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Carl Boggs is Professor of Social Sciences at National University in Los Angeles. He has written numerous books, including The Crimes of Empire (Pluto, 2010) and Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War (2005). He has received the Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association. Peter McLaren is world-renowned in the fields of education and social justice. He is Professor of Urban Schooling at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.'Distinguished scholar Carl Boggs's brilliant historical survey of US empire-building highlights the centrality of violence, lawlessness, and self-serving 'humanitarian' ideology, from colonial times to the current wars in Asia'
- James Petras, Bartle Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University,
'Relentless, unflinching, and irrefutable. This book performs a genuine service for truth and democracy, an education for every American'
- Michael Parenti, author of Against Empire and To Kill a Nation,
'Americans think others commit war crimes. Every American who believes in their country's greatness should read Crimes of Empire. By refusing to let war crimes pass unnoticed, Carl Boggs has done humankind a tremendous service'
- George Katsiaficas,
Carl Boggs argues that that the US began life two centuries ago as a nascent colonialist regime plundering and conquering the Native Tribes. The Indian wars were followed by perpetual militarism and warfare fuelled by a deep sense of national exceptionalism. The Crimes Of Empire examines several trends in this process, and illustrates the new depths plumbed since 9/11.
Violation of international agreements, treaties and laws, the use of prohibited weapons, support for death squads and torture are just some of the practices that America uses to prove technical superiority and media control, thus prolonging the American nightmare.
Preface
Introduction
1. Crimes Against Peace
2. Warfare Against Civilians
3. War Crimes By Proxy
4. Weapons Of Mass Destruction
5. A Tale Of Broken Treaties
6. War-Crimes Tribunals: Imperial Justice
7. Torture And Other Atrocities
Conclusion: Empire Or Survival?
Postscript: The Routinization Of Mass Murder
Notes
Index