23. Human Rights Watch, "World Report 2005," 6.
24. Human Rights Watch, "World Report 2006," 2.
25. Human Rights Watch, "World Report 2003," xxxii.
26. Kenneth Roth, "Constitutional Democracy Colloquium," Dissent, no. 43 (Fall 2004): 14.
27. President Bush Graduation Speech at West Point, June 1, 2002, APP.
28. Paul Johnson, "The Seven Deadly Sins of Terrorism," in International Terrorism, ed. Benjamin Netanyahu (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1981), 15.
29. Lord Chalfont, "Opening Remarks: Terrorism and the Gulag," in ibid., 328.
30. Benzion Netanyahu, "Introduction," in ibid., 5.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
JAMES PECK is the author of Washington's China. Founder of the Culture and Civilization of China project at Yale University Press and the China International Publishing Group in Beijing, he has written for The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. He lives in New York City.
The American Empire Project.
In an era of unprecedented military strength, leaders of the United States, the global hyperpower, have increasingly embraced imperial ambitions. How did this significant shift in purpose and policy come about? And what lies down the road?
The American Empire Project is a response to the changes that have occurred in America's strategic thinking as well as in its military and economic posture. Empire, long considered an offense against America's democratic heritage, now threatens to define the relationship between our country and the rest of the world. The American Empire Project publishes books that question this development, examine the origins of U.S. imperial aspirations, analyze their ramifications at home and abroad, and discuss alternatives to this dangerous trend.
The project was conceived by Tom Engelhardt and Steve Fraser, editors who are themselves historians and writers. Published by Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company, its titles include Hegemony or Survival and Failed States by Noam Chomsky, Dismantling the Empire and The Blowback Trilogy by Chalmers Johnson, Washington Rules and The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich, Blood and Oil by Michael Klare, Devil's Game by Robert Dreyfuss, A Question of Torture by Alfred McCoy, A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn, The Complex by Nick Turse, and Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin.
For more information about the American Empire Project and for a list of forthcoming titles, please visit www.americanempireproject.com.
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