Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense

Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense is a new strategic analysis of common-sense alternatives to the public policies America has pursued since September 11, 2001. This important book features more than three dozen internationally known experts in economics, foreign and domestic policy, media, and political action.

Foreword, by Kevin Phillips

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Executive Summary

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1 The Big Picture

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(7)

Alan Curtis

I. Failure in American Foreign and National Security Policy—and Strategic Alternatives

2 National Security in the Twenty-First Century

Gary Hart

3 The Challenge of Managing Dominance

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(83)

Jessica Tuchman Mathews

4 A Compromised Central Intelligence Agency: What Can Be Done?

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(20)

Ray McGovern

5 Does America Have the Wisdom to Grasp the Opportunity?

111

(10)

Clare Short

6 The Courage to Keep On Talking

121

(4)

Vivien Stern

7 The European Mistrust of American Leadership

125

(6)

William Wallace

8 America Needs Europe

131

(10)

Sophie Body- Gendrot

9 Challenging Empire: The United Nations in a New Internationalism

141

(8)

Phyllis A. Bennis

10 Speaking Truth to Power: Preventive Diplomacy Backed by Force

149

(10)

William D. Hartung

11 American Foreign Policy: A Tragic "Success"

159

(10)

Michael Parenti

12 Concern and Credibility

169

(4)

David Corn

13 The Necessity of Persuasion: Keeping Congress Engaged

173

(10)

Alton Frye

14 Security and Democracy in the Post—September 11 Era

183

(8)

Raymond Shonholtz

II. Failure in American Middle East Policy—and Strategic Alternatives

15 Village Democracy and Presidential Leadership

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(10)

Joseph C. Wilson IV

16 Domino Democracy: Challenges to U.S. Foreign Policy in a Post-Saddam Middle East

201

(18)

Eric M. Davis

17 American Leadership to Create a Two-State Solution

219

(10)

Chris Toensing

18 Awakening the American Political Debate on Palestine and Israel

229

(10)

Laurie E. King-Irani

19 The Future Political and Economic Architecture of the Middle East

239

(10)

E. Roger Owen

20 We Are Still All Americans

249

(8)

Julian Borger

III. Failure in American Economic Policy—and Strategic Alternatives

21 The Financial, Political, and Moral Deficits of the American Empire

257

(14)

Jeff Faux

22 The Coming Budget Crisis and the Rising Threat of Large-Scale Federal Disinvestment

271

(16)

Robert Greenstein

23 Full Employment and the Perils of Empire

287

(10)

James K. Galbraith

24 Concentrated Power Without Responsibility

297

(10)

Ralph Nader

25 Resequencing the DNA of Capitalism

307

(12)

William Greider

IV. Failure in American Domestic and Human Rights Policy—and Strategic Alternatives

26 The Failure of "Free Market—Tough State" Ideology

319

(6)

Elliott Currie

27 September 11 and the Criminal Justice System

325

(8)

Marc Mauer

28 The Missing Debate

333

(8)

Richarc C. Leone

29 It Is Trime to Break the Silence

341

(8)

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich

30 Civil Liberties and Effective Investigation

349

(18)

Coleen M. Rowley

V. Failure in American Media Policy—and Strategic Alternatives

31 Creation of the Media Democracy Reform Movement

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(10)

Robert W McChesney and John Nichols

32 Electronic Advocacy and Fundraising: The State of the Art

377

(8)

Eli Pariser

33 Electronic Counterpower and Collective Action

385

(8)

Howard Rheingold

34 Independent Reporting and the People's Media

393

(10)

Amy Goodman

35 Lessons from 1964

403

(8)

Eric Alterman

VI. Action, Organizing and Power

36 Thieves in High Places

411

(12)

Jim Hightower

37 Generating Political Hope in a Time of Fear

423

(8)

Micah L. Sifry

38 Who Has the Emerging Majority Now?

431

(10)

Ruy Teixeira

39 American Politics and Policy: We Don't Have Time to Despair

441

(14)

Fred R. Harris

Index

455

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About the Editor and Contributors

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Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense Restoring America's Promise at Home and Abroad

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