theoretical physics at the University of Louvain, Belgium. Her writings have been published in New Left Review, Counterpunch, and Covert Action Quarterly.. She is the author of The Politics of Euromissiles: Europe’s Role in America’s World (Verso, 1985). He is the author of Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science (with Alan S
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