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Blood in the Sand : Imperial Fantasies, Right-Wing Ambitions, and the Erosion of American Democracy by Stephen Eric Bronner (2005, Hardcover)
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PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
ISBN-100813123674
ISBN-139780813123677
eBay Product ID (ePID)46452528
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Number of Pages216 Pages
Publication NameBlood in the Sand : Imperial Fantasies, Right-Wing Ambitions, and the Erosion of American Democracy
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
SubjectTerrorism, International Relations / General, General, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
TypeTextbook
AuthorStephen Eric Bronner
Subject AreaPolitical Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-009207
ReviewsExplores the roots and consequences of the new drive for US hegemony, and provides plenty of red meat for the left., "Explores the roots and consequences of the new drive for US hegemony, and provides plenty of red meat for the left." -- International History Review, "This hard-hitting and intelligent book is a remarkable reflection on the paradoxical moment in which Americans find themselves: citizens of the greatest power in world history, and yet with an acute sense of vulnerability, dominating completely far-away countries like Iraq, and yet barely in control there. Bronner's analysis gives usthe tools to understand how we reached this state,and how we might transcend it." -- Rashid Khalidi, Edward SaidProfessor of Arab Studies, Columbia University, and a, "This hard-hitting and intelligent book is a remarkable reflection on the paradoxical moment in which Americans find themselves: citizens of the greatest power in world history, and yet with an acute sense of vulnerability, dominating completely far-away countries like Iraq, and yet barely in control there. Bronner's analysis gives usthe tools to understand how we reached this state,and how we might transcend it.-- Rashid Khalidi, Edward SaidProfessor of Arab Studies, Columbia University, and author of Resurrecting Empire: WesternFootprints and America's Perilous Path in the MiddleEast" -- Rashid Khalidi, Edward SaidProfessor of Arab Studies, Columbia University, and a, This hard-hitting and intelligent book is a remarkable reflection on the paradoxical moment in which Americans find themselves: citizens of the greatest power in world history, and yet with an acute sense of vulnerability, dominating completely far-away countries like Iraq, and yet barely in control there. Bronner's analysis gives usthe tools to understand how we reached this state,and how we might transcend it., "Explores the roots and consequences of the new drive for US hegemony, and provides plenty of red meat for the left.-- International History Review" -- International History Review
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal327.73/009/0511
SynopsisFollowing the attacks of September 11, 2001, clouds of ash blackened the skies over New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. In the wake of the destruction, the United States seemingly entered a new era marked by radical changes in the nation's discourse and in the policies of the Bush administration. With the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, and saber rattling elsewhere, America's global war on terror began to take shape. Lofty rhetoric about expanding democracy and defending freedom filled the halls of elite power and dominated mainstream media coverage of American politics. Blood in the Sand offers both an incisive analysis and a confrontational critique of America's recent international pursuits and its dominant political culture. Stephen Eric Bronner challenges the notion that everything changed in the aftermath of 9/11. He shows instead how a criminal act served to legitimize political manipulation and invigorate traditional nationalistic enthusiasms for militarism and imperial expansion. Employing his own experiences in the Middle East, Bronner acknowledges--but refuses to overstate--recent progressive developments in the region. He criticizes the neo-conservative penchant for unilateral military aggression and debunks the dubious notion of fostering democracy at gunpoint. While Bronner analyzes authoritarian repression, human rights violations, shrinking civil liberties, and severe socioeconomic inequalities, Blood in the Sand is neither a narrow political diatribe nor a futile exercise in anti-American negativism. The author honors America by condemning the betrayal of the nation's finest ideals by so many of those who, hypocritically or naively, invoke those ideals the most. Bronner sheds new light on those who insist on publicly waving the flag while privately subverting that for which it stands. Blood in the Sand sounds a clarion call for revitalizing the American polity and reshaping foreign policy along democratic lines. Committed to a political renewal, Bronner urges the American people to recall what is best about their national heritage and the genuine beacon of hope it might offer other countries and other cultures., Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, clouds of ash blackened the skies over New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. In the wake of the destruction, the United States seemingly entered a new era marked by radical changes in the nation's discourse and in the policies of the Bush administration. With the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, and saber rattling elsewhere, America's global war on terror began to take shape. Lofty rhetoric about expanding democracy and defending freedom filled the halls of elite power and dominated mainstream media coverage of American politics. Blood in the Sand offers both an incisive analysis and a confrontational critique of America's recent international pursuits and its dominant political culture. Stephen Eric Bronner challenges the notion that everything changed in the aftermath of 9/11. He shows instead how a criminal act served to legitimize political manipulation and invigorate traditional nationalistic enthusiasms for militarism and imperial expansion. Employing his own experiences in the Middle East, Bronner acknowledges -- but refuses to overstate -- recent progressive developments in the region. He criticizes the neo-conservative penchant for unilateral military aggression and debunks the dubious notion of fostering democracy at gunpoint. While Bronner analyzes authoritarian repression, human rights violations, shrinking civil liberties, and severe socioeconomic inequalities, Blood in the Sand is neither a narrow political diatribe nor a futile exercise in anti-American negativism. The author honors America by condemning the betrayal of the nation's finest ideals by so many of those who, hypocritically or naively, invoke those ideals the most. Bronner sheds new light on those who insist on publicly waving the flag while privately subverting that for which it stands. Blood in the Sand sounds a clarion call for revitalizing the American polity and reshaping foreign policy along democratic lines. Committed to a political renewal, Bronner urges the American people to recall what is best about their national heritage and the genuine beacon of hope it might offer other countries and other cultures., Blood in the Sand is Stephen Eric Bronner's powerful critique of the current state of American foreign and domestic policy, ranging from the government's initial response to 9/11 and the assault on Afghanistan through the Iraqi War and the ramifications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bronner, who just months before the war began spent time in Iraq as part of a peace delegation, examines the state of twenty-first century America, a nation in which security against future terrorist attacks has become an obsession, "moral values" have turned into a slogan, and belief in the right to engage in a preemptive strike has come to define foreign policy. In Blood in the Sand, Bronner develops a bold new framework for a modern democratic foreign policy. In doing so, he passionately warns of the consequences of failure to alter the current course of events in America: extreme economic inequalities of power, political authoritarianism, imperialist ambitions, and an increasingly constrained cultural climate.
LC Classification NumberE895.B74 2005
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