Capitalism makes possible a new form of domination by purely economic means, argues Ellen Meiksins Wood. So, surely, even the most seasoned White House hawk would prefer to exercise global hegemony in this way, without costly colonial entanglements. Yet, as Wood powerfully demonstrates, the economic empire of capital has also created a new unlimited militarism.
By contrasting the new imperialism to historical forms such as the Roman and Spanish empire, and by tracing the development of capitalist imperialism back to the English domination of Ireland and on the British Empire in America and India, Wood shows how today’s capitalist empire, a global economy administered by local states, has come tom spawn a new military doctrine of war without end, in purpose or time.
- ISBN10 1844675181
- ISBN13 9781844675180
- Publish Date 17 January 2005 (first published 17 June 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Verso
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 200
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781844675180