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Book SynopsisWhat was the legacy of the war in Iraq?
Trade Review'Right now there can't be enough discussion of America's role in world politics ... This is a much-needed collection from leading scholars' -- Neil Stammers, Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Politics, University of Sussex
'A first rate essay collection and a 'must read' for students of international law, politics and ethics' -- Jean L. Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
'It is extremely relevant ... the coverage is excellent' -- Professor Bob Fine, Director, Social Theory Centre, Warwick University
Table of ContentsDedication
Acknoweldegements
Amy Bartholomew: Introduction
Part I. The American Imperial Project and the 'War to Remake the World'
1. Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin: Theorising American Empire
2. Jurgen Habermas: Interpreting the Fall of a Monument
3. Ulrich Preuss: The Iraq War – Critical Reflections from 'Old Europe'
Part II. Empire's Law: War, Human Rights, and International Law
4. Hans von Sponeck: The Conduct of the UN Before and After the 2003 Invasion
5. Denis Halliday: The UN and its Conduct During the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
6. Doris E. Buss: Keeping its Promise: Use of Force and the New Man of International Law
7. Trevor Purvis: Looking for Life Signs in an International Rule of Law
8. Peter Swan: American Empire or Empires? Alternative Juridifications of the New World Order
9. Amy Bartholomew: Empire's Law and the Contradictory Politics of Human Rights
Part III. Occupation, Democracy and Contradictions of Empire in Iraq
10. Nehal Bhuta: A New Bonapartism?
11. Andrew Arato: Empire's Democracy, Ours and Theirs
12. Haifa Zangana: Three Cyclops of Empire Building: Targeting the Fabric of Iraqi Society
Part IV. Resisting Empire: Room for Manoeuvre?
13. Reg Whitaker: Drifting Away from the Edge of Empire: Canada in the Age of George W. Bush
14. David Coates: A 'Just War', or Just another of Tony Blair's Wars?
15. Fuyuki Kurasawa: The Uses and Abuses of Humanitarian Intervention in the Wake of Empire
16. Jayan Nayar: Taking Empire Seriously: Empire's Law, People's Law, and the World Tribunal in Iraq
17. Samir Amin: Whither the United Nations?
Index
