| Foreword, by Kevin Phillips |
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| Executive Summary |
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| 1 The Big Picture |
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| I. Failure in American Foreign and National Security Policy—and Strategic Alternatives |
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2 National Security in the Twenty-First Century |
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3 The Challenge of Managing Dominance |
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4 A Compromised Central Intelligence Agency: What Can Be Done? |
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5 Does America Have the Wisdom to Grasp the Opportunity? |
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6 The Courage to Keep On Talking |
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7 The European Mistrust of American Leadership |
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9 Challenging Empire: The United Nations in a New Internationalism |
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10 Speaking Truth to Power: Preventive Diplomacy Backed by Force |
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11 American Foreign Policy: A Tragic "Success" |
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12 Concern and Credibility |
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13 The Necessity of Persuasion: Keeping Congress Engaged |
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14 Security and Democracy in the Post—September 11 Era |
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| II. Failure in American Middle East Policy—and Strategic Alternatives |
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15 Village Democracy and Presidential Leadership |
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16 Domino Democracy: Challenges to U.S. Foreign Policy in a Post-Saddam Middle East |
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17 American Leadership to Create a Two-State Solution |
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18 Awakening the American Political Debate on Palestine and Israel |
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19 The Future Political and Economic Architecture of the Middle East |
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20 We Are Still All Americans |
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| III. Failure in American Economic Policy—and Strategic Alternatives |
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21 The Financial, Political, and Moral Deficits of the American Empire |
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22 The Coming Budget Crisis and the Rising Threat of Large-Scale Federal Disinvestment |
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23 Full Employment and the Perils of Empire |
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24 Concentrated Power Without Responsibility |
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25 Resequencing the DNA of Capitalism |
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| IV. Failure in American Domestic and Human Rights Policy—and Strategic Alternatives |
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26 The Failure of "Free Market—Tough State" Ideology |
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27 September 11 and the Criminal Justice System |
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29 It Is Trime to Break the Silence |
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30 Civil Liberties and Effective Investigation |
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| V. Failure in American Media Policy—and Strategic Alternatives |
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31 Creation of the Media Democracy Reform Movement |
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Robert W McChesney and John Nichols |
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32 Electronic Advocacy and Fundraising: The State of the Art |
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33 Electronic Counterpower and Collective Action |
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34 Independent Reporting and the People's Media |
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| VI. Action, Organizing and Power |
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36 Thieves in High Places |
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37 Generating Political Hope in a Time of Fear |
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38 Who Has the Emerging Majority Now? |
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39 American Politics and Policy: We Don't Have Time to Despair |
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| Index |
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| About the Editor and Contributors |
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