Confronting Global Terrorism and American Neo-Conservatism:
The Framework of a Liberal Grand Strategy
By Tom Farer
Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Confronting Global Terrorism and American Neo-Conservatism brings together and subjects to critical scrutiny the core controversies connected to the so-called “War on Terror”such as: When is it legitimate and prudent to use force? Is torture ever justified? Do we need to suspend human rights in order to fight terrorism? Is multi-culturalism the answer to communal conflict? Are terrorists
responding to concrete U.S.policies or do they simply wish to destroy
Western societies?
In it, the author argues that liberal intellectuals and political leaders
have been slow to articulate a grand strategy informed by liberal values
for confronting the issues surrounding global terrorism.The book
outlines the framework of a liberal strategy,and exposes the costs
of the neo-conservative alternative that has driven US foreign policy
since 9/11.
ISBN 9780199534722 Hardback
9780199534739 Paperback
March 2008
Book and ordering information for the United States and Europe from Oxford University Press
For interviews with Tom Farer conducted respectively by Harry Kreisler at the University of California-Berkeley and Scott Horton of Harpers Magazine click the following links:
Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
An Interview with Tom Farer, Author of 'Confronting Global Terrorism'
