Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush And The Hubris Of Empire,Used

Product Description George W. Bush has fundamentally changed America's place in the world. In some neoconservative 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 neoconservatives and the petromilitary 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? Review Imperial Overstretch is a sweeping view of the history of US empire, the economic and military underpinnings of this empire, and the rise of the petromilitary complex under the Bush administration. It is essential reading for those wishing to understand the rise of the neocons, the political birthing of George Bush and the imperial hijacking of September 11. Medea Benjamin, cofounder of Global Exchange and the women's peace group CodePinkA brilliant expose of savage greed and imperial hubris masquerading as the United States of America. Mike Davis, University of California at IrvineRoger Burbach and Jim Tarbell provide us with indispensable insights into why, for all its bluster and armed might, the American empire has feet of clay. Provocative and comprehensive, this book is must reading for the global resistance movement. Walden Bello, 2003 Recipient, Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) About the Author Roger Burbach is director of the Center for the Study of the Americas and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written extensively on Latin America and US foreign policy for over four decades. His first book, Agribusiness in the Americas (1980), coauthored with Patricia Flynn, is regarded as a classic in the research of transnational agribusiness corporations and their exploitative role in Latin America. His most notable book is Fire in the Americas (1987), coauthored with Orlando Nez, which is an informal manifesto of the Nicaraguan revolution during the 1980s. With the collapse of twentiethcentury socialism in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe he began to study the emergent system of globalization and to write about the new Latin American social movements and the renewed quest for socialism in the twentyfirst century.Michael Fox is a former editor of NACLA Report on the Americas. He has worked for many years as a freelance journalist, radio reporter, and documentary filmmaker covering Latin America. He is the coauthor of Venezuela Speaks!: Voices from the Grassroots (2010) and the codirector of the documentary films Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas and Crossing the American Crises: From Collapse to Action, both available through PM Press. He is on the board of Venezuelanalysis.com and his articles have been published in The Nation, Yes Magazine, Earth Island Journal, and more. His work can be found at blendingthelines.org.Federico Fuentes edits Bolivia Rising, is on the board of Venezuelanalysis.com, and is a regular contributor to the Australianbased newspaper Green Left Weekly, serving as part of its Caracas bureau from 2007 to 2010. During his time in Caracas he was based at the Fundacin Centro Internacional Miranda as a resident researcher investigating twentyfirstcentury political instruments and popular participation in public management. He h