Crusade
Subtitle: chronicles of an unjust war
By: James Carroll
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt; Metropolitan Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780805077032; 9780805078435
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Terrorismus; Irakkrieg; Iraq War, 2003-; Bekämpfung
Description: Publisher's description: With the words "this Crusade, this war on terror," George W. Bush defined the purpose of his presidency. And just as promptly, James Carroll-Boston Globe columnist, son of a general, former antiwar chaplain and activist, and recognized voice of ethical authority-began a week-by-week argument with the administration over its actions. In powerful, passionate bulletins, Carroll dissected the President's exploitation of the nation's fears, invocations of a Christian mission, and efforts to overturn America's traditional relations-with other nations and its own citizens. Crusade, the collection of Carroll's searing columns, offers a comprehensive and tough-minded critique of the war on terror. From Carroll's first rejection of "war" as the proper response to Osama bin Laden, to his prescient verdict of failure in Iraq, to his never-before-published analysis of the faith-based roots of current U.S. policies, this volume displays his rare insight and scope. Combining clear moral consciousness, an acute sense of history, and a real-world grasp of the unforgiving demands of politics, Crusade is a compelling call for the rescue of America's noblest traditions. A cry from the heart, a record of protest, and a permanently relevant analysis, Carroll's work confronts the Bush era and measures it against what America was meant to be.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Onward Christian. 1. Holy War. Law Not War ; The Pentagon Mourning ; This Crusade, This War ; Gandhi's Birthday ; Religion: Problem or Solution?; title: 2. Afghanistan. But What Changed? ; The Bombing Reconsidered ; Why I Love This Country ; This War Is Not Just ; The Way the War Ends; title: 3. War At Home. Robert Kennedy and John Ashcroft ; Advent in a Time of Terror ; The Unjustice Department ; Red Christmas ; New Year's Resolutions.; title: Part Two. Soldiers Marching. 4. Dead or Alive. U.S. Moves Fuel Bellicosity Elsewhere ; The Axis to Fear ; Bush the Radical ; America as Sparta ; Pakistan versus India; title: 5. Jerusalem. Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Peace ; The Palestinian and the Israeli ; Lost Children of the Conflict ; The Disappearing Border ; Suicide-Murder; title: 6. Afraid. In the Bunker ; America the Fearful ; American Mortality ; The Coming War in Iraq ; Lies, Damned Lies ; A Mistake, and a Crime ; Catholic Collapse and U.S. Foreign Policy ; So Who Do I Think I Am?; title: 7. Drumbeat. Inarticulate and Proud of It ; The War Anniversary ; Good Doubt, Bad Faith ; The President's Nuclear Threat ; Antiwar Then, Antiwar Now; title: 8. Hostage. Threshold Period ; Taken Hostage ; The Purpose of the War ; Toeing the Fault Line of Fear ; A Missile Cover-up at MIT? ; What the Seven Died For; title: 9. Moral Memory. Philip Berrigan ; The Christmas Bombing ; The Last Year ; The Twenty-ninth Day.; title: Part Three. As to War. 10. Iraq. At the United Nations ; The Age of Innocence ; Watch the War with Both Eyes ; A War Policy in Collapse ; A Meditation on War ; At War in Iraq; title: 11. Questions. An April Fools' Day Surprise ; The Answer Is No ; A Nation Lost ; Moral Awareness in Korea ; The Absolute Weapon; title: 12. Recognitions. Bad Weather over America ; Antisemitism and Israel ; Palestinian Pain and Hope ; Millennial War ; To Love America; title: 13. Lost. Ridding the World of Evil ; Unintelligence ; Was the War Necessary? ; The Habit of Revenge ; The War Is Lost; title: 14. War Spreads. The Other 9-11 ; From Politics to Resistance ; Antiterrorism Creed ; Boykin's Bigger God ; Full-Spectrum Dominance; title: 15. Every Occupation Ends Badly. The Solution Is the Problem ; Day of Remembrance ; JFK's November ; Of Thanks and Mercy ; Why Peace Won't Come ; Captives: Hussein and Hiroshima ; A Year in America; title: 16. The Passions of War. But McGovern Was Right ; State of the Union ; Dying for a Mistake ; The Real Passions of Christ ; A Wall Across the World ; An Obscene Portrayal of Christ's Passion ; One Year Later; title: Epilogue.