Crusade 2.0

Posted by on Aug 3, 2012 in Books, Featured, Non-Fiction | 4 comments My latest book, Crusade 2.0: The West’s Resurgent War against Islam, will be published this March by City Lights Press. You can order it here. Next book event: Firedoglake Book Salon, August 4, 2012 Some background information In his offical response to the attacks of September 11th, George W. Bush invoked the Crusades, tapping into a centuries-long history of fear and aggression. The...
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All Over the Map

Posted by on Aug 2, 2012 in Books, Featured, Non-Fiction | 0 comments All Over the Map: The Best of World Beat Now available at Smashwords for $4.99 And at Barnes and Noble. Foreign policy analyst John Feffer looks at global affairs in the Obama era. This collection of more than 125 Foreign Policy In Focus columns covers war, peace, terrorism, global economics, culture, democracy, and the environment. It critically analyzes what’s happening all over the map,...
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North Korea/South Korea – U.S. Policy and the Korean Peninsula

Posted by on Dec 30, 2011 in Books, Non-Fiction | 0 comments War is looming on the Korean peninsula. North Korea has declared that it possesses nuclear weapons. The United States is tightening an economic noose around the country in an attempt to force a regime change. The Bush administration is also keeping a military option on the table, a prospect that terrifies all the countries of East Asia, particularly South Korea. A terrifying spiral of tensions...
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Power Trip: U.S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11

Posted by on Dec 30, 2011 in Books, Non-Fiction | 0 comments John Feffer, Editor In Power Trip , editor and Foreign Policy In Focus advisory committee member, John Feffer, collects the work of leading legal, geopolitical, and cultural analysts in one comprehensive volume. Feffer participated in an online forum answering questions put to him by Washington Post Online ‘s readership on August 13, 2003 . The book also received a glowing review in the...
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Living in Hope: People Challenging Globalization

Posted by on Dec 30, 2011 in Books, Non-Fiction | 0 comments Praise for Living in Hope “Living in Hope is an Inspiring collection of stories about people who are creating economic alternatives on the ground. Their work and their lives are a sign of hope for us all.” SUSAN GEORGE, author of The Lugano Report “There is no better way to understand globalization than to listen to the voices and pain of the globalized, and to scrutinize the...
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Foamers

Posted by on Jul 3, 1997 in Books, Fiction | 0 comments I wrote Foamers under the pseudonym Jon Berson. It’s a thriller about trains and train fans published by Scribners in 1997. “Both mystery and rail fans will enjoy the tale; the novel succeeds admirably at combining a crime story with a captivating look at the romance of the rails” Booklist “Berson does a solid job of capturing the obsessive love of trains of his...
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