America
Subtitle: our next chapter : tough questions, straight answers
By: Chuck Hagel ; with Peter Kaminsky
Contributors: Kaminsky, Peter
Edition: 1st Ecco pbk ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780061436956
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; Forecasting; Political leadership; Foreign relations
Description: Shares plain-spoken opinions about the current state of American politics, discussing how the nation reached its present circumstances and what the author believes can be done to correct specific moral and economic problems.
Notes: "With a new introduction by the author"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Lit by lightening; title: Iraq I : reality, illusion, and politics; title: Iraq II : where was Congress?; title: Fire in the Holy Land : Israel and the Arabs; title: Ayatollahs, blue jeans, and nukes : the question of Iran; title: China : the once and future superpower; title: Optics : seeing the world through a wider lens; title: Terrorism vs. tolerance; title: Who speaks up for the rifleman?; title: Our sword and shield; title: "Always shoulder the wheel"; title: Crabs or prairie dogs : politics and paralysis; title: Beyond gridlock : a new electoral scenario?; title: Competitiveness : staying in the game; title: Entitled?; title: My Mount Rushmore.