A cogent and incisive history of the present'?

Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago and author of The American Ascendancy

Well written...an important read

Earthwatch

A succinct, bold and penetrating critique of the triumphalist ideology which insists on American domination

Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

A provocative book that provides an illuminating point of departure for future discussions about how to make the world more just and equitable and what responsibilities the United States should assume in such efforts

Millennium

A powerful analysis [that] raises fresh, fundamental questions about an entire range of US foreign policies that have deep roots in the American economic and cultural experience

Walter LaFeber, Cornell University, author of Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism