James Carroll, a columnist for the Boston Globe, is at work on a television documentary based on his bestselling book Constantine's Sword. His post September 11th, 2001 columns have been collected in Crusade, Chronicles of an Unjust War. His most recent book is House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.
In 2008, when the US National Intelligence Council issued its latest report meant for the administration of newly elected President Barack Obama, it predicted that the planet's "sole superpower" would suffer a modest decline and a soft landing fifteen years hence. In his new book The United States of Fear, Tom Engelhardt makes clear that Americans should don their crash helmets and buckle their seat belts...
