Imperialism & Revolution
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj; markings on the fep.
In an era defined by Cold War tensions and the trembling of colonial empires, Imperialism & Revolution presents a sweeping, radical critique of American foreign policy and the global mechanics of capitalist domination. David Horowitz, writing from a position of committed New Left scholarship, argues with unflinching conviction that the United States has inherited and extended the imperial ambitions of older European powers, suppressing revolutionary movements across the developing world in the name of order and profit. Drawing on a vast range of historical evidence — from Vietnam to Latin America — the work chronicles how military intervention, economic coercion, and political manipulation serve as instruments of empire, crushing the aspirations of peoples seeking liberation. Horowitz writes with the polemical fire of a committed ideologue and the analytical rigour of a trained historian, producing a text that sits at the volatile intersection of Marxist theory and geopolitical analysis. Imperialism & Revolution stands as a landmark document of late-1960s radical thought, illustrating the deep structural contradictions that, in Horowitz's view, make American-led capitalism not merely unjust, but inherently destabilising. Whether one reads it as essential political theory or as a period artefact of the counterculture's intellectual wing, one question lingers: if the empire is as durable as Horowitz insists, what force could possibly bring it down?
Author: David Horowitz
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Allen Lane
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj; markings on the fep.
In an era defined by Cold War tensions and the trembling of colonial empires, Imperialism & Revolution presents a sweeping, radical critique of American foreign policy and the global mechanics of capitalist domination. David Horowitz, writing from a position of committed New Left scholarship, argues with unflinching conviction that the United States has inherited and extended the imperial ambitions of older European powers, suppressing revolutionary movements across the developing world in the name of order and profit. Drawing on a vast range of historical evidence — from Vietnam to Latin America — the work chronicles how military intervention, economic coercion, and political manipulation serve as instruments of empire, crushing the aspirations of peoples seeking liberation. Horowitz writes with the polemical fire of a committed ideologue and the analytical rigour of a trained historian, producing a text that sits at the volatile intersection of Marxist theory and geopolitical analysis. Imperialism & Revolution stands as a landmark document of late-1960s radical thought, illustrating the deep structural contradictions that, in Horowitz's view, make American-led capitalism not merely unjust, but inherently destabilising. Whether one reads it as essential political theory or as a period artefact of the counterculture's intellectual wing, one question lingers: if the empire is as durable as Horowitz insists, what force could possibly bring it down?