The Liberal Virus
Subtitle: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: May 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781583671085
Subjects: United States; Politics / Current Events; Military policy; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Liberalism; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Imperialism
First sentence: THE GENERAL IDEAS which govern the dominant liberal vision of the world are simple and may be summarized in the following terms: Social effectiveness is equated by liberals with economic efficiency which, in turn, is confounded with the financial profitability of capital.