Overview

The US has embarked on a military adventure, ""a long war"", which threatens the future of humanity. US-NATO weapons of mass destruction are portrayed as instruments of peace. Mini-nukes are said to be ""harmless to the surrounding civilian population"". Pre-emptive nuclear war is portrayed as a ""humanitarian undertaking"". While one can conceptualise the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using ""new technologies"" and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality. The international community has endorsed nuclear war in the name of world peace. ""Making the world safer"" is the justification for launching a military operation which could potentially result in a nuclear holocaust. Nuclear war has become a multi-billion dollar undertaking, which fills the pockets of US defence contractors. What is at stake is the outright ""privatisation of nuclear war"". The Pentagon's global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously. Central to an understanding of war, is the media campaign which grants it legitimacy in the eyes of public opinion. A good versus evil dichotomy prevails. The perpetrators of war are presented as the victims. Public opinion is misled. Breaking the ""big lie"", which upholds war as a humanitarian undertaking, means breaking a criminal project of global destruction, in which the quest for profit is the overriding force. This profit-driven military agenda destroys human values and transforms people into unconscious zombies. The object of this book is to forcefully reverse the tide of war, challenge the war criminals in high office and the powerful corporate lobby groups which support them.

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Professor Chossudovsky's hard-hitting and compelling book explains why and how we must immediately undertake a concerted and committed campaign to head off this impending cataclysmic demise of the human race and planet Earth. This book is required reading for everyone in the peace movement around the world. -- Francis A. Boyle, Professor of International Law University of Illinois College of Law

"""In a world where engineered, pre-emptive, or more fashionably 'humanitarian' wars of aggression have become the norm, this challenging book may be our final wake-up call."" -- Former Assistant Secretary General ""United Nations"" ""Professor Chossudovsky's hard-hitting and compelling book explains why and how we must immediately undertake a concerted and committed campaign to head off this impending cataclysmic demise of the human race and planet Earth. This book is required reading for everyone in the peace movement around the world."" -- Francis A. Boyle, Professor of International Law ""University of Illinois College of Law"" ""This book is a 'must' resource - a richly documented and systematic diagnosis of the supremely pathological geo-strategic planning of U.S. wars since 9-11 against non-nuclear countries to seize their oil fields and resources under cover of 'freedom and democracy'."" -- John McMurtry, Professor of Philosophy ""Guelph University"""

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Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal. His writings have been published in more than twenty languages.

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