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Autore |
Bronner Stephen Eric <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Blood in the sand [[electronic resource] ] : imperial fantasies, right-wing ambitions, and the erosion of American democracy / / Stephen Eric Bronner |
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Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-23280-4 |
9786613232809 |
0-8131-7168-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
Democracy - United States |
United States Foreign relations 2001-2009 |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gandhi's Voice; 2. Us and Them; 3. Baghdad Memories; 4. American Landscape; 5. States of Despair; 6. Anatomy of a Disaster; 7. Dub'ya's Fellow Travelers; 8. Constructing Neoconservatism; 9. It Happened Here; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 e |
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