Study Guide: War & Terrorism

Readings:

A Marxist Critique of American Imperialism

Glossary:
Look these words up in the Glossary of Social Science; study them and be ready for fill-ins on the next exam:

SDI (Star Wars)	power	social disorganization
military rule	Conflict	authoritarian personality
arms race	arms trade	ideology
revolution	deterrence theory	sociobiology
insurrection	balance of power	terrorism
industrialization of war	collective violence	genocide
commodity riots	social movements	civil rights
civil disorders	communal riots

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Essays:

On your next exam you will be asked to demonstrate that you have read and mastered the course material.  You should take the time now to answer the following essay questions to create your study guide for that exam. Address the questions fully and completely in your own words and voice. Prepare your answers now. 

1. According to your professor, what kinds of men and women is our society creating? What personal styles of life does it inculcate and reinforce?

2. Compare and contrast the technological and ecological world-view.

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Short Answers:

The following short answer questions are from your readings and may well appear on your next exam. Each can be answered with a short paragraph of three or four sentences; please use your own words and voice. You are encouraged to answer these questions now to create your study guide for that exam.

1. Describe hyper-industrialism.

2. Why is continued intensification likely in the foreseeable future?

3. What are the challenges that technology must overcome in future?

4. What are the possible limits on technological development?

5. What are the possible limits of primary group decline?

6. What are the possible limits on the enlargement and centralization of bureaucracy?

7. "We are both creatures and creators of sociocultural systems." Explain.

8. According to Foster, what has guided American foreign policy since World War II?

9. According to Foster, how has the fall of the Soviet Union affected American foreign policy?

10. According to Foster, what is the root cause of the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

11. According to Foster, what role do the media play in American imperialism?

12. Why did Foster predict in 2002 that the U.S. would invade Iraq?

13. What are the difficulties in sustaining American imperialism?

14. What is economic imperialism?

15. Compare Foster's view of globalization with the more traditional view.

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Demonstrations, Illustrations, & Examples:

President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell & Warning:

 

General Jones on Afghanistan & Nuclear Proliferation:

 

The End:

 

 

 

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Names to Know:

Karl Marx

John Bellamy Foster

Immanuel Wallerstein

Practice Quiz

Bibliography:

Brown, Lester R. et al., eds. 1998 State of the World 1997.  New York:  W.W. Norton. 

Foster, J. B. (2002). Ecology Against Capitalism. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Braverman, Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the

Twentieth Century (pp. ix-xxiv). New York: Monthly Review Press.

Foster, J. B. (2000). Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Foster, J. B. (2006). Naked Imperialism: The U.S. Pursuit of Global Dominance. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Foster, J. B. (1999). The Vulnerable Planet. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Heilbroner, Robert L. 1991. An Inquiry into the Human Prospect: Looked at Again for the 1990s. New York: W.W. Norton. 

Lappe, Frances M. and Joseph Collins.  1986.  World Hunger: Twelve Myths.  New York: Grove Press. 

Robbins, Carla A.  "The Nuclear Epidemic," U.S. News & World Repot, March 16, 1992, 40-44. 

Sivard, Ruth L. 1991.  World Military and Social Expenditures 1991. Washington, D.C.: World Priorities. 

Wallerstein, I. (2003). The Decline of American Power. New York: The New Press.

Wallerstein, I. (1999). The End of the World as We Know It. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Wallerstein, I. (2000). The Essential Wallerstein. New York: The new Press.

Wallerstein, I. (1980). The Modern World-System II: Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600-1750. New York: Academic Press.