Power And Resistance: US Imperialism In Latin America

James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamption University, and author of over 60 books on Latin American affairs and world affairs, including Imperialism and Capitalism in the 2Ist Century and Social Movements in Latin America. Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Development Studies at Saint Mary's University and Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. He has authored and edited over 40 books on Latin American and world affairs, including Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle: The Verities of Capitalism.

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• IntroductionPART I. RETHINKING IMPERIALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY1. Capitalism and Imperialism: notes on an intimate relation2. Imperialism in an era of extractive capitalism3. Extractive Imperialism and the post-neoliberal state4. Imperialist dynamics of agroextractivismPART II. POLICY AND RESISTANCE DYNAMICS OF US IMPERIALISM5. US Imperialism in Latin America: Then and now6. US global power in the 21st Century: military or economic imperialism?7. Fifty years of imperial wars: results and perspectives8. Networks of empire and realignments of world power9. Paradoxes of anti-imperialism and class strugglePART III. THE VENEZUELAN PIVOT OF US IMPERIALISM10. The US and Venezuela: decades of defeats and destabilization11. The Chávez factor in US-Venezuela relations12. Obama’s imperialist offensive against VenezuelaBibliographyIndex