RT Book
T1 Monsters to destroy: understanding the war on terror
A1 Bapat, Navin A.
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1664820779
AB Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S. continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy from their "terrorist" internal and external enemies. However, since the U.S. was willing to protect these states in perpetuity, the leaders of these regimes had no incentive to disarm their terrorists. This inaction allowed terrorists to transition into more powerful and virulent insurgencies, leading the protected states to chart their own courses and ultimately break with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Bapat provides a sweeping look at show how the loss of influence over these states has accelerated the decline of U.S. economic and military power, locking it into a permanent war for its own economic security.
NO Literaturverzeichnis Seite 199-210, Register
CN HV6432
SN 9780190061456
SN 9780190061463
K1 Terrorism : Economic aspects : United States
K1 Terrorism : Political aspects : United States
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 : Economic aspects
K1 Terrorism ; Political aspects
K1 Terrorismus
K1 Terrorism
K1 United States
K1 United States : Foreign relations : 21st century
K1 USA : Internationaler Terrorismus : Bekämpfung : Wirtschaftskrieg : Geopolitik : Geschichte