Edited by Richard Falk, Irene Gendzier,
& Robert Jay Lifton
Crimes of War: Iraq is an independent inquiry into the U.S. role in Iraq, exploring the complex legal, historical, political, and psychological dimensions of war and occupation.
These searing and illuminating essays, which include work by Philip Zimbardo, Cindy Sheehan, Arundhati Roy, John Prados, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Eric Herring demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the war is illegal and criminal. The authors argue that the perpetrators of these policies should be held individually accountable.
By showing the history and character of U.S. involvement in Iraq for several decades, as well as the psychological damage being done to those who participate in combat, this book reveals disturbing similarities—as well as differences—between the Iraq war and the U.S.' war against Vietnam nearly forty years ago.
Nation Books, paperback, 466pp
