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020			_a9780190061463
082			_a363.3250973 _bBAP-M
100			_aBapat, Navin A.
245			_aMonsters To Destroy _b: understanding the war on terror
260			_aNew York _bOxford University Press _c2019
300			_axi,215p. _b235x156mm
504			_aInclude Bibliography
520			_aTerrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S. continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy from their terrorist internal and external enemies. However, since the U.S. was willing to protect these states in perpetuity, the leaders of these regimes had no incentive to disarm their terrorists. This inaction allowed terrorists to transition into more powerful and virulent insurgencies, leading the protected states to chart their own courses and ultimately break with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Bapat provides a sweeping look at how the loss of influence over these states has accelerated the decline of U.S. economic and military power, locking it into a permanent war for its own economic security.
650			_aTerrorism _vPolitical aspects _vDiplomatic relations
650			_aWar _vTerror _vEconomic aspects
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