The New Crusade: America's War on Terrorism - Softcover

Mahajan, Rahul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158367070X ISBN 13: 9781583670705

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 2002

Synopsis

The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and the US government response, especially after the bombing of Afghanistan, transformed US and global politics.

—Will the US-led war on terrorism rid the world of this scourge, or fuel the hatred and suffering on which it feeds?

—Will the middle East and central Asia be stabilized once Afghanistan is reduced to rubble and starvation, or become a zone of enduring war?

—Within the United States, will it bring about new forms of patriotism and solidarity, or provide a platform for intensified racism, new assaults on civil liberties, and on the living standards of ordinary Americans?

This book locates ongoing events in the aftermath of September 11 in historical context, analyzes their motive forces and possible outcomes, and examines the alternatives that face the anti-globalization movement and opponents of racism and war. The New Crusade sets out the main historical and political issues at stake clearly, accessibly, and comprehensively. It examines US policy in the middle East from the break-up of the Soviet Union, ongoing sanctions against Iraq, and the quest for a US oil pipeline from the former Soviet republics through Afghanistan; the ideology of the National Security State and its implications for global conflict; the nature of humanitarian interventions in the Third World; and the questions of international law raised by terrorism. It concludes with a fresh appraisal of the options facing us today.

Reflecting both deep knowledge of the region and the commitment and hands-on experience of a seasoned activist, Mahajan provides a powerful interpretation of events that will be decisive in the making of our time.

About this title

About the Author:

RAHUL MAHAJAN is a member of the Nowar Collective, the National Board of Peace Action, and the National Committee of the National Network to End the War against Iraq.in physics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Review:

"Mahajan writes clearly and in plain language and the book takes on directly the main issues surrounding the war."—
-Educational Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 158367070X
• ISBN 13: 9781583670705
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144