Anderson abridged (was Re: Anderson weighs in)

[Bradford DeLong]

>  > FORCE AND CONSENT
>>  by Perry Anderson
>
>Doug wrote:
>>  What'd he say?
>
>Jeet Heer writes:
>>  Here is my attempt at a summary, based  only on a quick read, of his
>>  latest mini-tome of a an essay: Anderson wants to use the idea of
>>  hegemony to examine the US's relationship with the European powers.
>>  During the Cold War, US hegemony was based more on force than
>>  consent, since capitalists of all nations feared communism and
>>  generally rallied behind US leadership.

?You mean consent rather than force?

Brad DeLong