Wars of Neoliberalism

The Political Economy of the War on Terror

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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Initiated in response to the 9/11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan formed part of the Bush Administration’s War on Terror but they were also a strategic response to the United States' long hegemonic decline. In its chaotic withdrawal some 20 years later, the US had accelerated the disorganization and chaos in the very societies it sought to pacify and rebuild.Whereas much has been written about the military campaigns, this book focuses on the occupations of Iraq (2003–11) and Afghanistan (2001–21) as part of the processes of global political economy. Private contracts for reconstruction projects were lucrative, unregulated and unsupervised and largely led to the further degradation of infrastructure and immiseration of the occupied territories. Corruption and neoliberal accumulation thrived. Neoliberalism is shown to have been a core driver of the rationalization of America's wars of intervention, which presented an economic opportunity too good to miss.

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Utgivningsdatum2027-02-28
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781788219457

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Foreword by Rob B. J. WalkerIntroduction1. Changing Architecture of Power2. Setting the Stage: US National Security Strategy3. Project for the New American Century: Where Neoconservatism and Neoliberalism Meet4. Neoliberalism and 9/115. Neoliberal State Building in Afghanistan6. US Invasion and Neoliberal Modernization of Iraq7. Human Terrain System and Neoliberal Governance8. Outsourcing the War on Terror9. Conclusion: Military Pacification and Economic ImmiserationReferencesIndex

Wars of Neoliberalism offers a compelling and timely political economy analysis of the War on Terror, revealing how military intervention, neoliberal restructuring and the pursuit of US global hegemony became deeply intertwined. Bülent Gökay’s historically grounded and critically incisive study is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the economic interests and power relations that shaped the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and continue to influence the contemporary global order.