Globalization of American Fear Culture, 1st ed. 2090
The Empire in the Twenty-First Century

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Fear and terror have come to drive world politics, and the people who do the driving have shaped and used them to carry out their policies. As the world's political economy devolves into chaos, Globalization of American Fear Culture posits that violence and fear have become the new statecraft.

1. Introduction: Globalization of American Fear Culture: The Empire in the Twenty-First Century
2. Construction of Fear Culture in the United States from Red Scares to Terrorism
3. American Imperialism and the Fear Culture: Four Wars
4. 1968
5. Taking Over the Imperial Mantle
6. Spreading the Fear: The Global Empire
7. Terror, Terrorism, and 9/11: The Globalized Culture of Fear
8. Things to Fear: Real Threats to People and the World
9. Current Chaos: The Collapsing World System of Capitalism
10. Stopping the Fear: Resistance against the Fear Culture or What Everyone Needs to Know

Geoffrey R. Skoll is Associate Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at Buffalo State College, USA.