Meeting the Enemy American Exceptionalism and International Law

... is a pointed look at why the United States frequent - if selective - disregard of international law and institutions is met with such high levels of approval, or at least complacency, by the American public. (Los Angeles Daily Journal) Saito has produced a synthesis that is thought-provoking and challenging, and it provides a welcome attempt to place the contemporary moment in the 'war on terror' into a much longer historical frame. Most of all, like all good critical scholarship, scholars and students can look to this book as a way to interrogate ones commitments about the American Project. (Law & Politics Book Review) A must read for those concerned about human dignity, justice, freedom from violence, and the rule of law in an increasingly interdependent world, Meeting the Enemy challenges the reader to consider the abnegative consequences of an exceptionalism openly embraced by elites in the Bush Administration and still fostered by an Obama Administration that is partly conflicted between rhetoric and deeds. - Jordan J. Paust,author of Beyond the Law: The Bush Administrations Unlawful Responses in the War Much has been written about the theme of American exceptionalism. Few works, however, possess the richness, range and depth of Saitos superb and timely book, which provides new and disturbing insight into the origins and enduring character of this exceptionalismand its consequences for America and the world. - Antony Anghie,SJ Quinney School of Law, University of Utah This book will help readers understand the United States contradictory and often shocking role in the international legal community. A violator of international law from the day of its declaration of & independence, America, as Saito boldly points out, is indeed the enemy to colonized people within and beyond its borders. - Sharon H. Venne,Chief Negotiator, Akaitcho Dene First Nation