The author "reveals the United States's increasingly open dismissal of United Nations resolutions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and international legal precedent in justifyling its motives and actions. As his analysis of US statecraft and warmongering amply reveals, the rule of law has been reduced to a mere nuisance in the United States's brazen bid for the title of 'rogue state.'"--Cover.

Rogues' gallery: who qualifies? -- Rogue states -- Crisis in the Balkans -- East Timor retrospective -- "Plan Colombia" -- Cuba and the US government: David vs. Goliath -- Putting on the pressure: Latin America -- Jubilee 2000 -- "Recovering rights": a crooked path -- The United States and the "challenge of universality" -- The legacy of war -- Millennium greetings -- Power in the domestic arena -- Socioeconomic sovereignty.