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Mr. Bush's War: Adventures in the Politics of Illusion
Stephen Graubard
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Description for Mr. Bush's War: Adventures in the Politics of Illusion
Hardcover. This work probes the question as to whether any good can come out of the Gulf War. Citing John Galbraith's "The Economic Consequences of the Peace", the author shows how the Gulf War has illuminated the American political scene (in an unflattering light) as no other recent event has done. Num Pages: 214 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJK; JPH; JPQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book probes the question of whether any good can come out of the Gulf War. Citing as a model John Maynard Keynes's "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" written shortly after the Treaty of Versailles, in haste and anger, Stephen Graubard shows how the Gulf War illuminates the American political scene. It is the story of a war that has enthralled the American nation and chastened the world, revealing conditions many would have preferred to ignore. It also shows how Bush and his advisers deliberately sought to emulate Margaret Thatcher's political success in the Falklands, using war as a ... Read more
This book probes the question of whether any good can come out of the Gulf War. Citing as a model John Maynard Keynes's "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" written shortly after the Treaty of Versailles, in haste and anger, Stephen Graubard shows how the Gulf War illuminates the American political scene. It is the story of a war that has enthralled the American nation and chastened the world, revealing conditions many would have preferred to ignore. It also shows how Bush and his advisers deliberately sought to emulate Margaret Thatcher's political success in the Falklands, using war as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., London
Number of pages
214
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850433668
SKU
V9781850433668
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99-5
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