The New American Empire

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 365 pages
• Published by: Infinity Publishing February 24, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0741418878
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0741418876
• Book Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 13.6 ounces

Book Description
What is behind the American-led war in Iraq? Has the long and uninterrupted march towards globalization and world economic interdependence reached a zenith and begun to regress? What will be the consequences for the United States and for the world? The author explains the fundamental shift that foreign and domestic policies have taken under George W. Bush, since September 11, 2001. Besides attempting to focus a critical light on the new international geopolitical situation against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, the book adopts the greater perspective of the evolution of Western civilization over the last five and a half centuries, that is, since the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Reader Reviews
In The New American Empire, economist and professor emeritus Rodrigue Tremblay dares to ask: what is really the motive behind the American war in Iraq? What will be its consequences, both for the United States and the world? Focusing on a critical shift that American foreign and domestic policies have taken under George Bush since September 11, 2001, viewed both in the context of modern history and as part of the evolution of Western civilization since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The dangerous implications of a war initiated and led under false pretenses, the strategic importance of oil and its fundamental motivation in a political and worldwide power grab, emerging decadence in the West and more are all chronicles with a cautious eye and a sharp tongue. A deftly researched, deadly serious warning of the clear and present dangers of America's current uncontrolled national hubris. Comment | | (Report this)