Deadly Contradictions

Stephen P. Reyna is an associate of the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology in Halle/Salle and Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. He is the co-editor of the journal Anthropological Theory.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Glossary







Introduction



PART I: THEORY



Chapter 1. Global Warring Theory: A Critical Structural Realist Approach

Chapter 2. Imperialism: ‘A Monster of Energy’



PART II: PLAUSIBILITY 1: NEW AMERICAN EMPIRE



Chapter 3. A Real Shape Shifter: American Empire 1783-1944

Chapter 4. ‘Present at the Creation’: Constituting the New American Empire 1945-1950



PART III: PLAUSIBILITY 2: CONTRADICTION AND REPRODUCTION



Chapter 5. Burdens of Empire: Contradictions and Reproductive Vulnerabilities



PART IV: PLAUSIBILITY 3: GLOBAL WARRING



Chapter 6. After the Sunset Came the Night: Global Warring, 1950-1974

Chapter 7. ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’: Global Warring, 1975-1989

Chapter 8. The Perfect Storm: A Tale of Two Elites

Chapter 9. World Warring 1990-2014: The Middle Eastern Theater

Chapter 10. World Warring 1990-2014: The Other Theaters

Chapter 11. Journey’s End



References

Index