This book includes some of the best investigative journalism from Covert Action Quarterly, the most authoritative magazine in its field. The editors present a comprehensive examination of U.S. interventions from Africa, Central America, Panama and Kosovo to Iraq and Afghanistan, offering an essential background to understanding the “war against terrorism” today. Contributors include: Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Philip Agee, Eqbal Ahmad, Diana Johnstone, Michael Chossudovsky, Jack Colhoun, Karen Talbot, William Blum and many others.