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Imperial America

The Bush Assault on World Order

John Newhouse

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English
Vintage Books
15 December 2004
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, most of the world was ready to accept American

leadership in a war against terrorism. Yet within a year the United States was estranged

from its allies and enmeshed in a costly and increasingly deadly occupation of Iraq,

while virtually ignoring potentially great threats from other parts of the world.

In this measured but forcefully argued book, the distinguished foreign correspondent

John Newhouse shows what went wrong.

Timely, knowledgeable, and filled with vivid

portraits of such figures as George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Donald Rumsfeld, and Dick

Cheney, Imperial America is an indispensable book.
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Imprint:   Vintage Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Vintage Books ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   221g
ISBN:   9780375713729
ISBN 10:   0375713727
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John Newhouse covered foreign policy for The New Yorker throughout the 1980s and early 1990s and wrote numerous profiles of world figures. He has served the U.S. government as assistant director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and was senior policy adviser for European affairs in the State Department during the second half of the Clinton administration. His books include Europe Adrift and War and Peace in the Nuclear Age. He is currently a senior fellow at the Center for Defense Information. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews for Imperial America: The Bush Assault on World Order

What distinguishes Imperial America by John Newhouse from so many other books on a similar theme is the elegance of the prose and the acuity of the argument. . . . There's fresh material on political changes in Iran, the threat posed by North Korea, and Washington's apparently boundless enthusiasm for Ariel Sharon's vision of the Middle East. -Los Angeles Times Book Review This useful book is packed with compelling little details showing just how many wise and experienced people warned others at one time or another that Iraqi regime change was needless at best, dangerous at worst. . . . persuasive and thorough. --The Washington Post Book World A well-timed and elegantly written reminder of the international dynamics that were in play long before Sept. 11, 2001, and will require diplomats' attention long after American infantrymen leave Iraq. . . . [An] admirable study. -The New York Times Book Review Newhouse is worth listening to. . . . His experience in government on arms control and European issues has taught him much about how government works. --The Economist


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