The Violent American Century by John W. Dower
This study traces how the United States relied on organized and often extralegal violence from World War II through the Cold War and into the War on Terror, examining wars, occupations, covert operations, nuclear deterrence, torture, and drone campaigns as interconnected practices that reshaped both foreign policy and domestic institutions; it situates interventions in Korea, Vietnam, Latin America, the Middle East, and post-9/11 conflicts within broader ideologies of anti-communism and American exceptionalism, highlights racial and moral dimensions of state violence, and argues for a critical reappraisal of how violence became central to U.S. power and identity.
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