An important and well-researched critique of American domestic policy, contending that the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations have all focused on global leadership to the detriment of pressing social and economic problems at home.

Empire or Republic? makes the necessary, but much overlooked, link between our nation's international policies and the domestic situation. The authors contend that the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations have all focused on global leadership to the detriment of pressing social, economic and political problems at home.

"An important, well-researched critique of the new order at home and abroad. This book makes a complex subject accessible and interesting." -- Michael Parenti, author of The Sword and the Dollar, Democracy for the Few and Land of Idols