In the aftermath of September 11, the U.S. has launched an ambitious project to consolidate and extend its global control. The war on terrorism represents a longterm effort to maintain a unipolar world in which allies are subordinate, strategic competitors are blocked, and threats to U.S. interests are extinguished. The first book-length critique of this fundamental shift in policy, a variety of well-known writers and thinkers analyse the motives and methods of the new Bush administration, and offer appropriate alternatives to current U.S. policies.