The consequences to come
Subtitle: American power after Bush
By: edited by Robert B. Silvers, with Michael Shae.
Contributors: Silvers, Robert B.; Shae, Michael.
Series: New York Review Books collections
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781590172988
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Political and social views; Cheney, Richard B. -- Political and social views; Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Influence; Cheney, Richard B. -- Influence; Democratic Party (U.S.); United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
Description: For seven years The New York Review of Books critically examined the Bush administration's policies at home and abroad. In this collection of essays, nine of the Review's contributors assessed the human and political costs of the War on Terror and the occupation of Iraq, and looked ahead to the issues shaping the 2008 election campaign. The presidency of George W. Bush, as Jonathan Freedland noted, created a near consensus that the "invasion of Iraq was a calamity" and "reduced America's standing in the world and made the United States less, not more secure." And Joan Didion described Vice President Dick Cheney as "the central player in the system of willed errors and reversals that is the Bush administration."--Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Cheney : the fatal touch / Joan Didion; title: No exit / Joseph Lelyveld; title: "The moment has come to get rid of Saddam" / Mark Danner; title: The victor? / Peter Galbraith; title: Bush's amazing achievement / Jonathan Freedland; title: Cracks in the house of Rove / Jonathan Raban; title: Ideas for Democrats / Frank Rich; title: The Democrats / Michael Tomasky.