Destroying World Order: US Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11

Since the war in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Americanshave been surprised to learn that much of the world now views the UnitedStates itself as a major threat to global peace. This book addresses theimperial dimensions of U.S. policy in the Middle East, past and present,which may help to account for these views.Francis A. Boyle's hard-hitting analysis reveals a history of Americanintervention which has led to havoc in the region and destabilization ofthe international system as a whole. He examines U.S. assistance toIraq during the Iran/Iraq war, U.S. conduct of the 1990 Persian Gulf War,and the recent wars inAfghanistan and Iraq inrelation to their violation ofthe laws of neutrality,humanitarian law, thelaws of war-and theU.S. Constitution. By the time of the presidency of George W. Bush,American foreign policy had evolved to the public assertion of the rightto preemptive strike, and its actual implementation."In international legal terms, the Bush Jr. administration should beviewed as constituting an ongoing criminal conspiracy underinternational criminal law in violation of the Nuremberg Charter,the Nuremberg Judgment, and the Nuremberg Principles, due toits formulation and undertaking of war policies which are legallyakin to those perpetrated by the Nazi regime in pre-World War IIGermany." -- Francis A. Boyle