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| Named Person: | George W Bush; George W Bush; George W Bush; George W Bush |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger Burbach; Jim Tarbell |
| ISBN: | 1842774964 9781842774960 1842774972 9781842774977 1552661407 9781552661406 8182910005 9788182910003 9953140510 9789953140513 9832535298 9789832535294 0864866593 9780864866592 |
| OCLC Number: | 1035327743 |
| Description: | viii, 240 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. George W. Bush and the reality of empire. Bush and imperial overstretch -- Mythology and the American empire -- The empire of deceit -- Militarization of the empire -- Multi-polar resistance to empire -- The empire confronts the republic -- Rise of the 'second superpower'. 2. Empire as the American way of life. Defining empire, the American way -- The foundation of the American empire -- Fighting Communism -- Rise of the Bushes. 3. The 'American century'. Setting the ground rules for empire -- Truman: scaring the hell out of Americans -- The subjection of Latin America -- Seizing the prize -- On revolutions and CIA groups -- Counter-revolutionary warfare -- Globalizing the empire -- The new world order. 4. The rise of the Bush people. The movement that upended the establishment -- Corporate right -- Rise of the neo-cons -- The next generation -- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) -- Things go better with God -- Republikud -- Costs of empire. 5. The making of George W. Bush. The privileged American dream -- Atonement -- Finding his persona -- The governor -- Headed towards the White House -- Who is this man? -- The iron triangle -- Oil power -- A political circus. 6. The politics of fear: Bush hijacks 11 September. The open door to war -- 'Why do they hate us?' -- The unilateral 'coalition' -- The empire confronts the republic at home -- The dirty war in Afghanistan -- Bush and the axis of evil. 7. The drums of pre-emptive war. History of US intervention in Iraq -- The oil connection -- Selling the war -- The intelligence war -- Multilateral consensus? -- The unwilling. 8. Iraq and the imperial dead-enders. Preventive war -- The non-existent road map for the empire -- The oblivious empire -- The incompetent emperor -- The mirage of an occupied 'democracy' -- The counter-insurgency war. 9. The interregnum: an empire in descent confronts a world in upheaval. Economic overstretch -- The interregnum -- The Pentagon's corrupt spartans -- The empire's new frontier -- Iraq around the clock -- The world in revolt -- The new internationalism. |
| Responsibility: | Roger Burbach, Jim Tarbell. |
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Abstract:
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.
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