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It argues that critical awareness of ingrained opinions functions as self-education and self-defense, especially when confronting the nature of empire. The book outlines themes including military and economic mechanisms of control, motives for global domination, and how financial interests shape poorer nations, alongside case-based discussion of globalization, markets, and U.S. foreign policy.","THE FACE OF IMPERIALISM  \nPage Intentionally Left Blank  \nTHE FACE OF IMPERIALISM  \nMICHAEL PARENTI  \nFirst published 2011 by Paradigm Publishers  \nPublished 2016 by Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN  \n711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2011, Taylor & Francis.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nNotice:  \nProduct or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nParenti, Michael, 1933–  \nThe face of imperialism / Michael Parenti.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-59451-917-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-59451-918-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)  \n1. Imperialism. 2. United States—Foreign relations—1989– I. Title. JC359.P34 2011  \n325'.320973—dc22  \n2010047856  \nDesigned and Typeset by Straight Creek Bookmakers.  \nISBN 13: 978-1-59451-918-5 (pbk)  \nISBN 13: 978-1-59451-917-8 (hbk)  \nBut who can live for long In an euphoric dream; Out of the mirror they stare, Imperialism’s face  \nAnd the international wrong.  \n—W. H. Auden  \nPage Intentionally Left Blank  \nContents  \nChapter 1 Thinking About Empire 1  \nChapter 2 The Omnipresent Arsenal 13  \nChapter 3 Why Rulers Seek Global Dominion 23  \nChapter 4 Deliberate Design 35  \nChapter 5 How Moneyed Interests Create Poor Nations 49  \nChapter 6 Globalization for the Few 59  \nChapter 7 Free Market Servitude 73  \nChapter 8 Target Cuba 87  \nChapter 9 Satellites or Enemies 101  \nChapter 10 Rogue Imperium 119  \nNotes 135  \nIndex 153  \nAbout the Author 160  \nPage Intentionally Left Blank  \n1  \nThinking About Empire  \nIn thIs age of empIre, how do we arrive at the truth? 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