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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Bubble of American Supremacyby George Soros
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Long known as "the world's only private citizen with a foreign policy," George Soros combines his razor-sharp sense of economic trends with his passionate advocacy for open societies and decency in world politics to come up with a workable, and severely critical, analysis of the Bush administration's overreaching, militaristic foreign policy.
Soros believes that this administration's plans abroad come from the same sort of "bubble" psychology that afflicted our markets in the late 1990s. They have used a real fact, our overwhelming military supremacy, to create a deluded worldview, that might makes right and that "you're either with us or against us," in the same way that the recent boom used a real fact, the growth in technology, to lead to a delusion, the "new economy." Like the best of the books that have responded quickly to world events, The Bubble of American Supremacy has a clear, intriguing, comprehensive thesis that makes necessary, and compelling, order of our seemingly disordered world. Book News Annotation:Well-known financial speculator Soros argues that the United States
can lose its dominant global position only through its own mistakes,
mistakes that George W. Bush seems intent on committing under the
cover of a hijacked September 11th. After some specific criticisms of
the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he looks at domestic matters,
finding the Bush administration's domestic activities just as
horrifying. In the second half of the book, he proposes an
alternative, based on his earlier advocacy for the "open society" and
a multilateral world defined by a softer form of American supremacy.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"Soros offers historical perspective, social theory, and his own keen observational skills to make his points. This may be the one anti-Bush book that reaches an audience beyond the Democratic amen corner." Booklist Review:"Overall, the book is clear, but it will do little to persuade an attentive American audience that they should vote Bush out in 2004." Publishers Weekly Synopsis:World renowned businessman and philanthropist George Soros provides a pointed, astute, and intensely critical analysis of the Bush administration's foreign policy.
About the AuthorGeorge Soros heads Soros Fund Management and is the founder of a global network of foundations dedicated to supporting open societies. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Crisis of Global Capitalism, Open Society, and George Soros on Globalization. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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