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001 2009053315
003 DLC
005 20120322083154.0
008 091229s2010 dcub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009053315
020 $a9781597975032 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1597975036 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn495597260
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050 00 $aE902$b.T75 2010
082 00 $a973.931$222
100 1 $aTripathi, Deepak.
245 10 $aOvercoming the Bush legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan /$cDeepak Tripathi ; foreword by John Tirman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bPotomac Books,$cc2010.
300 $axiv, 183 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAnatomy of neoconservatism -- With us or without us -- Battle for Afghanistan -- In Afghanistan, war is peace -- Explaining the invasion of Iraq -- Human rights in acute crisis -- Rebuke of history -- Dimensions of failure -- Power without prudence.
520 1 $a"The military venture on which George W. Bush embarked within months of his 2001 inauguration has eclipsed all other efforts during his presidency. What started as a military response to al Qaeda's attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, with the goal of neutralizing al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts in Afghanistan, quickly fused with the neoconservative agenda to reshape and dominate the Middle East. Al Qaeda's terrorism was answered with American military power, which has destroyed or blighted the lives of millions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan." "Having kept a keen rye on the region for more than three decades, former BBC correspondent Deepak Tripathi systematically identifies in Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan the administration's naive calculations, strategic and operational blunders, disregard for history and for other cultures, and even downright prejudices that have brought so much harm to so many. Bush's "war on terror" has provoked resentment and violent opposition, opened up sectarian divisions, and created Hobbesian conditions of all-against-all war. The long-term price tag for America has been estimated at a colossal $3 trillion, but as Tripathi seeks to demonstrate, the total cost, in human and economic terms, will be incalculable." "Overall, Tripathi asserts that American exceptionalism and unilateralism are relics of a bygone political era. The limitations of twenty-firstcentury military technology have been laid bare, and the legacy of the administration's foreign policy will take years to overcome. The Obama administration must now undertake slow and painstaking diplomacy to repair ties with adversaries, to listen more to allies, and to seek new ones. Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan is not only a cogent and honest appraisal of the Bush administration, but also a stark reminder of the consequences we all face."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-2009.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011.
600 10 $aBush, George W.$q(George Walker),$d1946-$xPolitical and social views.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009.
650 0 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.