Breaking All the Rules

This book compiles the proceedings of the 18th Annual BERTRAND RUSSELL PEACE LECTURES delivered by international legal expert Francis A. Boyle at the Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University, in January, 2007. Titled The Legacy of Bertrand Russell: Principle Confronting Power, the lectures addressed two subjects of pressing concern: Palestine, Palestinians and International Law The National Campaign to Impeach President George W. Bush Previous Russell Lecturers have included E.P. Thompson, Elena Bonner, Edward Said, Ramsey Clark, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Joseph Rotblat, Johan Galtung, and Noam Chomsky. An extensive Afterword updates the book to the October 17th, 2007 press conference in which George W. Bush terrorized the world with the prospect of World War III if the Iranian government were to acquire even the knowledge to make nuclear weapons.