The moral, political, and legal problems surrounding the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq are
addressed with uncommon frankness in this collection of essays by some of the
world's most influential academics, lawyers, journalists, politicians, and
military, intelligence, and media experts. Contributions include academics such
as Noam Chomsky, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Claes Ryn; journalists Milton
Viorst, Robert Fisk, Kirkpatrick Sale, and Justin Raimondo; former CIA
professional Ray McGovern; former Defense Intelligence Agency professional W.
Patrick Lang; and Fr. Jean-Marie Benjamin, personal friend of the former Deputy
Prime Minister of Iraq Traiq Aziz. Discussing the Iraq
war and related issues such as the legal foundation of the war on terror, the
detention practices at Guantanamo bay, and the
roots of the American neo-conservative ideology, the essays illustrate the
hypocrisy and illegality of America's
stance on terrorism and its policies of aggression in the Middle
East.
"Deconstructs the war on Iraq as part of the neo-con
blueprint for consolidating the American Empire." --Marjorie Cohn,
professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; executive vice president, National
Lawyers Guild; representative, American Association of Jurists
"Much more than just a critique of the U.S. invasion
and occupation of Iraq, this volume effectively dissects broad aspects of U.S.
foreign policy - both of the current Bush Administration and those
administrations that preceded it." --Roger E. Kanet, PhD, professor of
political science and political developments in Central and Eastern Europe,
University of Miami
"This remarkable two-volume collection of essays
and interviews provides the most comprehensive coverage of the war and its
aftermath available anywhere." --George Downs, dean of social science;
professor, New York
University
With an introduction from former UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter.
Paperback. 857 pp.