American Doppelgänger: What if we have seen the enemy and he is us?. Issue 5 (2nd November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sholette, Gregory
• Is Part Of: Third text. Volume 32:Issue 5/6(2018)
• Page Start: 671
• Page End: 673
• Publication Date: 2018-11-02
• Subjects: Gregory Sholette -- US military invasions -- Philippines -- Argentina -- Chile -- Haiti -- Nicaragua Cuba -- Puerto Rico -- Honduras -- El Salvado -- Uruguay -- Guatemala -- No Gun Ri -- My Lai -- Vietnam -- Grenada -- Panama -- Somalia -- Iraq -- Yemen -- Somalia -- Libya -- Afghanistan -- Algeria -- Iraq -- Iran -- Pakistan; Art and society -- Periodicals; Art -- Developing countries -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals; 700.91724
• DOI: 10.1080/09528822.2018.1568006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-8822

Abstract

Abstract: In 1898 and again in 1943 the US military invaded the Philippines; in 1890 US troops invade Argentina; in 1891 they invade Chile; in 1891, Haiti; 1894, Nicaragua; 1898, the US Navy invades Cuba and Puerto Rico; 1903, Marines invade Honduras; 1906, troops in Cuba; 1907, Nicaragua again (also in 1910, 1912–1933); 1923, US troops in El Salvador; 1947, Uruguay; 1954, Guatemala; 1950, US military massacres civilian refugees in No Gun Ri, Korea; 1968, US military massacres civilians in My Lai, Vietnam; 1983, US troops invade Grenada; 1988–1990, US Air Force and troops invade Panama; 1992–1995, US-led intervention in Somalia; 2003, US military invades Iraq; 2002 to the present day, US carries out ongoing lethal drone strikes and special operations in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.