United States : preventive war. Towards global crisis of hegemony or absolutism ?

The attacks against the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in September 11, 2001, affected the economic recession going on in the United States. This country had a strong economic growth in the 1990s. This article looks into the global geopolitics, which favor Washington. President George W. Bush's u...

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Author: García Pernett, Erick
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2005
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Estudios Latinoamericanos
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/50370
Online Access:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/50370
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:atentados
11 de septiembre
Torres Gemelas
Pentágono.
attacks
11 of September
Twin Towers
Pentagon.
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Summary:The attacks against the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in September 11, 2001, affected the economic recession going on in the United States. This country had a strong economic growth in the 1990s. This article looks into the global geopolitics, which favor Washington. President George W. Bush's uses "terrorism" to justify the invasion in Afghanistan. It also provided good standing of the U.S. in Central Asia, especially over its natural resources of gas.