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George W. Bush has fundamentally changed America's place in the world. In some neo-conservative circles the word 'empire' is back in fashion, and a great republic that broke away from the British empire is now supposed to be proud of its new imperial role. This book explains how the neo-conservatives and the petro-military complex have hijacked US foreign policy. It examines the price that Americans will have to pay for this new era of unlimited US military might -- a never ending fear of terrorism; mushrooming defence and security spending; the erosion of civil liberties at home and the deaths abroad of tens of thousands of civilians and military combatants. At the heart of this disturbing and timely book is the ultimate question. Previous empires have foundered on the rock of imperial overstretch -- the costs of trying to run and protect empires eventually outstripping the capacity and willingness of the citizenry to pay for them. Is the US in danger of going down that road? Who around George 'Dubya' Bush is pushing him along that path?

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government International relations

• Full title: Imperial Overstretch
• Subtitle: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire
• Author: Roger Burbach, Jim Tarbell
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 252
• EAN: 9781842774960
• ISBN: 1842774964
• ID: 05095059
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 290 g
• Dimensions: 204 × 134 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. July 2004

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