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	A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency by Glenn Greenwald
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 973.931092 EAN 9780307354280 ISBN 0307354288 Manufacturer Three Rivers Press Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 336 Publication Date April 08, 2008 Publisher Three Rivers Press Release Date April 08, 2008 Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description The first true character study of a lost president and his disastrous legacy In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation, charting the rise and steep fall of the current administration, dissecting the rhetoric, and revealing the faulty ideals upon which George W. Bush built his policies. Enlightening and eye-opening, this is a powerful look at the man whose incapability and cowboy logic have left America at risk. Bush's rise and fall are most evident in the 2002 election, which brought him control of both houses of Congress, and the 2006 election, which reversed that triumph. The president's chosen Manichean worldview and his rigid refusal to consider other viewpoints have resulted in a disastrous administration and damage the nation will be living with for generations, according to Greenwald (How Would a Patriot Act? 2006). Greenwald begins by documenting Bush's political collapse and then explores the core beliefs that have driven Bush's decision making, as well as the broader philosophical and political dangers of such strong convictions. He details how the president's absolutist moralistic worldview, the simple identification of good and evil, overshadowed decisions that required more nuanced views in the lead-up to the war in Iraq. Advisors with other points of view were ignored as Bush's strong ends-justify-the-means approach resulted in such decidedly un-American practices as indefinite detentions, use of torture, and preemptive war. This is a compelling examination of how moral beliefs can drive political decisions, with disastrous consequences. Bush, Vanessa “This is the best book about the worst president. Glenn Greenwald is to this administration as they've been to the country: devastating. This is more than a book: It's an act of patriotism.' —Alan Colmes, Hannity & Colmes, Fox News “Glenn Greenwald’s excoriating analysis of the Bush presidency goes much deeper than mere polemics. His layered interpretation of the Manichean mentality that defines the Bush White House describes a disastrously inappropriate mindset for a modern power in a time of global turmoil. This early portrait of the Bush presidency and the right wingers who cheered it on will be read and appreciated for many years to come.” —Scott McConnell, editor of The American Conservative “In the bare-knuckle cacophony of the blogosphere Glenn Greenwald has been a beacon of clarity chronicling President Bush’s unfolding war on the rule of law. No one is better placed to explain how the president’s embrace of extremism in the battle against extremism has put the country’s most sacred ideals, even the country itself, under the gravest threat.” —Josh Marshall, editor of Talking Points Memo “Glenn Greenwald has emerged as one of the nation’s most incisive and articulate exponents of the critique of the Bush Administration. In admirably clear prose and with the ferocity of a former litigator, he is day in and day out building a powerful case against an undeniably consequential and radical presidency.” —Dan Froomkin, WashingtonPost.com White House Watch columnist “A compelling examination of how moral beliefs can drive political decisions, with disastrous consequences.” —Booklist “In A Tragic Legacy, [Greenwald] wrestles with much more significant and amorphous material as he attempts to trace the dangerous, stark philosophy underlying the most pernicious policies of the current administration and to tease out their implications for the character of this nation. To say that he succeeds is a massive understatement. From every aspect—writing, clarity of thought and most importantly, structure of the book (often neglected in similar works)—he pounds his argument home about the utter bankruptcy of thought behind the president’s words and actions: This is extremism. This is immoral. This is, ultimately, un-American at its core.” —Daily Kos '[Greenwald] has constructed an impressive argument about the basic template of the Bush Administration, and how it has tried to permanently alter America and our relationship to the world. Anyone who wants to successfully challenge and change that legacy owes it to themselves to read this book as an indispensable guide to how to proceed.' —Paul Rosenberg, AltWeeklies.com 'Greenwald has crafted for us and the world a moving, cathartic, and insightful book that hopefully will give the non-blogging public a new level of comprehension as to the dangers we face under an unbridled chief executive whose view of the world is not much more nuanced nor a great deal less fanatical than that of, say, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who also just so happens to believe that he’s on a personal 'Mission from God'. Ignore this book at your peril.' —FireDogLake.com From the Hardcover edition. The first true character study of a lost president and his disastrous legacy In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation, charting the rise and steep fall of the current administration, dissecting the rhetoric, and revealing the faulty ideals upon which George W. Bush built his policies. Enlightening and eye-opening, this is a powerful look at the man whose incapability and cowboy logic have left America at risk. GLENN GREENWALD is a contributing writer at Salon.com and the author of the political blog Unclaimed Territory. He has appeared on a variety of television and radio programs, and his first book, How Would a Patriot Act?, was an instant bestseller. Customers who bought this item also bought Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics The Assault on Reason Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy Customer Reviews for: A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency Rating - Tells it like it is..... We have just experienced 8 years of the worst president in American history. This book offers some insight as to how and why it happened. RK Rating - An interesting, if repetitive, polemic Mr. Greenwald has introduced to the political lexicon a new word - "Manichean". I notice that even the main line press have taken it up. As far as I know, this is actually not correct usage; the Manichean heresy believed that the forces of Light and Dark, Good and Evil were in balance in the universe and the world, as opposed to the Christian belief that God was all-powerful and that his triumph is assured at a time and place of his choosing. Its most famous manifestation was found in the Cathars of the Languedoc in mediaeval ... Read More Rating - To vote intelligently you must read this book If you want to know what happened, read Scott McClellan's book because he will tell you. If you want to UNDERSTAND what happened, read this book. It's hard going at first but stay with him. He makes the point that good vs. evil is not Bush's primary goal, it is his ONLY goal. The needs of American citizens are an annoyance to him because they cost money that might be better spent fighting "terror" wherever it might come up. The Katrina victims never penetrated his radar because there was nothing to be gained by saving them. Bush ... Read More Rating - Excellent analysis of America under 7 years of the Bush Crime Family As usual, Greenwald is a font of facts and breaks down the criminal negligence and outright criminal activity of the Bush junta into terms that even the right wing cool-aid drinkers can understand. On the other hand I think he gives W too much credit in terms of explaining his behavior as a result of a rigid ideological thought process. A far more plausable explanation is that he is simply an emotionally stunted and pharmacologically impared dunce. Typical of a petulant seven year, old he is incapable of acknowleging mistakes and ... Read More Rating - Sad and scary Sad that one person can do so much harm, using a supposedly good premise - Christianity. And that people can't see the great harm religious fanaticism can do. Scary, because it is our president that has led us down this garden path. see more reviews See all books by author Glenn Greenwald

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