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Noam Chomsky argues that the United States itself is a failed state, critiquing its interventionist policies, nuclear risks, Iraq occupation, and democratic deficits in both foreign and domestic arenas.

Seymour M. Hersh exposes how the Bush administration’s decisions turned the September 11 attacks into a divisive Iraq war, revealing the links between early intelligence failures, political ideology, and the Abu Ghraib scandal.

"John Newhouse describes the ways in which America's relationship with much of the world went wrong after the events of September 11, 2001, the moment when most nations were ready to accept U. S. leadership in a war against terrorism. Newhouse poses important questions: Why didn't the Bush administration exploit this rare opportunity to stabilize the Middle East, and Southwest and Northeast Asia? How have the administration's truculent behavior, misguided actions, and inaction at critical moments undermined efforts to curb the production of weapons of mass destruction? Why have Bush and his cabinet laid down edicts that have served chiefly to upset and sharpen the insecurities of other nations, including some of our allies?" "Newhouse discusses the reasons why Pakistan is probably the most dangerous country in the world. He devotes attention to the threats posed by Iran and North Korea, and the administration's bungled, dangerously inept attention to them. Woven through with illuminating anecdotes and vivid portraits of the players - Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Powell, Blair, Chirac, Putin, and others - Imperial America is a brilliantly clear, timely, and powerfully thought-provoking expose of recent American foreign policy: how it has been made and perilously mishandled."--BOOK JACKET.

Lawrence Freedman examines how military futurists misread the nature of war, arguing that long‑term conflicts, civil wars and blurred lines between peace and conflict shape today’s strategic thinking.

Collected speeches and essays.

James Carroll’s *Crusade* is a collection of critical columns that confront the Bush administration’s war on terror, Iraq policy, and faith‑based foreign agenda, offering moral and historical scrutiny of U.S. military imperialism.

An inside look at the U.S. response to 9/11, tracing the political, intelligence, and operational moves that shaped the first decade of the War on Terror.

A detailed account of President George W. Bush’s decision to launch the 2003 Iraq invasion, drawn from interviews with 75 key officials and extensive conversations with the president himself.

Journalistic chronicle of President George W. Bush’s decision‑making and candid interviews during the early years of the War on Terror.