Title Globalization and empire : the U.S. invasion of Iraq, free markets, and the twilight of democracy / Stephen John Hartnett and Laura Ann Stengrim.

Publication Info.	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	DS79.76 .H3756 2006	Available	---

Description	xiii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
	Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-366) and index.
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.
Subject	Iraq War, 2003-2011.
	Iraq War (2003-2011)
	Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
	Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	21st century
Subject	Globalization -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Globalization -- Political aspects.
Added Author	Stengrim, Laura Ann.
ISBN	0817315012
Standard No.	9780817315016