The Liberal Virus : Permanent War and the Americanization of the World

The "liberal virus" is a pandemic spread by US imperialism in which economic efficiency is equated with sociopolitical effectiveness, according to the director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. Amin traces the ideological myths of liberalism (e.g., market deregulation), and makes a scathing indictment of this infection threatening the globe by requiring preemptive wars (such as that in Iraq ) to meet its goals. This is a translation of Le virus libřal. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)