War Is Still a Racket: Private Military Contracting, US Imperialism, and the Iraq War

IF 0.5 4区 社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY AMERICAN QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1353/aq.2022.0033
Zaynab Quadri
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Abstract:As the Trump era revitalized questions of racial capitalism and the place of the US in the world in spectacular fashion, this essay centers the Iraq War as a key site of twenty-first century US imperialism. Specifically, it considers the large-scale privatization of the US war apparatus, and the ways in which the proliferation of corporate actors after 9/11 both enabled and transformed the imperial power of the state through military contracting. Not only did defense contractors underwrite traditional military operations, they worked to shift power from civil federal institutions to corporations. This allowed contractors to dilute the US government's onus of responsibility and operate with impunity by evading the barest forms of democratic accountability. The enduring legacies of these processes into the present highlight the critical role of corporate power in the structure and maintenance of contemporary US empire.
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战争仍然是一场骗局:私人军事合同、美国帝国主义和伊拉克战争
摘要:随着特朗普时代种族资本主义和美国在世界上的地位问题以惊人的方式重新焕发活力,本文将伊拉克战争作为21世纪美帝国主义的关键场所。具体来说,它考虑了美国战争机构的大规模私有化,以及9/11事件后企业参与者的激增如何通过军事合同实现和改变了国家的帝国权力。国防承包商不仅承担传统的军事行动,他们还努力将权力从民事联邦机构转移到公司。这使得承包商能够淡化美国政府的责任,并通过逃避最基本的民主问责而不受惩罚。这些过程的持久遗产延续至今,突显出企业权力在当代美国帝国的结构和维持中所起的关键作用。
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期刊介绍: American Quarterly represents innovative interdisciplinary scholarship that engages with key issues in American Studies. The journal publishes essays that examine American societies and cultures, past and present, in global and local contexts. This includes work that contributes to our understanding of the United States in its diversity, its relations with its hemispheric neighbors, and its impact on world politics and culture. Through the publication of reviews of books, exhibitions, and diverse media, the journal seeks to make available the broad range of emergent approaches to American Studies.
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