The Revenge of History: Crisis, War and Revolution in the Twenty First Century

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From 9/11 to the Arab uprisings and beyond--encompassing the economic crisis, war on terror, rise of China and tide of change in Latin America-- The Revenge of History turns the orthodoxies of the past generation on their head.

In this coruscating account of the first decade of the twenty-first century, Seumas Milne presents a powerful indictment of a US global and corporate empire in--and its British and European camp followers. Milne traces the breakdown of a failed 'free market' system, exposes the power and resource grab driving western military interventions, explains the dynamo behind a roaring Chinese economy and highlights the social alternatives being developed in Latin America. Brilliant, bold and always incisive, The Revenge of History is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand what has gone wrong--and grasp the possibilities of an emerging future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. ix)
• Chapter 1 Last Days of the New World Order: The rise of liberal interventionism (1999ù2002) (p. 1)
• Chapter 2 A Dragons' Teeth Harvest: Wars on terror and tyranny (2001ù02) (p. 23)
• Chapter 3 Onslaught of Empire: Aggression, occupation and delusion (2002ù08) (p. 49)
• Chapter 4 In Thrall to Corporate Power: The high tide of neoliberal politics (1993ù2008) (p. 77)
• Chapter 5 Resistance and Reaction: The refusal to be subjugated (2004ù08) (p. 107)
• Chapter 6 Capital Meltdown: The crisis of the neoliberal order (2007ù09) (p. 143)
• Chapter 7 End of the Unipolar World: The limits of imperial power (2008ù10) (p. 171)
• Chapter 8 A Tide of Social Change: Latin America, China and twenty-first-century socialism (2003ù12) (p. 197)
• Chapter 9 Lords of Misrule: Elites unmasked and discredited (2009ù12) (p. 221)
• Chapter 10 Uprising and Hijacking: Arab revolt and the crisis backlash (2011ù12) (p. 249)
• Notes (p. 279)
• Index (p. 289)