'A brilliant meditation on the nature of the American empire. Few books I've read on recent US foreign policy cut both as deep and as broadly as this one'

- Professor Marilyn Young, New York University,

'A fine example of how to write contemporary history. His book spans the years of our new longest war with insight and, by making essential connections between politics and culture, provides readers with a real understanding of the dilemmas of the American empire'

- Professor Lloyd Gardner, Rutgers University,

'A majestic work, moving from the Cold War to now, to explore how our narratives of 'history', 'justice', and 'freedom' are manipulated by the US Government in the pursuit of its global objectives'

- Professor William S. Lucas, University of Birmingham,