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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Editors’ Note xiii
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
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SECTION I. MILITARIZATION AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
- Introduction 27
- 1.1. The U.S. Imperial Triangle and Military Spending 29
- 1.2. Farewell Address to the Nation, January 17, 1961 36
- 1.3. The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism 38
- 1.4. Violence, Just in Time 42
- 1.5. Women, Economy, War 51
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SECTION II. MILITARY LABOR
- Introduction 57
- 2.1. Soldiering as Work 59
- 2.2. Sexing the Globe 62
- 2.3. Military Monks 67
- 2.4. Child Soldiers after War 71
- 2.5. Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire 73
- 2.6. Corporate Warriors 76
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SECTION III. GENDER AND MILITARISM
- Introduction 83
- 3.1. Gender in Transition 85
- 3.2. The Compassionate Warrior 91
- 3.3. Creating Citizens, Making Men 95
- 3.4. One of the Guys 101
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SECTION IV. THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF MILITARISM
- Introduction 109
- 4.1. Militarization and the Madness of Everyday Life 111
- 4.2. Fear as a Way of Life 118
- 4.3. Evil, the Self, and Survival 127
- 4.4. Target Audience: The Emotional Impact of U.S. Government Films on Nuclear Testing 130
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SECTION V. RHETORICS OF MILITARISM
- Introduction 141
- 5.1. The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms 143
- 5.2. The “Old West” in the Middle East 148
- 5.3. Ideology, Culture, and the Cold War 154
- 5.4. The Military Normal 157
- 5.5. Nuclear Orientalism 163
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SECTION VI. MILITARIZATION, PLACE, AND TERRITORY
- Introduction 167
- 6.1. Making War at Home 169
- 6.2. Spillover 175
- 6.3. Nuclear Landscapes 181
- 6.4. The War on Terror, Dismantling, and the Construction of Place 186
- 6.5. The Border Wall Is a Metaphor 192
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SECTION VII. MILITARIZED HUMANITARIANISM
- Introduction 197
- 7.1. Laboratory of Intervention 199
- 7.2. Armed for Humanity 203
- 7.3. The Passions of Protection 208
- 7.4. Responsibility to Protect or Right to Punish? 212
- 7.5. Utopias of Power 218
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SECTION VIII. MILITARISM AND THE MEDIA
- Introduction 223
- 8.1. Pentagon Pundits 224
- 8.2. Operation Hollywood 230
- 8.3. Discipline and Publish 234
- 8.4. The Enola Gay on Display 239
- 8.5. War Porn 243
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SECTION IX. MILITARIZING KNOWLEDGE
- Introduction 249
- 9.1. Boundary Displacement 251
- 9.2. The Career of Cold War Psychology 254
- 9.3. Scientific Colonialism 259
- 9.4. Research in Foreign Areas 265
- 9.5. Rethinking the Promise of Critical Education 270
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SECTION X. MILITARIZATION AND THE BODY
- Introduction 275
- 10.1. Nuclear War, the Gulf War, and the Disappearing Body 276
- 10.2. The Structure of War 283
- 10.3. The Enhanced Warfighter 291
- 10.4. Suffering Child 296
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SECTION XI. MILITARISM AND TECHNOLOGY
- Introduction 303
- 11.1. Giving Up the Gun 305
- 11.2. Life Underground: Building the American Bunker Society 307
- 11.3. Militarizing Space 316
- 11.4. Embodiment and Affect in a Digital Age 319
- 11.5. Land Mines and Cluster Bombs 324
- 11.6. Pledge of Non-Participation 328
- 11.7. The Scientists’ Call to Ban Autonomous Lethal Robots 329
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SECTION XII. ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARIZATION
- Introduction 333
- 12.1. War Is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity 336
- 12.2. Reflections on the Possibility of a Nonkilling Society and a Nonkilling Anthropology 339
- 12.3. U.S. Bases, Empire, and Global Response 344
- 12.4. Down Here 347
- 12.5. War, Culture, and Counterinsurgency 349
- 12.6. Hope in the Dark 350
- References 355
- Contributors 383
- Index 389
- Credits 403
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Editors’ Note xiii
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
-
SECTION I. MILITARIZATION AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
- Introduction 27
- 1.1. The U.S. Imperial Triangle and Military Spending 29
- 1.2. Farewell Address to the Nation, January 17, 1961 36
- 1.3. The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism 38
- 1.4. Violence, Just in Time 42
- 1.5. Women, Economy, War 51
-
SECTION II. MILITARY LABOR
- Introduction 57
- 2.1. Soldiering as Work 59
- 2.2. Sexing the Globe 62
- 2.3. Military Monks 67
- 2.4. Child Soldiers after War 71
- 2.5. Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire 73
- 2.6. Corporate Warriors 76
-
SECTION III. GENDER AND MILITARISM
- Introduction 83
- 3.1. Gender in Transition 85
- 3.2. The Compassionate Warrior 91
- 3.3. Creating Citizens, Making Men 95
- 3.4. One of the Guys 101
-
SECTION IV. THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF MILITARISM
- Introduction 109
- 4.1. Militarization and the Madness of Everyday Life 111
- 4.2. Fear as a Way of Life 118
- 4.3. Evil, the Self, and Survival 127
- 4.4. Target Audience: The Emotional Impact of U.S. Government Films on Nuclear Testing 130
-
SECTION V. RHETORICS OF MILITARISM
- Introduction 141
- 5.1. The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms 143
- 5.2. The “Old West” in the Middle East 148
- 5.3. Ideology, Culture, and the Cold War 154
- 5.4. The Military Normal 157
- 5.5. Nuclear Orientalism 163
-
SECTION VI. MILITARIZATION, PLACE, AND TERRITORY
- Introduction 167
- 6.1. Making War at Home 169
- 6.2. Spillover 175
- 6.3. Nuclear Landscapes 181
- 6.4. The War on Terror, Dismantling, and the Construction of Place 186
- 6.5. The Border Wall Is a Metaphor 192
-
SECTION VII. MILITARIZED HUMANITARIANISM
- Introduction 197
- 7.1. Laboratory of Intervention 199
- 7.2. Armed for Humanity 203
- 7.3. The Passions of Protection 208
- 7.4. Responsibility to Protect or Right to Punish? 212
- 7.5. Utopias of Power 218
-
SECTION VIII. MILITARISM AND THE MEDIA
- Introduction 223
- 8.1. Pentagon Pundits 224
- 8.2. Operation Hollywood 230
- 8.3. Discipline and Publish 234
- 8.4. The Enola Gay on Display 239
- 8.5. War Porn 243
-
SECTION IX. MILITARIZING KNOWLEDGE
- Introduction 249
- 9.1. Boundary Displacement 251
- 9.2. The Career of Cold War Psychology 254
- 9.3. Scientific Colonialism 259
- 9.4. Research in Foreign Areas 265
- 9.5. Rethinking the Promise of Critical Education 270
-
SECTION X. MILITARIZATION AND THE BODY
- Introduction 275
- 10.1. Nuclear War, the Gulf War, and the Disappearing Body 276
- 10.2. The Structure of War 283
- 10.3. The Enhanced Warfighter 291
- 10.4. Suffering Child 296
-
SECTION XI. MILITARISM AND TECHNOLOGY
- Introduction 303
- 11.1. Giving Up the Gun 305
- 11.2. Life Underground: Building the American Bunker Society 307
- 11.3. Militarizing Space 316
- 11.4. Embodiment and Affect in a Digital Age 319
- 11.5. Land Mines and Cluster Bombs 324
- 11.6. Pledge of Non-Participation 328
- 11.7. The Scientists’ Call to Ban Autonomous Lethal Robots 329
-
SECTION XII. ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARIZATION
- Introduction 333
- 12.1. War Is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity 336
- 12.2. Reflections on the Possibility of a Nonkilling Society and a Nonkilling Anthropology 339
- 12.3. U.S. Bases, Empire, and Global Response 344
- 12.4. Down Here 347
- 12.5. War, Culture, and Counterinsurgency 349
- 12.6. Hope in the Dark 350
- References 355
- Contributors 383
- Index 389
- Credits 403