Johan Galtung on ‘The Fall of the US Empire’
TRANSCEND VIDEOS, Music Video of the Week, 14 Jun 2010
The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark last week, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The US is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year. I’m joined now by Johan Galtung, who has spent the past half century pursuing non-violent conflict resolution in international relations. He’s known as a founder of the field of peace and conflict studies.
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Prof. Galtung’s latest book, The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? may be purchased at TRANSCEND University Press or on Amazon.com.
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