From the War on Terror to the Financial Crisis: Establishing the Links between Militarism, Moralism and Market Fundamentalism

Abstract

Paul Rogers is one of the foremost British academic commentators on the American led ‘war on terror.’ Like all ambitious and mature scholars, he takes as his field the entire terrain of conflict, from the technological and economic factors, to the political, social and ideational factors that have shaped public policy. Rogers’ view is refreshing because he is not bound by the traditional strictures of critical political economy that tend to place undue emphasis on single factors. While he quite rightly places the economics of national interest squarely in his sights, he also takes a great deal of effort to show how both technological and ideational factors come into play. It is a rare scholar indeed who is as comfortable discussing weapons systems as he is discussing dispensation theology.