Contents

Epigraph

Preface

Introduction: Noble Goals and Mafia Logic

PART 1
The Record: Idealism in Action

1: Disciplining the Global South

2: The War on Southeast Asia

3: 9/11 and the Wrecking of Afghanistan

4: Iraq: The Crime of the Century

5: The United States, Israel, and Palestine

6: The Great China Threat

7: NATO and Russia After the Cold War

8: Nuclear Threats and Climate Catastrophe

PART 2
Understanding the Power System

9: The Domestic Roots of Foreign Policy

10: International Law and the “Rules-Based Order”

11: How Mythologies Are Manufactured

Conclusion: Hegemony or Survival?

Notes

Index

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