Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower - Brossura

Brzezinski, Zbigniew

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ISBN 10: 0465003559 ISBN 13: 9780465003556

Casa editrice: Basic Books, New York, NY, 2008

Riassunto

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though they cover less than two decades, these three administrations span a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the Cold War with an unprecedented degree of power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. The tale of these three administrations is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the good intentions hobbled by self-indulgence of the Clinton administration, to the mortgaging of America's future by the suicidal statecraft" of the second Bush administration. Brzezinski concludes with a chapter on how America can regain its lost influence, if not its former dominance, in today's era of global political awakening. This scholarly yet highly opinionated book is both controversial and influential.

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L'autore:

Zbigniew Brzezinski, the National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, is a counselor and trustee at the centre for Strategic and International Studies and a professor of American foreign policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, both located in Washington, D.C. His many books include The Choice and The Grand Chessboard. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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From the most highly respected analyst of foreign policy writing today, this is a story of wasted opportunity and squandered prestige - the history of the last three U.S. presidents' foreign policy.The most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the foreign policy of America's last three presidential administrations.Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations cover a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the US, having emerged from the Cold War with an unprecedented degree of power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. This is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the good intentioned self-indulgence of the Clinton administration, to the mortgaging of America's future by the "suicidal statecraft" of the second Bush administration. Brzezinski concludes with a chapter on how America can regain its lost prestige, if not its former dominance.Scholarly and highly opinionated, this book is both controversial and influential.

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• Editore: Basic Books, New York, NY
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0465003559
• ISBN 13: 9780465003556
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256