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The Bubble of American Supremacy

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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.

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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.
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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

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"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 Author

George 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.

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ISBN:
9781586482176
Editor:
Osnos, Peter
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Author:
Soros, George
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Afghanistan
Subject:
United states
Subject:
International Relations
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
Iraq
Subject:
Balance of power
Subject:
Preemptive attack
Subject:
International Relations - General
Subject:
Public Policy - General
Subject:
September 11 Terrorist Attacks,
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
no. 279
Publication Date:
December 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
7.94x5.50x.92 in. .74 lbs.

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