Book review: Who Benefits from Global Violence and War: Uncovering a Destructive System, by Marc Pilisuk with Jennifer Archord Rountree

Andreu Solà i Martín

Abstract


This book uncovers the root causes of violence in the modern world. It was completed in the fifth year of the United States military intervention in Iraq. Pilisuk describes the connections between the corporate world and the political elite in the United States, who shape foreign policy and plan military interventions.

Keywords


violence; war; United States; power; multinationals; neoliberalism

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7238/joc.v2i1.1052

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