Imperial Benevolence : U.S. Foreign Policy and American Popular Culture since 9/11, Hardback Book

Imperial Benevolence : U.S. Foreign Policy and American Popular Culture since 9/11 Hardback

Edited by Scott Laderman, Tim Gruenewald

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This is a necessary and urgent read for anyone concerned about the United States' endless wars.

Investigating multiple genres of popular culture alongside contemporary U.S. foreign policy and political economy, Imperial Benevolence shows that American popular culture continuously suppresses awareness of U.S. imperialism while assuming American exceptionalism and innocence.

This is despite the fact that it is rarely a product of the state.

Expertly coordinated essays by prominent historians and media scholars address the ways that movies and television series such as Zero Dark Thirty, The Avengers, and even The Walking Dead, as well as video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops, have largely presented the United States as a global force for good.

Popular culture, with few exceptions, has depicted the U.S. as a reluctant hegemon fiercely defending human rights and protecting or expanding democracy from the barbarians determined to destroy it.  

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