Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Description for Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
paperback. The "compelling" and "devastating"* New York Times best-seller by America's most distinguished living commentator on foreign policy Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though they cover less than two decades, these three administrations span a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the Cold War with an unprecedented degree of power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. The tale of these three administrations is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the good intentions hobbled by self-indulgence of the ... Read more
Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though they cover less than two decades, these three administrations span a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the Cold War with an unprecedented degree of power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. The tale of these three administrations is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the good intentions hobbled by self-indulgence of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Basic Books, New York, NY United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465003556
SKU
V9780465003556
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About Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski, the National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, is a counselor and trustee at the centre for Strategic and International Studies and a professor of American foreign policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, both located in Washington, D.C. His many books include The Choice and The Grand Chessboard. He lives in Washington, ... Read more
Reviews for Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
"No one understands the interdependence of power and principle better than Zbigniew Brzezinski." Jimmy Carter "This excellent short book... is about more than errors of the present administration's foreign policy. George W. Bush certainly comes in for searing criticism, not least over Iraq and his one-sided approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict. But what makes Mr Brzezinski's account interesting - and, ... Read more