A critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush reveals how the current administration has used misstatements, half-truths, distortions, and other deceptions to mislead Americans and how this manipulation has led to failed policies, hindered homeland security, damaged foreign relations, and undermined efforts to improve the economy.
Like it or not, most Americans take it for granted that deception is entrenched in the highest levels of government. Up until now most of the arguments about lying have been moral. But in this groundbreak- ing and closely reasoned book, bestselling political commentator Eric Alterman lays bare the disastrous practical consequences of presidential duplicity since World War II.
The foreign policy expert offers an assessment of recent American foreign policy, arguing for a more sophisticated posture in the world that positions America as a supporter of reform and justice in the world.
History does not come neatly packaged into distinct periods, but by imposing such a structure upon it, we can sometimes gain clarity without doing too much violence to the facts. One such period was initiated with the Second World War, a new phase in world affairs in which "the United States was the hegemonic power in a system of world order" (Harvard government professor and foreign policy adv…
After the Empire is a provocative and sobering look at America's changing role on the global stage. Emmanuel Todd uses demographic and economic factors to diagnose America's waning hegemony. Burdened by enormous domestic and foreign trade deficits, the declining value of the US dollar, the bankruptcy of several prominent companies, and the fact that it can no longer subsist on its own productio…
Provides an introduction to the politics of five representative European states and of the European Community. The book considers the prospects of each system and covers such elements as geographical, socio-economic, historical and ideological backgrounds, interspersed with comparative data.
This publication is the English translation of the Gaiko Seisho 2000 (2000 Diplomatic Bluebook), originally published in Japanese. The Diplomatic Bluebook is an annual report on Japan's foreign policy and activities published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The period covered by the 2000 Diplomatic Bluebook is, in principle, from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999.
The book discusses the movement's relevance, aspirations as well as strategies .The issues that are dealt with by the contributors are: whether the Asia-African Movement continued to be rel-evant; is the spirit of Bandung still valid; how does the current changed in world politics affect the Movement's stand on certain world issues; will the movement be still politically united in perceiving wo…
What do our Asian neighbours say about us when they're talking to each other? In the case of Indonesia we now have the opportunity to find out. This translation of the first contemporary book written for Indonesians about Australia describes for others our history, culture, contemporary politics, and what the author sees as the current coming of age of "the land of the kangaroo". Full of unexpe…
The State in Myanmar attempts to draw the com- plex history of state making and state perpetuation in Myanmar into one volume. The social and economic forces, as well as international and domestic issues, which have made Myanmar one of the poorest and least understood Asian countries, are discussed in this volume.