{"product_id":"9780745326436","title":"The Fall of the US Empire: Global Fault-Lines and the Shifting Imperial Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhither the US empire? Despite Washington's military supremacy, its economic foundations have been weakening since the Vietnam war – accelerated by the great recession and credit-rating downgrade – and its global authority dented by the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this accessible, punchy text, Vassilis K. Fouskas and Bülent Gökay intervene in the debates that surround America's status as an Empire. They survey the arguments amongst Marxist and critical scholars, from Immanuel Wallerstein and others who argue that the US is in decline, to those who maintain that it remains a robust superpower. By explaining how America's neo-imperial system of governance has been working since WWII, Fouskas and Gökay link the US's domestic and foreign vulnerabilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fall of the US Empire\u003c\/b\u003e argues that the time has come to understand the US empire not by its power, but by its systemic vulnerabilities of financialization, resource depletion, and environmental degradation. Its informed and accessible style will have wide appeal to students looking for an introduction to these issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014869991664,"sku":"9780745326436","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780745326436_p0.jpg?v=1763635772","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780745326436","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}