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Also by Phyllis Bennis:

Understanding The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, March 2012
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Ending The Us War In Afghanistan, December 2009
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Challenging Empire, December 2005
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CHALLENGING EMPIRE
By: Phyllis Bennis

How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power

Olive Branch Press
December 2005
On Sale: November 30, 2005
286 pages
ISBN: 156656607X
EAN: 9781566566070
Paperback
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Non-Fiction Political

When millions around the world marched to protest the Iraq war and the U.S. drive towards empire, the New York Times dubbed global public opinion "the second super-power." What empowered those protests was their alliance -- if only for a brief moment -- with governments unexpectedly willing to stand up to U.S. pressure, and with the United Nations itself, when it followed its Charter's command to stop "the scourge of war." Bennis tracks the rise of U.S. unilateralism and the doctrine of preemptive war, looking particularly at Iraq and Israel/Palestine, and examines both the potential and the challenges ahead in reclaiming the UN as part of the global peace movement.

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - December 21, 2006
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - October 23, 2006