Word: reconstructionism
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The IED that killed Pearce, a member of the reconstruction task force based at Tarin Kowt in Oruzgan province, was one of more than 25 that have targeted Coalition troops in the area since June. "What we've seen is an increase in the number of attacks," said Australian Defence...
In the fall of 2005, U.S. troops handed bases in Karbala and Najaf to Iraqi military units. As of late 2006, the only U.S. soldiers in Karbala were a small team of Army trainers and civil affairs officers working with local officials and area police. That ended in January, however...
You mention tons of different instances in which "disaster capitalism" is at play, but which example best conveys what you are trying to say to your readers? Well I just got back from New Orleans and I was so struck to see these huge housing developments it's just so...
The tragedy, in part, was created by 25 years of neglect of the public sphere, by the culture of neglect, that allowed the levees to crumble, that allowed the transportation system to erode to the point where it couldn't handle an evacuation, that allowed FEMA to be this hollow...
Physically, the city has undergone a breathtaking destruction and reconstruction. "I went away for three months, and when I came back, I couldn't even recognize a neighborhood near my home. I hardly knew it was my city," says film director Xu Jinglei, 33, born and bred in Beijing. Astonishing...