Description
More than just an academic text, Empire’s Ally is an accessible and readable resource for scholars and activists alike. For the anti-war movement in Canada, it should be required reading.
Chapter
1 Introduction: Empire, Afghanistan, and Canadian Foreign Policy
Part I: Afghanistan, Empire, and the ‘War on Terror’
3 A ‘Single War’: The Political Economy of Intervention in the Middle East and Central Asia
4 The Empire of Capital and the Latest Inning of the Great Game
5 Methods of Empire: State Building, Development, and War in Afghanistan
Part II: The Political Economy of Canadian Foreign Policy
6 From the Avro Arrow to Afghanistan: The Political Economy of Canadian Militarism
7 Canada in the Third World: The Political Economy of Intervention
8 Fewer Illusions: Canadian Foreign Policy since 2001
Part III: Canada’s War in Afghanistan
9 Failed States and Canada’s 3D Policy in Afghanistan
10 Building an Expeditionary Force for Democracy Promotion
11 Incompatible Objectives: Counterinsurgency and Development in Afghanistan
12 From the Somalia Affair to Canada’s Afghan Detainee Torture Scandal: How Stories of Torture Define the Nation
Part IV: The Anti-war Movement in Canada
13 Québec Solidaire and the Anti-war Movement
14 Bringing Ottawa’s Warmakers to Heel: The Anti-war Movement in Canada