{"product_id":"sanctions-as-war-stuart-davis-9781642598124","title":"Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSanctions as War\u003c\/em\u003e offers the first comprehensive account of economic sanctions as a tool for exercising American power on the global stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1980s, the US has steadily increased its reliance on economic sanctions, or the imposition of extensive financial penalties for violation of given rules, to fight its foreign policy battles. Perceived as a less costly and damaging alternative to kinetic military engagement, economic sanctions have been levied against over 25 other countries. In the process, sanctions have destroyed thousands of innocent lives and wreaked inestimable damages to civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand how sanctions function as a war-making strategy, this collection offers chapters that address the theory and history of economic sanctions as well as chapter-length case studies of sanctions exercised against the civilian populations of Iraq, Venezuela, and other nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContiributors are: Shireen Al-Adeimi; Tim Beal; Renate Bridenthal; Jesse Bucher; Stuart Davis; Gregory Elich; Manu Karuka; Jeremy Kuzmarov; Fangfei Lin; Washington Mazorodze; Tanner Mirrlees; Corinna Mullin; Junki Nakahara; Nima Nakhaei; Immanuel Ness; Sarah Raymundo; Muhammad Sahimi; Saif Shahin; Greg Shupak; Gregory Wilpert; Zhun Xu; Helen Yaffe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642598127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642598124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Stuart Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069481742591,"sku":"9781642598124","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07f7c3a5-6a56-4ce9-b8b9-0ac1c44c2231.jpg?v=1685424951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sanctions-as-war-stuart-davis-9781642598124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}