According to the authors, USA's decision to pursue Cold and Hot wars with its systematic adversaries rather than to compete with its economic competitors reinforced the political-economic power configuration built around the Cold War. The main thrust of their argument is that U.S. policy-makers,...

This book explores the changing face of US imperialism in the context of a system that is in crisis. At issue are the devastating effects of the turn of many multinational corporations towards 'extractivism'-a pillage of society's natural resources.