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Empire Lite 

Nation Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan 

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Michael IgnatieffEmpire Lite (2003)
Nation Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan
A non fiction book by Michael Ignatieff

 
In "Empire Lite", Michael Ignatieff explores both sides of what he sees as a new global empire - the imperial and the humanitarian - and argues that the international community has failed to engage intelligently with the problems of nation building in the aftermath of apocalyptic events. The collapse of political order around the world is now seen as a major threat, and a new international order is emerging, one that is crafted to suit American imperial objectives. Western powers, led by the United States, are banding together to rebuild state order in war-torn societies for the sake of global stability and security. This presents humanitarian agencies with the dilemma of how to keep their programs from being suborned to imperial interests. Yet, they know that there are some problems for which there are only imperial solutions - it was American air-power that made an uneasy peace and humanitarian reconstruction possible, first in Bosnia, then in Kosovo, and finally in Afghanistan. This forces them to be unwilling accomplices of America's wider imperial project. This is the new world of geopolitics we live in and must try to grasp. The vivid, cogent essays in this book attempt to understand the phenomenon of state collapse and state failure in the world's zones of danger and the gradual emergence of an American led humanitarian empire. Focusing on nation building in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan, Ignatieff reveals how American military power, European money and humanitarian motive have combined to produce a form of imperial rule for a post-imperial age. Drawing on his own experiences of war zones, and with an extraordinary account of life in Afghanistan, Ignatieff identifies the illusions that make a genuine act of solidarity so difficult and asks what can be done to help people in war-torn societies enjoy the essential right to rule themselves.

 
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November 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0143054627Title: Empire Lite
Author(s): Michael Ignatieff
ISBN: 0-14-305462-7 / 978-0-14-305462-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Canada (APB)
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January 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002F5DVGSTitle: Empire Lite
Author(s): Michael Ignatieff
Publisher: Penguin
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May 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099455439Title: Empire Lite: Nation Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan (A Vintage original)
Author(s): Michael Ignatieff
ISBN: 0-09-945543-9 / 978-0-09-945543-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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January 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0143014919Title: Empire Lite: Nation-Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan
Author(s): Michael Ignatieff
ISBN: 0-14-301491-9 / 978-0-14-301491-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
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November 2010 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B004C05586Title: Empire Lite: Nation Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan
Author(s): Michael Ignatieff
Publisher: Vintage Digital
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