Afghanistan and Canada : is there an alternative to war? / edited by Lucia Kowaluk and Steven Staples.

Contents: Putting an end to the "Great War for Civilization" / D'Abord Soldaires—War-fighting role in Afganistan betrays Canadian values / Murray Dobbin—Harper is happy to turn Canada from peacemanker to war-maker / Murray Dobbin—Canada in Afganistan : "a well-intentioned atrocity" / Michael Neumann—What is Canada promoting in Afghanistan? A brief hisroty of its role / John W. Warnock—Afganistan : mirage of the good war / Tariq Ali—Canada's role in the occupation of Afganistan / Echec a la Guerre—How much is this war costing Canadians? / Steven Staples—The challenges to aid : humanitarian and development work in the "War on Terror" / Stephen Cornish—Afghan torture furor shows how Canada kowtows to the US / Linda McQuaig—No life like it : the PR battles of the Canadian military / Ira Basen—Is the war in Afganistan legal? / Ligue des Drotis et Libertes—The answer to why Canada is war-fighting in Kandahar / Richard Preston—The role of women in building Afghan society / Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims—An interview with Afghan MP Malalai Joya / Asad Ismi—A visit to a Pashtun village / Rose Marie Whalley—What our leaders won't tell us / John Foster—A pipline though a troubled land : Afghanistan, Canada, and the new great energy game / John Foster—What has happened to Canada's honourable role as a peacekeeping nation? / A. Walter Dorn—Canada and the crisis in Afghanistan / Pierre Beaudet—Afganistan : a disastrous situation / Claude Castonguay—An alternative to the Manley Report / Richard Preston—Back to the "Peace" in peacebuilding : an old/new role in Canada / Peggy Mason.