Empire and globalization / Carl Boggs -- The logic of U.S. intervention / Michael Parenti -- Oil politics and U.S. militarism in the Middle East / Irene Gendzier -- Star wars : imperialism in space / Loring Wirbel -- The geopolitics of Plan Colombia / James Petras and Morris Morley -- American militarism and blowback / Chalmers Johnson -- Wars of terror / Noam Chomsky -- The dialectics of terrorism / Peter McLaren -- Outlaw nation : the legacy of U.S. war crimes / Carl Boggs -- Postmodern military and permanent war / Douglas Kellner -- Mass media : aiding and abetting militarism / Norman Solomon -- Patriarchal militarism / R. Claire Synder -- Empire of death and the plague of civic violence / Darrell Y. Hamamoto -- Militarism and family terrorism / Rhonda Hammer -- The Hollywood war machine / Tom Pollard -- The real axis of evil / George Katsiaficas.