The Liberal Defence of Murder

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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of prominent thinkers onthe Left found themselves increasingly aligned with their ideological opposites.Over the last decade, many of these thinkers have become close to Washington, forceful supporters of the War on Terror, they help frame arguments forpolicymakers and provide the moral and intellectual justification for Westernmilitary intervention across the globe. From Kanan Makiya, one of the chiefarchitects of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, to Bernard Henri-Levy'sadvocacy of "humanitarian" intervention, The Liberal Defense of Murder tracesthe journey of these figures from left to right and explores their critical role inthe creation of the new American empire. With wide-ranging testimony frommany key figures on the left, this is a crucial account of the emergence of the"pro-war left, " and its shaping of our post-9/11 world.