Fall of the US Empire: Global Fault-Lines and the Shifting Imperial Order by Vassilis K. Fouskas, Bülent Gökay

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215mm x 135mm x 15mm

Pages: 216

Whither the US empire? Despite Washingtons military supremacy, its economic foundations have been weakening since the Vietnam war GÇô accelerated by the great recession and credit-rating downgrade GÇô and its global authority dented by the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In this accessible, punchy text, Vassilis K. Fouskas and B++lent G+¦kay intervene in the debates that surround the USs status as an Empire. They survey the arguments amongst Marxist and critical scholars, from Immanuel Wallerstein and others who argue that the US is in decline, to those who maintain that it remains a robust superpower. By explaining how Americas neo-imperial system of governance has been working since WWII, Fouskas and G+¦kay link the USs domestic and foreign vulnerabilities.

The Fall of the US Empire argues that the time has come to understand the US empire not by its power but by its systemic vulnerabilities of financialisation, resource depletion and environmental degradation. Its informed and accessible style will have wide appeal to students looking for an introduction to these issues.