Washington's New Cold War

A Socialist Perspective

Vijay Prashad, John Bellamy Foster, John Ross, Deborah Veneziale

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Year: 2022
• Topic: Economics
• eBook ISBN:
  9781685900021
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: Economics

As the American people delude themselves once more into thinking of the United States as a liberating force for peace in the world, Waging a New Cold War invites us, instead, to think for ourselves. Behind the scenes the plans to wage war have been laid—either by proxy, as in Ukraine, or directly, against the U.S.'s old twentieth-century foes. Waging a New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective makes a strong case that, as the official story is laid out by government propagandists, and as the mainstream media provides cover, the aim of this latest set of American military escapades remains the same as ever: Maintenance of U.S hegemony in the global financial system. Foregrounded with an introduction by Vijay Prashad, this cogent collaboration puts forth three essays that illustrate clearly that, while the Cold War against the Soviet Union ended, the "cold war" against the "enemies" of the United States did not. Furthermore, its authors lay out evidence that the U.S. establishment has been willing to risk nuclear winter—in other words, mutual annihilation—to hold onto economic primacy. And they show that, while Russia and China can each be criticized, justifiably, for their violations of human life and dignity, neither, on its own, threatens the eruption of a Third World War and the end of the human race as we know it. Just in time, we have in our hands an intelligent text that strengthens our struggle against the cynical machinations of the American military behemoth and its propaganda machine.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• The Authors
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• What Is Propelling the United States into Increasing International Military Aggression?
• Who Is Leading the United States to War?
• “Notes on Exterminism” for the Twenty-First Century Ecology and Peace Movements
• Notes