FORCE MULTIPLIERS: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism

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Introduction
Force Multipliers: Imperial Instrumentalism in Theory and Practice
Maximilian C. Forte, pp. 1- 87

Chapter 1
Protégé of an Empire: Influence and Exchange between US and Israeli Imperialism
John Talbot, pp. 89-105

Chapter 2
The New Alliance: Gaining Ground in Africa
Mandela Coupal Dalgleish, pp. 107-123

Chapter 3
Cocaine Blues: The Cost of Democratization under Plan Colombia
Robert Majewski, pp. 125-141

Chapter 4
Bulgarian Membership in NATO and the Price of Democracy
Lea Marinova, pp. 143-156

Chapter 5
Forced Migrations: An Echo of the Structural Violence of the New Imperialism
Chloë Blaszkewycz, pp. 157-172

Chapter 6
Humanitarian Relief vs. Humanitarian Belief
Iléana Gutnick, pp. 173-185

Chapter 7
On Secrecy, Power, and the Imperial State: Perspectives from WikiLeaks and Anthropology
Maximilian C. Forte, pp. 187-221

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GOOD INTENTIONS: Norms and Practices of Imperial Humanitarianism

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Introduction: Imperial Abduction Lore and Humanitarian Seduction
Maximilian C. Forte

PART ONE: Good Intentions, NGOs, and Violence

Chapter 1
Iatrogenic Imperialism: NGOs and CROs as Agents of Questionable Care
Émile St-Pierre

Chapter 2
US Imperialism and Disaster Capitalism in Haiti
Keir Forgie

Chapter 3
Who Needs Me Most? New Imperialist Ideologies in Youth-Centred Volunteer Abroad Programs
Tristan Biehn

Chapter 4
Queers of War: Normalizing Lesbians and Gays in the US War Machine
Hilary King

PART TWO: The Political Economy of Exception

Chapter 5
The International Economic Sovereignty of the United States of America: Integrating the Exception into Our Understanding of Empire
Karine Perron

Chapter 6
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Wage Labour: The American Legislative Exchange Council and the Neoliberal Coup
Mathieu Guerin

PART THREE: Pariahs, Princes, and Playthings

Chapter 7
The Terrorist, the Tyrant and the Thug: “Anti-Anti-Imperialism” in American Media and Policy
John Manicom

Chapter 8
Glorification of the Military in Popular Culture and the Media
Laura Powell

Chapter 9
A Flickr of Militarization: Photographic Regulation, Symbolic Consecration, and the Strategic Communication of “Good Intentions”
Maximilian C. Forte

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EMERGENCY AS SECURITY: Liberal Empire at Home and Abroad

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Introduction:
Emergency as Security: The Liberal Empire at Home and Abroad
Kyle McLoughlin and Maximilian C. Forte

Chapter One
Constructing Empire
Elie Jalbert

Chapter Two
The Masculine Empire: A Gendered Analysis of Modern American Imperialism
Nicole Pas

Chapter Three
America’s Own Backyard: Hurricane Katrina and Military Intervention
Angela Noel

Chapter Four
The Prying Eye and the Iron Fist: State Surveillance and Police Militarization
Kyle McLoughlin

Chapter Five
Echoes of Eisenhower: The U.S. and the War for Profit
Julian Stasky

Chapter Six
Spectacular War: Media, Militainment, and the New Imperialism
Philip Capozzi

Chapter Seven
Defeating Disinformation: Hugo Chávez, the U.S., and Media as a Weapon
Gretchen Smith

Chapter Eight
Eco-Imperialism
H. Jordane Struck

Chapter Nine
A Discussion of Debates and Potential Limitations of Ethical Critiques of the Human Terrain System
Nathaniel Millington

Chapter Ten
Anthropology against Empire: Demilitarizing the Discipline in North America
Maximilian C. Forte

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Interventionism, Information Warfare, and the Military-Academic Complex

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Preface

Introduction:
Intervention, Information, Ideologies, and Industry: The New Imperialism and its Refractions
Maximilian C. Forte

Chapter One:
Canadian Academic Institutions, the Weapons Industry, and Militarist Ideology
Laura Beach

Chapter Two:
A War of Words: U.S.-Iran Relations in the Nuclear Debate
Sabrina M. Guerrieri

Chapter Three:
Hard Power and Iraq: Destabilization, Invasion and Occupation
Corey Seaton

Chapter Four:
Torture and the Global War on Terror
Natalie Jansezian

Chapter Five:
Humanist or Imperialist? Humanitarian Interventionism in the Post-Cold War Era
Jessica Cobran

Chapter Six:
Transparency Shift: An Overview of the Reality of WikiLeaks
MacLean Hawley

Chapter Seven:
Demons, Angels, and the Messiah: The Top Ten Myths in the War against Libya
Maximilian C. Forte

APPENDICES

A. Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People. January 17, 1961 [Delivered from the President’s Office at 8:30 p.m.]. By President Dwight D. Eisenhower

B. War is a Racket. By Major General Smedley Butler. Round Table Press, Inc., 1935

C. “The War Prayer”. By Mark Twain

D. “War Is the Health of the State”. By Randolph Bourne. From: Untimely Papers. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919

E. “The War and the Intellectuals”. By Randolph Bourne. From The Seven Arts, II (June, 1917), 133-146

F. Adolf Hitler, to the Assembly in the Reichstag on 01 October 1938, Following the German Invasion of Czechoslovakia

G. Remarks by President Barack Obama in His Address to the Nation on Libya; National Defense University, Washington, D.C., 7:31—7:58pm, EDT, 28 March 2011

H. Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s Address to Congress on the War in Libya, United States House of Representatives, 31 March 2011

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MILITARISM, HUMANISM, and OCCUPATION

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Preface

Introduction:
The “New” Imperialism of Militarization, Humanitarianism, and Occupation
Maximilian C. Forte

I. MILITARISM AND MILITARIZATION

Chapter One:
Foxtrot Tango Alpha: A Discourse on Supporting the Troops
Cameron Fenton

Chapter Two:
The Militarized Society
Corey Anhorn

Chapter Three:
The African Response to AFRICOM
Ricky Curotte

Chapter Four:
The Human Terrain System: A Question of Ethics and Integrity
Mark Shapiro

II. HUMANITARIANISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT

Chapter Five:
Kosovo, 1979-1999: The Ways and Means of American Empire
Elizabeth Vezina

Chapter Six:
The Responsibility to Protect Human Rights
Thomas Prince

Chapter Seven:
Policing the World: Modern Military Humanism and the Responsibility to Protect
Justin De Genova

Chapter Eight:
Torture and the Global War on Terror
Nageen Siddiqui

III. OCCUPATION

Chapter Nine:
Lies, Damn Lies and Afghanistan: What Do Canadians Really Know About Our Military Role?
Kate Roland

Chapter Ten:
Canada’s Changing Military Role Demonstrated Through War in Afghanistan
Rosalia Stillitano

Chapter Eleven:
The True Mission in Haiti
Katelyn Spidle

IV. SOFT POWER

Chapter Twelve:
Soft Power in the Information Age: Whose Story Wins
Zoe Dominiak

Chapter Thirteen:
Soft Power: Ends and Means
Miles Smart

Chapter Fourteen:
Soft Drink: Hard Power
Lesley Foster

APPENDICES

A. Address by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson before a Joint Session of Congress (the “Fourteen Points” Speech), 08 January 1918

B. Address by U.S. President George H. W. Bush before a Joint Session of Congress, 11 September, 1990

C. A New Generation Draws the Line, by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, 19 April, 1999

D. A Just and Necessary War, by U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton, 23 May, 1999

E. Address by U.S. President George W. Bush before a Joint Session of Congress, 20 September, 2001

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