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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anatol Lieven (Department of War Studies, King's College London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.40cm Weight: 0.374kg ISBN: 9780199660254ISBN 10: 0199660255 Pages: 310 Publication Date: 27 September 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1: An Exceptional Nationalism? 2: Splendor and Tragedy of the American Creed 3: The Embittered Heartland 4: Fundamentalists and Great Fears 5: The Legacy of the Cold War 6: American Nationalism, Israel, and the Middle East Conclusion Notes IndexReviewsLieven is a veteran journalist, Professor of War Studies at Kingas College London and author of books about Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics and Chechnya. In America Right or Wrong, he draws on his deep reading in American intellectual history and personal experiences studying and working in the United States to produce an ambitious, thoughtful and useful book. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy * Lieven's analysis of the American scene is both alarming and informative in equal parts. * Northern Echo * Lieven's analysis of the American scene is both alarming and informative in equal parts. Northern Echo Lieven's analysis of the American scene is both alarming and informative in equal parts. Northern Echo Lieven is a veteran journalist, Professor of War Studies at Kingas College London and author of books about Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics and Chechnya. In America Right or Wrong, he draws on his deep reading in American intellectual history and personal experiences studying and working in the United States to produce an ambitious, thoughtful and useful book. Survival: Global Politics and Strategy Author InformationAnatol Lieven is a professor in the War Studies Department at King's College London, and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC. From 2000 to 2007 he worked at think tanks in Washington DC and studied US foreign and domestic policies in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His areas of expertise include US strategy and political culture; Islamist terrorism and insurgency; contemporary warfare; the countries of the former Soviet Union; and the Greater Middle East, especially Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. From 1989 to 1998 he worked as a journalist in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (for The Times, the Financial Times, and the BBC). He is the author of several books on Russia and its neighbours. His most recent book, Pakistan: A Hard Country was published in 2011 by Penguin. It is based on his time as a journalist in Pakistan in the late 1980s and extensive research on the ground in recent years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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