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Its authors, the Research Unit for Political Economy, based in Mumbai, India, are rooted in the politics of a Third World country which has long been on the receiving end of imperialist power. As a consequence, they have a more sober view of the workings of global power. In clear and accessible prose, weighing the evidence carefully and tracing events to their root causes, they move beyond moral outrage to a clear view of the process being set in motion by the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. They show that the invasion of Iraq is a desperate gamble by a section of American capital to secure their hold on power that is driven by the wish to stave off economic crisis through military means. Their efforts will not end with Iraq, but will require the recolonization of the Middle East.
Behind the Invasion of Iraq exposes the idea that war will bring democracy to the middle East as so much propaganda. In a context where so many rulers are themselves clients of the United States, the war is aimed not at the rulers but at the masses of ordinary people whose hostility to imperialism has not been broken even by corrupt and autocratic rulers. This book describes the remaking of global power with a truly global awareness of what is at stake.
"Behind the Invasion of Iraq . . .synthesizes the seemingly disparate threads of the U.S. war drive in a blistering indictment of American foreign policy . . .The effect is of puzzle pieces clicking into place."---Counterpunch,
| Preface | 7 | |
| 1 | Introduction | 13 |
| 2 | Western Imperialism and Iraq | 19 |
| From Colony to Semi-Colony | 19 | |
| Towards Nationalization | 25 | |
| The Iran-Iraq War | 30 | |
| The Torment of Iraq | 34 | |
| Return of Imperialist Occupation | 47 | |
| 3 | The Real Reasons for the Invasion of Iraq - and Beyond | 55 |
| The Current Strategic Agenda of the United States | 55 | |
| Home Front in Shambles | 78 | |
| Military Solution to an Economic Crisis | 95 | |
| 4 | Rehabilitating Colonialism | 109 |
| Notes | 131 | |
| Index | 140 |
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