| Description |
viii, 240 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230) and index. |
| Summary |
Presenting insights into the neo-conservative personalities surrounding George W. Bush, this work is a disturbing analysis of the prospects for the US presidency and its global ambitions. |
| Contents |
Prologue: the Toll of Empire 1 -- 1 George W. Bush and the Reality of Empire 9 -- Bush and Imperial Overstretch 11 -- Mythology and the American Empire 13 -- The Empire of Deceit 15 -- Militarization of the Empire 17 -- Multi-polar Resistance to Empire 20 -- The Empire Confronts the Republic 22 -- Rise of the 'Second Superpower' 25 -- 2 Empire as the American Way of Life 27 -- Defining Empire, the American Way 29 -- The Foundation of the American Empire 32 -- Fighting Communism 43 -- Rise of the Bushes 50 -- 3 The 'American Century' 52 -- Setting the Ground Rules for Empire 54 -- Truman: Scaring the Hell Out of Americans 55 -- The Subjection of Latin America 58 -- Seizing the Prize 60 -- On Revolutions and CIA Coups 62 -- Counter-revolutionary Warfare 68 -- Globalizing the Empire 70 -- The New World Order 73 -- 4 The Rise of the Bush People 76 -- The Movement that Upended the Establishment 76 -- Corporate Right 78 -- Rise of the Neo-cons 80 -- The Next Generation 85 -- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) 91 -- Things Go Better with God 94 -- Republikud 96 -- Costs of Empire 100 -- 5 The Making of George W. Bush 102 -- The Privileged American Dream 104 -- Atonement 105 -- Finding His Persona 105 -- The Governor 108 -- Headed Towards the White House 110 -- Who is This Man? 114 -- The Iron Triangle 117 -- Oil Power 120 -- A Political Circus 123 -- 6 The Politics of Fear: Bush Hijacks 11 September 125 -- The Open Door to War 127 -- 'Why Do They Hate Us?' 130 -- The Unilateral 'Coalition' 134 -- The Empire Confronts the Republic at Home 139 -- The Dirty War in Afghanistan 142 -- Bush and the Axis of Evil 145 -- 7 The Drums of Pre-emptive War 149 -- History of US Intervention in Iraq 153 -- The Oil Connection 155 -- Selling the War 157 -- The Intelligence War 159 -- Multilateral Consensus? 163 -- The Unwilling 167 -- 8 Iraq and the Imperial Dead-enders 172 -- Preventive War 175 -- The Non-existent Road Map for the Empire 177 -- The Oblivious Empire 179 -- The Incompetent Emperor 183 -- The Mirage of an Occupied 'Democracy' 186 -- The Counter-insurgency War 190 -- 9 The Interregnum: An Empire in Descent Confronts a World in Upheaval 193 -- Economic Overstretch 194 -- The Interregnum 198 -- The Pentagon's Corrupt Spartans 199 -- The Empire's New Frontier 201 -- Iraq Around the Clock 206 -- The World in Revolt 209 -- The New Internationalism 215. |
| Subject |
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Imperialism.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
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| Add Author |
Tarbell, Jim.
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| ISBN |
1842774964 |
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9781842774960 |
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1842774972 (pbk.) |
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9781842774977 (pbk.) |
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1552661407 (pbk. : Canada) |
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9781552661406 (pbk. : Canada) |
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8182910005 (pbk. : India) |
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9788182910003 (pbk. : India) |
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9953140510 (pbk. : Lebanon) |
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9789953140513 (pbk. : Lebanon) |
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9832535298 (pbk. : Malaysia) |
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9789832535294 (pbk. : Malaysia) |
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0864866593 (pbk. : South Africa) |
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9780864866592 (pbk. : South Africa) |
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