Imperial Crusades ─ Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia : A Diary of Three Wars

Put together by the co-editors of Counterpunch (the leftist political weekly and website that has been equally fervent in attacking the warmongering of Democrats and Republicans alike) this volume collects Counterpunch coverage of the U.S. wars against Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The editors own acerbic observations, valuable in and of themselves, are interspersed with contributions from such figures as Palestinian scholar Edward Said, human rights lawyer Joanne Mariner, former CIA analysts Bill Christison, economist Paul de Rooij, and historian Gary Leupp, all adding up to a collection that maintains the characteristic no-holds-barred idiosyncrasy familiar to regular readers of their publication. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Alexander Cockburn co-edits CounterPunch with Jeffrey St. Clair. Together they have written Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press and A Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils.

Jeffrey St. Clair co-edits CounterPunch with Alexander Cockburn. Together they have written Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press and A Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils.