ISBN:
9781138926882
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (243 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Debating War : Why Arguments Opposing American Wars and Interventions Fail
DDC:
303.6/60973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
What arguments have critics of American wars and interventions put forward, and what arguments do they currently employ? Thomas Jefferson, Henry Thoreau, John Calhoun, the Anti-Imperialist League, Herbert Hoover, Charles Lindbergh, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ron Paul (among others) have criticized proposals to intervene in other countries, enter wars, acquire foreign territory, and engage in a forward defense posture. Despite cogent objections, they have also generally lost the argument. Why do they lose?This book provides answers to these questions through a survey of oppositional arguments
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Opposition to Wars and Interventions; Introduction; The Literature; Analyzing Arguments; Explanations for Why Oppositional Arguments Fail; Chapter Outline; Notes; 2. From the Early Republic to the Spanish-American War; Early Exemplars: Washington and Jefferson; Critics of the War of 1812; Critics of the Mexican-American War; The Spanish-American War and the Struggle to Subduethe Philippines; Summary Observations; Notes; 3. The Great War and World War II
Description / Table of Contents:
Critics of American Participation in the Great WarCritics of Participating in WWII; Summary Observations; Notes; 4. Arguments in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Eras; Critics of the Early Cold War; The Vietnam War; The Post-Cold War Era; Summary Observations; Notes; 5. Ron Paul: The Importance of Natural Order ; Paul's Foreign Policy Positions; Paul's Arguments; The Foundations of Paul's Views; Comparisons; Notes; 6. Noam Chomsky: Hegemony and manufactured consent; Chomsky's Policy Positions; Chomsky's Arguments; The Foundations of Chomsky's Views; Comparisons; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Chalmers Johnson: The military empireJohnson's Foreign Policy Positions; Johnson's Arguments; Johnson's Fundamental Understanding; Comparisons; Conclusion; Notes; 8. Comparisons, Analysis and Conclusions; Survey and Comparisons of Arguments; Comparisons; Comparisons of Foundations and Goals; General Groupings of Critics; The Logic and Utility of Oppositional Arguments; Problems and Reasons for Lack of Success; Possible Generalizations; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Description based upon print version of record
