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Title: America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy by Ivo H. Daalder, James M. Lindsay ISBN: 0-8157-1688-5 Publisher: The Brookings Institution Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Short on insight or even new information
Comment: This book was written with all the tact and circumspection of someone angling for a top post in a presidential administration... ANY administration, from Bush to Dean!
Perhaps that's why you won't get a strong sense from these two that there has been anything particularly reckless, mendacious or radical about the so-called "Bush revolution". Relying on such "unimpeachable" sources as MSNBC and the Wall Street Journal, Daalder and Lindsay are more inclined to depict Bush's policies on Iraq as "bold" than deceitful. On precious little evidence, they're convinced that Bush is a decisive world leader with a "coherent worldview"! And they are almost entirely mute on the subject of neoconservative influence on Iraq policy, except to dismiss it out of hand. Yes, Cheney is an assertive nationalist, not a neocon, properly speaking, but why don't the authors point out that Cheney placed neocons like Wolfowitz in key positions throughout the administration or that it was he who asked Wolfowitz in 1992 for a new manifesto touting American unilateralism? Why no mention of the fact that Cheney and Rumsfeld are members of the neoconservative bastion Project for a New American Century, which in Sept 2000 laid out a national security blueprint (Rebuilding America's Defenses) that bears a striking resemblance to the "Bush Doctrine" of 2002?
All in all, this is a patchwork quilt of old newspaper and magazine articles, a hackneyed rush-job that will soon be forgotten. For some really trenchant analysis on the enormous and deleterious influence of Cheney and his neoconservative allies on American foreign and security policy, readers would do better to consult the Internet for the outstanding articles of reporter Jim Lobe. As for books, more thoughtful contributions have been made by Newsweek editor Michael Hirsh (At War With Ourselves) and Professor Joseph Nye (Paradox of American Power). For a more philosophical approach, I'm also looking forward to reading the new book by George Soros: The Bubble of American Supremacy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Response
Comment: I felt a need to respond to this review;
"Mr. Daalder was a believer in "limited missile use" and that's what we got from Mr. Clinton regarding terrorism. And, like Clinton, he believes we need the United Nation's approval, which is apparently what Mr. Clinton also wanted and never got; thus, he let them tie his hands in really addressing the threat. There may be a different solution than that posed by the present administration, Mr. Daalder's is not the way. And by the way, neither the Brookings nor the Center for American Progress, of which Mr. Daalder is also an adviser, are non-partisan. This is a fiction. "
But obviously Clinton was very sensible to do so. As the book demonstrates, there are more people who want to attack America than ever before, most of the world now sees America as the greatest threat to world peace, and Bush has isolated the intellectual elite and peaceniks. If this administration wins the 2004 elections, (more than likely) then it is certainly not unfeasible that Americas only allies will be those in dictatorships with lucrative dealings, where the people cannot have a say.
Rating: 2
Summary: If you agreed with Pres Clinton's handling of terrorism ....
Comment: Mr. Daalder was a believer in "limited missile use" and that's what we got from Mr. Clinton regarding terrorism. And, like Clinton, he believes we need the United Nation's approval, which is apparently what Mr. Clinton also wanted and never got; thus, he let them tie his hands in really addressing the threat. There may be a different solution than that posed by the present administration, Mr. Daalder's is not the way. And by the way, neither the Brookings nor the Center for American Progress, of which Mr. Daalder is also an adviser, are non-partisan. This is a fiction.
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Title: Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions by Clyde Prestowitz ISBN: 0465062792 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan ISBN: 1400040930 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad by Fareed Zakaria ISBN: 0393047644 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson ISBN: 0465023282 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Imperial America : The Bush Assault on the World Order by John Newhouse ISBN: 0375414010 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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