Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Prologue xix
1 Dynamic of Imperialism 1
2 A Question of Sanity 11
3 The Axis of Evil and the Great Satan 21
4 Iran's Dialectic of Anti-Americanism 31
5 American Empire in Chaos 40
6 Arabia and the West 51
7 Iraq Under Occupation and Dictatorship 63
8 The Betrayal of Palestinians 76
Epilogue 86
Appendix A Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 93
Appendix B President Barack Obama's Cairo Speech: Remarks on a New Beginning, June 4, 2009 99
Appendix C President Obama's Acceptance Speech at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, December 10, 2009 111
Appendix D The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916 121
Appendix E Balfour Declaration, 1917 125
Appendix F U.S. Recognition of Israel, Proclamation Signed by Harry Truman, May 14, 1948 127
Appendix G Excerpts from Pentagon's Plan: "Prevent the Re-Emergence of a New Rival" 129
Notes 135
Bibliography 155
Index 169
About the Author 175