The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution.

The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe, but the last unarmed spot in our neighbourhood - the skies - as a militarized sphere of influence. Our earth and its skies are, for the Bush administration, the final frontiers of imperial control. This title presents an analysis of America's pursuit of total domination.

Discusses the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Americanism in the Middle East.

How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam. An expose of the misguided power politics practised by the US for almost half a century - a programme that has resulted in the creation of one of history's greatest ever threats to world peace.

Presents a vivid, well-aimed critique of US global hegemony and its consequences.