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Documentary: “Taxi to the Dark Side”

more about "Taxi to the Dark Side", posted with vodpod TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (2007) is a documentary by Alex Gibney, that won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (see the film website). It begins by uncovering … Continue reading

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Matthew Connelly: The New Imperialists

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.”–Joseph Conrad (quoted in Connelly, … Continue reading

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What is “New” About the “New Imperialism”?

“Humanitarian Intervention” Without needing to argue that this is pure novelty, as opposed to the most recent strategy, we find the following in Henry Heller’s The Cold War and the New Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005 (Monthly Review Press, 2006): … Continue reading

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The New Imperialism: Histories, Theories

The following are very condensed, interpretive summaries of the assigned readings for Week #3. Henry Heller: The Cold War and the New Imperialism Regarding Henry Heller’s The Cold War and the New Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005 (Monthly Review Press, 2006), and … Continue reading

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