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Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power

by Phyllis Bennis

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The rise of U.S. unilateralism, the doctrine of preemptive war, particularly in the Middle East, and the challenge of reclaiming the UN's role in the global peace movement.

Book News Annotation:

Taking a worldwide and practical approach in agreement with the statement by the New York Times that global popular opinion is the "second superpower," Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies) describes the possibility of "reclaiming" the United Nations as part of an international peace movement as well as the activities and intentions behind the worldwide protest against the Iraq war in 2003. Highly opinionated and firmly in opposition to the latest Bush administration, Bennis describes how individuals, organizations, social movements and states maintained an eight-month period of resistance to the war in Iraq despite the best efforts of the US, focusing on resistance to the military, diplomatic and political elements of empire. She encourages the UN to follow its own charter more closely and seek to save the world from wars, particularly wars of empire.
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Book News Annotation:

Taking a worldwide and practical approach in agreement with the statement by the New York Times that global popular opinion is the "second superpower," Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies) describes the possibility of "reclaiming" the United Nations as part of an international peace movement as well as the activities and intentions behind the worldwide protest against the Iraq war in 2003. Highly opinionated and firmly in opposition to the latest Bush administration, Bennis describes how individuals, organizations, social movements and states maintained an eight-month period of resistance to the war in Iraq despite the best efforts of the US, focusing on resistance to the military, diplomatic and political elements of empire. She encourages the UN to follow its own charter more closely and seek to save the world from wars, particularly wars of empire. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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ISBN:
9781566566070
Foreword:
Glover, Danny
Publisher:
Olive Branch Press
Foreword by:
Glover, Danny
Foreword:
Glover, Danny
Author:
Bennis, Phyllis
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
World - Colonial Studies
Subject:
Protest movements
Subject:
History & Theory - General
Subject:
United nations
Subject:
United States Foreign public opinion.
Subject:
Politics - General
Copyright:
2005
Publication Date:
20051131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
286
Dimensions:
9.04x5.94x.81 in. .87 lbs.
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