The Icarus syndrome
Subtitle: a history of American hubris
By: Peter Beinart
Contributors: Council on Foreign Relations
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780061456466
Description: A century of unwise American military adventures is probed in this perceptive study of foreign policy over-reach from Woodrow Wilson's "hubris of reason" to George W. Bush's "hubris of dominance." In each case, Beinart finds a dangerous confluence of misleading experience and untethered ideology.
Notes: "A Council on Foreign Relations book."

"Published in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-465) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The hubris of reason; title: A scientific peace; title: The frightening dwarf; title: Twice-born; title: I didn't say it was good; title: pt. 2. The hubris of toughness; title: The murder of sheep; title: The problem with men; title: Saving Sarkhan; title: Things are in the saddle; title: Liberation; title: The scold; title: Fighting with rabbits; title: If there is a bear?; title: pt. 3. The hubris of dominance; title: Nothing is consummated; title: Fukuyama's escalator; title: Fathers and sons; title: Small ball; title: The opportunity; title: The romantic bully; title: I'm delighted to see Mr. Bourne; title: Conclusion: The beautiful lie.