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In these essays she draws the thread of empire through seemingly unconnected arenas, uncovering the links between America’s War on Terror, the growing threat of corporate power, the response of nation states to resistance movements, the role of NGOs, caste and communal politics in India, and the perverse machinery of an increasingly corporatized mass media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched and carefully argued, this book is a necessary work for our times. \u003cbr\u003ePress Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Unlike dreary, inaccessible political essays these passionate critiques against imperialism, the Bush administrations policies, globalization in India, corporate fascism and parochial nationalism, are incisive and articulate’ —Sunday Midday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘… Roy remains an engaging, engaged writer. 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