As the world's first democracy with a written constitution and Bill of Rights, the United States has stood for global aspirations toward democratic liberty, equality, and solidarity since its formation in 1776

Preface
Majid Tehranian
Introduction
Kevin P. Clements

Part I The Double Bind
1 The American Antecedent to Iraq
Tom Coffman
2 The United States in Foreign Affairs:
Source of Global Security or Source of Global Fear?
Audrey E. Kitagawa
3 In Defense of US Counter-Terrorist Policies
Jeffrey F. Addicott
4 A Critique of US Counter-Terrorism Policies
Stephen Zunes
5 American Portable Sovereignty
Kathy E. Ferguson and Phyllis Turnbull
6 Re-Entering UNESCO: The Rough and
the Smooth
Richard T. Arndt
7 Southeast Asian Challenges to US Counter-
Terrorist Policies
Bilveer Singh
8 The US Role in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Ibrahim G. Aoude

Part II The Quest for Alternatives
9 Arriving at a Gandhian Moment?
Richard Falk
10 Resigning as Resistance
Mary Ann Wright
11 Resisting "Shock and Awe"
Beverly Ann Deepe Keever
12 Replacing the Bush Doctrine
Linda Groff
13 Human Rights in Global Governance
George Kent
14 Repairing American-Iranian Relations
Majid Tehranian
15 Honoring Religions
Muhamad Ali
16 Honoring Spirituality
Terrence Edward Paupp

Part III Roadmaps to Peace
17 Disarming Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger
18 Strengthening the Capacity of the UN
Mihaly Simai
19 Feminism and Peace: Towards a New World?
Gillian Youngs
References
Contributors