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

challenging empire: how people, governments, and the un defy us power

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

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Book Description
When millions around the world marched to protest the Iraq war and the U.S. drive towards empire, the New York Times dubbed global public opinion "the second super-power." What empowered those protests was their alliance -- if only for a brief moment -- with governments unexpectedly willing to stand up to U.S. pressure, and with the United Nations itself, when it followed its Charter's command to stop "the scourge of war." Bennis tracks the rise of U.S. unilateralism and the doctrine of preemptive war, looking particularly at Iraq and Israel/Palestine, and examines both the potential and the challenges ahead in reclaiming the UN as part of the global peace movement.

About the Author
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies and the author of numerous books on the Middle East and US foreign policy. Her most recent book is Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the War on Terrorism.

Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power,Phyllis Bennis,Danny Glover,Olive Branch Press,156656607X,2001-,Foreign Relations,Foreign public opinion,General,History,History & Theory - General,History: American,Iraq War, 2003-,Politics / Current Events,Protest movements,Public Opinion,United States,United States - 21st Century

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