{"product_id":"imperial-benevolence","title":"Imperial Benevolence","description":"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, \u003ci\u003eImperial Benevolence \u003c\/i\u003eshows 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 \u003ci\u003eZero Dark Thirty, The Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e, and even \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as video games such as \u003ci\u003eCall of Duty: Black Ops\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218074784088,"sku":"9780520299184","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780520299184.jpg?v=1765512926","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/imperial-benevolence","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}