The best way to review this book is to repeat the publishers description:



"Economic Globalization as Religious War argues that the theories and practices of economic globalization are far from providing a new age of progress in contemporary international politics, but are more accurately seen as the predictable consequences which are experienced in times of religious wars.



Using a critical approach Michael Mckinley traces the history and development of economic globalization. Drawing on theories of neo-liberalism he demonstrates how economic globalization is a form of war, specifically a religious war wherein the form taken is an imposition of a dogma upon non-belivers of different persuasions.



McKinley argues that economic globalization expresses itself in the present day as acts and fears of religious warfare and global terrorism. With the global expansion of economics and religion and the associated disappearance of nation state borders, these seemingly diverse elements are juxtaposed and examined jointly. He does not take a stance against globalisation, but argues that there is a strong need that economic globalisation arises from democratic policies and that it is important to pay attention to local and temporal conditions if we are to avoid the increased spread of conflict of an essentially religious character. Acknowledging the importance of the United States as a prime mover and principal determinant of outcomes, this book has a strong US focus."



This is probably the best book to come along in recent years that expains International Relations with such power. It should be read by everyone who has an interest in why the world is in the state it is today; what and who are responsible for that state. McKinley's ironic style of writing adds to the attraction of reading this important contribution to the debate. The only negative is the price of this book. For the life of me, I cannnot understand why it is so bloody expensive. The publisher should repackage it in a more popular and less expensive version so that it would be more accessable to the public.