Chasing Bandits, Disrupting Order: Terrorism and Imperialism in the Long American Century

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents “Chasing Bandits, Disrupting Order: Terrorism and Imperialism in the Long American Century” with Michael E. Neagle.

In calling for a war on terror after 9/11, President George W. Bush said the conflict would be unique in U.S. history. But since 1898, the United States has engaged in such wars and pursued such enemies many times. Politicians and the press used to frame the danger in the language of the “bandit.” In the present, the term often used is “terrorist.” Drawing from his book, Chasing Bandits: America’s Long War on Terror, Neagle argues these pejorative depictions have dehumanized opponents, enabled breaking established rules of warfare, and brought upheaval to local populations in support of American imperial ambitions.

Michael E. Neagle is Professor of History, Director of History & Political Science, and Co-Chair of the Terrorism Studies and Media Studies programs at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts. He is the author of Chasing Bandits: America’s Long War on Terror (University of North Carolina Press) and America’s Forgotten Colony: Cuba’s Isle of Pines (Cambridge University Press). 

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