Europeans view the Roman Empire as the imperial power that brought “civilization” to the territory that bordered the Mediterranean Sea.2 The empire was formed by a series of wars that extended the boundaries of the empire and made millions subject to Roman rule. [...] The basis of the empire was the unification of the Mongol-Turkic tribes of Central Asia. [...] By 1546 the silver and gold mines of the Americas were sending unimagined wealth back to Spain.4 The Spanish settlements soon spread from Mexico to Chile, across the islands of the West Indies and the mainland bordering the Caribbean. [...] This is an estimate of the impact of the European conquest of the Americas by Charles C. Mann, the author of 1491: New Revelations of the America Before Columbus. [...] The monarchy was overthrown, feudal privileges of the aristocracy and the Catholic clergy were abolished, and the guillotine was kept busy in a “reign of terror” eliminating members of the ancien regime.
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Table of Contents
- PART I War and Empire PART II The End of Empire PART III A Multilateral Future 4
- AUTHORS NOTE 6
- INTRODUCTION 10
- Part I War and Empire 14
- INTRODUCTION 16
- CHAPTER 1 EMPIRES OF THE PAST 18
- The Spanish Empire 23
- The French Empire 25
- The British Empire 27
- The Age of Imperialism 29
- The Age of Imperialism is said to stretch from 1850 to the beginning of the First World War in 1914. During this period Britain was the dominant Imperial power with France a major competitor and 29
- German Dreams of Empire 33
- The First World War 36
- Aftermath of War 42
- Designs for World Domination 44
- The Second World War 46
- Imperialism and War 49
- CHAPTER 2 ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A MULTILATERAL WORLD 51
- The Congress System 51
- The League of Nations 53
- Roosevelts New International Order 55
- The Truman Doctrine 59
- CHAPTER 3 THE AMERICAN EMPIRE 65
- The Roots of the American Empire 65
- The American Military 67
- American Military Strategy 69
- Adapting the Military Strategy 71
- The Military-Industrial Complex 74
- The Economic Empire 76
- The Political Empire 81
- The Media 84
- Political Economic and Military Elements of Empire 88
- CHAPTER 4 THE EMPIRE IN ACTION 89
- Containment 89
- Korea Cuba and Vietnam 90
- Secret Wars of the CIA 95
- In South America the so called backyard of the United States the 99
- The Americans supported right wing dictatorships in Argentina 99
- American Surrogate Wars 101
- Wars of the Sole Superpower 106
- 100 113
- Their complete failure to do that led to a crisis of leadership of the United States. 114
- Superpower and International Agreements 114
- 102 115
- 104 117
- Part II The End of Empire 118
- INTRODUCTION 120
- CHAPTER 5 MODERNITY AND DEMOCRACY 122
- Authoritarian Rule 122
- 110 123
- 112 125
- Modernity and Government 125
- 114 127
- 116 129
- 118 131
- The Rise of Democracies 131
- 120 133
- 122 135
- Empire and Democracy 135
- Democracy and War 136
- 124 137
- Modernity and War 137
- CHAPTER 6 THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY 138
- Forming the Neo-Liberal Ideology 138
- 126 139
- 128 141
- 130 143
- From Neo-Liberal to Neo-Conservative 144
- 132 145
- The United States and the World 146
- 134 147
- 136 149
- 138 151
- Union India and other countries are likely to join the efforts to exploit this underdeveloped continent. 151
- The American Debt Crisis 151
- 140 153
- The United States and Free Trade 153
- 142 155
- Global Impact of Free Trade 156
- 144 157
- 146 159
- The Crisis of 2008-09 159
- 148 161
- The Consequences of Neo-Con Policies 161
- Since Ronald Reagan was President most Americans and their political and economic leaders have been guided by the myth of invincibility and the myth of unending wealth. Americans have been 161
- 150 163
- 152 165
- The End of Empire 166
- CHAPTER 7 TACTICS AND TECHNOLOGY 167
- Changes in the Nature of War 167
- 156 169
- 158 171
- Asymmetrical Warfare 172
- Asymmetrical warfare goes by different names such as unconventional war guerrilla warfare or insurrection. In such conflicts 172
- 160 173
- 162 175
- Terrorism 176
- 164 177
- 166 179
- Captured al-Qaeda documents reveal that Osama bin Ladens principal goal in the 911 attacks was to lure the United States into a clumsy counterattack in the 179
- War in Afghanistan 180
- 168 181
- 170 183
- 172 185
- 174 187
- 176 189
- But one thing is clear military victory by the Americans and the ISAF will never be achieved in Afghanistan. 189
- War in Iraq 189
- 178 191
- 180 193
- 182 195
- 184 197
- War and Empire 198
- 186 199
- Part III A Multilateral Future 202
- INTRODUCTION 204
- 192 205
- CHAPTER 8 THE DECLINE OF WAR 206
- Wars from 1945 to 1990 206
- 194 207
- 196 209
- Humanitarian Intervention 209
- 198 211
- Wars Today 211
- 200 213
- War and Underdevelopment 213
- 202 215
- Ethnic and Religious Wars 216
- 204 217
- The Decline of War 218
- Between 1999 and 2006 the most recent year for which we have complete data sub-Saharan Africas security 218
- 206 219
- 208 221
- 210 223
- Disarmament and Nuclear Weapons 223
- 212 225
- 1982-89 William J. Perry Secretary of Defence 1994-97 Henry Kissinger Secretary of State 1973-77 and Sam Nunn Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The opinion piece begins 225
- Is there a case for Humanitarian Military Intervention 226
- 214 227
- CHAPTER 9 WAR AND RECONCILIATION 229
- Lessons from Four Wars 230
- Case 1 The Indian Wars 230
- 218 231
- Case 2 The Indian and Pakistan Wars 231
- 220 233
- Case 3 Germany after World War Two 233
- The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 did much to create the conditions that led to the Second World War and the same political blunder 233
- 222 235
- Case 4 Chile 235
- 224 237
- Ending War 237
- Tools for Peacemakers 238
- 226 239
- A Clear Definition of a Legitimate War 240
- 228 241
- Human Rights 241
- International Criminal Court 241
- In the 1990s acts of genocide took place in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda that shocked people around the world. In response to 241
- 230 243
- Truth and Reconciliation Commissions 243
- International Sanctions 244
- 232 245
- 234 247
- United Nations Peacekeeping 247
- 236 249
- Today the largest missions are in eastern Congo Liberia Côte dIvoire Sudan Darfur and Chad all impoverished African countries or regions bordering on anarchy where well armed militias and 249
- 238 251
- Responsibility to Protect 251
- 240 253
- Making Peace 253
- Iraq 254
- 242 255
- Sri Lanka 255
- Afghanistan 255
- 244 257
- The IsraeliPalestinian Conflict 257
- 246 259
- The Rise of the United Nations 259
- CHAPTER 10 DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND PEACE 261
- Promoting Modernity 262
- 250 263
- Development Aid and Trade 263
- If we are to live in a world without war then economic development that eliminates poverty and provides hope to millions of people is absolutely essential. This is a partial list of problems. 263
- 252 265
- 254 267
- 256 269
- A New Kind of Development Program 270
- 258 271
- Priority 1 Education 271
- 260 273
- Priority 2 Health Care 273
- 262 275
- Priority 3 Infrastructure 275
- The Peace Levy 276
- 264 277
- The Peoples Assembly 278
- 266 279
- Reforming the United Nations 280
- 268 281
- 270 283
- The End of War 284
- 272 285
- REFERENCES 286
- Authors Note 286
- Intoduction 286
- Introduction to Part 1 286
- Chapter 1 286
- 274 287
- Chapter 2 288
- 276 289
- Chapter 3 289
- 278 291
- Chapter 4 291
- 280 293
- Chapter 5 293
- Chapter 6 294
- 282 295
- 284 297
- Chapter 7 297
- 286 299
- Introduction to Part III 300
- Chapter 8 300
- 288 301
- Chapter 9 302
- 290 303
- Chapter 10 304
- 292 305
