Publication

2010 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

99,250 words, Guess

Page Count

397 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveisbn_9780226429946
  • ISBN-100226429938
  • ISBN-100226429946
  • ISBN-139780226429939
  • ISBN-139780226429946
and 6 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009029074
  • OCLC Control Number428895697
  • Better World Books9780226429939
  • Better World Books9780226429946
  • Better World BooksP8-CMT-343
  • Open LibraryOL23643216M

Classifications

  • DDC306.2/70973
  • LCCGN560.U6 A58 2010
  • LCCGN560.U6A58 2010

Description

"Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U.S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting intense ethical and scholarly debate. Inspired by these issues, the essays in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and they articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations." "This book investigates the shifting boundaries between military and civil state violence; perceptions and effects of American power around the globe; the history of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice; and debate over culture, knowledge, and conscience in counterinsurgency. These wide-ranging essays shed new light on the fraught world of Pax Americana and on the ethical and political dilemmas faced by anthropologists and military personnel alike when attempting to understand and intervene in our world."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Anthropology and global counterinsurgencyThe University of Chicago Press2010-01-01

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