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Foreword. The Greatest Con of Our History —Joseph Cirincione
Introduction. Oil, War, and Things Worth Fighting For —Scott Ritter
An Exercise in Critical Thinking: Today's Sharpest Minds Tackle the War
and its Context
1. The Thirteen Years' War —Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair
Postscript to Chapter 1. Some Final Thoughts —Alexander Cockburn
2. Iraq, 1917 -Robert Fisk
3. Global Democracy...Through Superior Firepower —Maurizio Blondet
Postscript to Chapter 3. On Luttwak's Coup D'Etat: A Practical Handbook 
—Maurizio Blondet
4. Simple Truths, Hard Problems: Some Thoughts on Terror, Justice, and
Self-Defense —Prof. Noam Chomsky, Ph.D.
Driving the Runaway Train: Neocons, 9-11, and the Pretexts for War
5. The Ideology of American Empire —Prof. Claes G. Ryn, Ph.D.
6. Neoconservatives, Israel, and 9/11: The Origins of U.S. War on Iraq
—Stephen J. Sniegoski, Ph.D.
7. A Real Hijacking: The Neoconservative Fifth Column and the War in Iraq
—Justin Raimondo
8. UnJust War Theory: Christian Zionism and the Road to Jerusalem
—Prof. David Lutz, Ph.D.
9. Manipulating Catholic Support for the War:
The Black Operation Known as "Conservatism" —E. Michael Jones, Ph.D.
10. What the War is All About —Kirkpatrick Sale
11. Risky Business: The Perils of Profitmongering in Iraq —Naomi Klein
Postscript to Chapter 11. The More Things Change... —Prof. William O'Rourke
The Professionals Speak I: Military Reactions to Operation Iraqi Freedom
12. An Insider Look at Pentagon Policy - Making in the Run-Up to Gulf War II
—Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF (ret.)
13. The Moral Responsibility of the Military Officer in the Context of
the Larger War We Are In —Robert Hickson, USA, (ret.), Ph.D.
Introduction to Chapter 14. To War or Not to War, That Is the Question
—Jack Dalton
14. Hindsight is 20-20: Iraq & "War on Terror" Veterans on Gulf War II
—A Roundtable with Chris Harrison, former Army 1st Lt., Jimmy Massey,
former Marine Corps Staff Sgt., Tim Goodrich, former Air Force Sgt.,
and Dave Bischel, former Air Force Sgt.
15. Just Following Orders: One Sailor and His Vision of the Higher Law
—An Interview with Petty Officer Pablo Paredes, USN
Introduction to Chapter 16. The Case of Staff Sgt. Al Lorentz
—Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF (ret.)
16. Why We Cannot Win —Staff Sgt. Al Lorentz, USAR
The Professionals Speak II: The Intelligence Community and
the Intelligence Debacle
17. Drinking the Kool-Aid: Making the Case for War with Compromised
Integrity and Intelligence —Col. W. Patrick Lang, USA (ret.)
18. Sham Dunk: Cooking Intelligence for the President —Ray McGovern
The Professionals Speak III: War College Professors Apply Their Expertise
19. The "War on Terror": Ingenious or Incoherent? —An Interview
with Prof. Jeffrey Record, Ph.D.
20. A War Crime or an Act of War? —Stephen Pelletière, Ph.D.
The Professionals Speak IV: A Scientist and a Diplomat
21. Neocons and Loose Nukes —Gordon Prather, Ph.D.
22. A Call to Conscience —Roger Morris
Defying World Order: Reactions From Vatican and UN Perspectives
23. The Iraq War and the Vatican —Mark and Louise Zwick
24. The United Nations Charter and the Invasion of Iraq
—John Burroughs, J.D., Ph.D. and Nicole Deller, J.D.
25. Legal Nonsense: The War on Terror and its Grave Implications for
National and International Law
—An Interview with Prof. Francis Boyle, J.D., Ph.D.
Propping Up a Dying Giant: American Economic and Military Survival Tactics
26. In Her Death Throes: The Neoconservative Attempt to Arrest the Decline
of American Hegemony —Prof. Immanuel Wallerstein, Ph.D.
27. A New "American Century"? Iraq and the Hidden Euro-Dollar Wars
—F. William Engdahl
One Good Scandal Deserves Another: The Snowballing of American Lawlessness
28. The Law of Armed Conflict and the "War on Terror" —Gabor Rona, J.D., Ll.M.
29. A Prison Beyond the Law —Joseph Margulies, Esq.
Postscript to Chapter 29. Seeking to Render the Rasul Decision Meaningless
—Amnesty International
Postscript to Chapter 29. An Illusion of Lawful Process -Joseph Margulies, Esq.
30. Far, Far Worse Than Watergate —Jeffrey Steinberg
Postscript to Chapter 30. The Anonymity Trap —Jacob Weisberg
31. A Torture(d) Web —Col. Dan Smith, USA (ret.)
Postscript to Chapter 31. A Voice in the Wilderness
—Rear Adm. John Hutson, USN (ret.), J.D.
So Much for the Fourth Estate: Our Imperial Press
32. Chronicles of Abdication: Press Coverage of the War in Iraq —Tom Engelhardt
33. Weapons of Mass Deception: The Air War —John Stauber
and Sheldon Rampton
34. Truth From These Podia: A Study of Strategic Influence, 
Perception Management, Information Warfare, and Psychological
Operations in Gulf War II —Col. Samuel Gardiner, USAF (ret.)
The Other Side of the Story: Honest Men Consider the Situation in Iraq
35. Behind the Smoke Screen: Why We Are in Iraq —An Interview
with Prof. Ayad Al-Qazzaz
36. A Priest Looks at the Former Regime —An Interview with
Fr. Jean Marie Benjamin
37. Portrait of Noble Resignation: Tariq Aziz and the Last Days of Saddam Hussein
—Milton Viorst
Enduring Injustice: Iraq and the Current Political Landscape
38. Nemesis and Name-Calling: Who Are the Iraqi Rebels?
—Col. Donn de Grand Pré, USA (ret.)
39. The Politics of Electoral Illusion —Mark Gery
40. A Trial Indeed: The Treatment of Saddam Hussein vs. the Rule of Law
—Curtis Doebbler, Esq., Ph.D.
Appendices. The U.S. and Iraq: A Checkered History
Appendix I. Off to a Bad Start: International Law and War Crimes in the Case of
Gulf War I —Michael Ratner, Esq.
Appendix II. The PR Campaign of Gulf War I —John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton