- Gebundene Ausgabe: 251 Seiten
- Verlag: PublicAffairs,U.S. (3. August 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1586483005
- ISBN-13: 978-1586483005
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,1 x 14,7 x 2,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 975.704 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This work offers a masterly and caustic examination of America's role in fostering anti-Americanism over fifty years. In 1945, the US was the founding impulse behind the cornerstones of the International Community: the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and most of all the United Nations. Untainted by colonialism or fascism, heroic in warfare and idealistic at home, the US presented itself as a paragon to inspire a less noble and divided world. Sixty years later, that perception had been almost completely reversed. America had, in fact, quietly sowed the seeds of its own decline in the eyes of the world in its own backyard. Anti-Americanism, now a global phenomenon, was road tested in South America when most of the rest of the world was too distracted to notice or care. There, under the guise of anti-communism, the US sponsored dictatorships, turned a blind eye to killing squads and tolerated the subversion of democracy. Almost nobody knew, so it didn't matter, right? Wrong - on two counts. First, South America remembered. And second, encouraged by her success America convinced herself that pre-emptive anti-Americanism was a policy that could be shipped worldwide. This proved to be a big misjudgement. The world notice, and, helped by better scrutiny and faster technology, anti-Americanism flourished among America's closest allies beyond the Americas in a way and to a depth not seen before. As this reaches a crucial tipping point, Julia Sweig offers a brilliant and blistering history of what went wrong, and a feisty and compelling prescription for how to sort it out.
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This work offers a masterly and caustic examination of America's role in fostering anti-Americanism over fifty years. In 1945, the US was the founding impulse behind the cornerstones of the International Community: the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and most of all the United Nations. Untainted by colonialism or fascism, heroic in warfare and idealistic at home, the US presented itself as a paragon to inspire a less noble and divided world. Sixty years later, that perception had been almost completely reversed. America had, in fact, quietly sowed the seeds of its own decline in the eyes of the world in its own backyard. Anti-Americanism, now a global phenomenon, was road tested in South America when most of the rest of the world was too distracted to notice or care. There, under the guise of anti-communism, the US sponsored dictatorships, turned a blind eye to killing squads and tolerated the subversion of democracy. Almost nobody knew, so it didn't matter, right? Wrong - on two counts. First, South America remembered. And second, encouraged by her success America convinced herself that pre-emptive anti-Americanism was a policy that could be shipped worldwide.This proved to be a big misjudgement. The world notice, and, helped by better scrutiny and faster technology, anti-Americanism flourished among America's closest allies beyond the Americas in a way and to a depth not seen before. As this reaches a crucial tipping point, Julia Sweig offers a brilliant and blistering history of what went wrong, and a feisty and compelling prescription for how to sort it out.
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Henry Luce's description of the twentieth century as the "American Century" struck a chord because the phrase coined by the founder of the magazine empire Time Inc. captured the widespread recognition-within and beyond the nation's borders-that, on balance, the United States exercised more positive influence than not on the people, countries, and international institutions with which it engaged. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Henry Luce's description of the twentieth century as the "American Century" struck a chord because the phrase coined by the founder of the magazine empire Time Inc. captured the widespread recognition-within and beyond the nation's borders-that, on balance, the United States exercised more positive influence than not on the people, countries, and international institutions with which it engaged. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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39 von 40 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Of all the recent critiques of U.S. foreign policy, this is the most constructive and cutting-edge
22. April 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Moderates and conservatives skeptical of the wartime proliferation of anti-U.S. treatises will find themselves falling unexpectedly in love with Julia Sweig's brilliant and provocative work, "Friendly Fire." This is the best nonfiction book I've read this year.
Though the author is probably somewhere on the center-left, "Friendly Fire" is no knee-jerk, know-nothing, America-bashing critique. Sweig provides a trenchant and thoughtful analysis of other nations' growing antipathy to American foreign policy, completely without any ax to grind.
Sweig's region-by-region analysis is practically a blueprint for how to get American foreign policy back on track while at the same time, keeping American interests in mind.
Sweig offers the kind of proscriptive analysis too seldom found in the cheap, Michael Moore-style lefty critiques. She not only identifies the problems in U.S. foreign policy, she also offers solutions, including many that defy easy ideological categorization.
As brilliant as this book is, Sweig's writing style is conversational and breezy - a sheer delight. "Friendly Fire" combines the intellectual heft of a Pulitzer Prize-winner with the easy-to-read narrative of a book that can remain atop the best seller list for a year.
I loved this book.
Though the author is probably somewhere on the center-left, "Friendly Fire" is no knee-jerk, know-nothing, America-bashing critique. Sweig provides a trenchant and thoughtful analysis of other nations' growing antipathy to American foreign policy, completely without any ax to grind.
Sweig's region-by-region analysis is practically a blueprint for how to get American foreign policy back on track while at the same time, keeping American interests in mind.
Sweig offers the kind of proscriptive analysis too seldom found in the cheap, Michael Moore-style lefty critiques. She not only identifies the problems in U.S. foreign policy, she also offers solutions, including many that defy easy ideological categorization.
As brilliant as this book is, Sweig's writing style is conversational and breezy - a sheer delight. "Friendly Fire" combines the intellectual heft of a Pulitzer Prize-winner with the easy-to-read narrative of a book that can remain atop the best seller list for a year.
I loved this book.
10 von 62 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Tedious
18. April 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Sweig writes: "In 1945 the U.S. was the founding impulse behind the cornerstones of the international community - the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations. We were untainted by colonialism (Philippine Islands?) and heroic and war - a paragon to inspire those less noble. Sixty years later that perception has almost been reversed."
Then Sweig takes us through some of U.S. actions since 1900 - beginning with 28 interventions in Central America between 1900 and 1921, followed by Guatemala in '54 (200,000 killed in the next 30 years), our Iran-Contra involvement in Nicaragua, invasions of Grenada and Panama, and our 60-year increasing enmity against Cuba, including the Bay of Pigs fiasco and near-doomsday events of 1962.
Sweig's objective, with this introduction, is to explain why Latin America got a head-start in anti-Americanism (demonstrated by the rock-throwing at V.P. Nixon's car during a tour in 1950). All well and good, it you like beating an issue to death by focusing on the 80% of activities causing 20% of the problem.
The topic is much more easily handled if one simply begins with American actions after 9/11, when we enjoyed very high ratings and sympathy. Bush's "bring it on" rhetoric, our facts-be-damned invasion of Iraq, detainee and prison scandals quickly combined with resentment over our Kyoto rhetoric, casting aside the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, repeal of support of HIV/AIDS initiatives that included family planning and abortion, supporting a coup against President Chavez (80% support) in Venezuela, derision of Iraq invasion opponents and the U.N. in general, and bungling of the Iraq occupation to create a dramatic fall-off in international support. Then came the ineptness exposed by Katrina, growing federal and trade deficits, and increasing income/wealth inequality within the U.S. All easily recalled, and coverable in a few pages.
Sweig's Recommendations? Hardly imaginative - some dramatic policy reversals, such as endorsing Kyoto, adopting a mannered posture, giving Guantanamo back to Cuba.
Save yourself a headache - just read my review!
Then Sweig takes us through some of U.S. actions since 1900 - beginning with 28 interventions in Central America between 1900 and 1921, followed by Guatemala in '54 (200,000 killed in the next 30 years), our Iran-Contra involvement in Nicaragua, invasions of Grenada and Panama, and our 60-year increasing enmity against Cuba, including the Bay of Pigs fiasco and near-doomsday events of 1962.
Sweig's objective, with this introduction, is to explain why Latin America got a head-start in anti-Americanism (demonstrated by the rock-throwing at V.P. Nixon's car during a tour in 1950). All well and good, it you like beating an issue to death by focusing on the 80% of activities causing 20% of the problem.
The topic is much more easily handled if one simply begins with American actions after 9/11, when we enjoyed very high ratings and sympathy. Bush's "bring it on" rhetoric, our facts-be-damned invasion of Iraq, detainee and prison scandals quickly combined with resentment over our Kyoto rhetoric, casting aside the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, repeal of support of HIV/AIDS initiatives that included family planning and abortion, supporting a coup against President Chavez (80% support) in Venezuela, derision of Iraq invasion opponents and the U.N. in general, and bungling of the Iraq occupation to create a dramatic fall-off in international support. Then came the ineptness exposed by Katrina, growing federal and trade deficits, and increasing income/wealth inequality within the U.S. All easily recalled, and coverable in a few pages.
Sweig's Recommendations? Hardly imaginative - some dramatic policy reversals, such as endorsing Kyoto, adopting a mannered posture, giving Guantanamo back to Cuba.
Save yourself a headache - just read my review!
8 von 79 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
No mention made of Khadafi quitting his nuke bomb project due to Dubya's taking down Saddam!
13. Mai 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I wonder why author Sweig in all her hard research has neglected to mention this fact. Could it be that Khadafi (Quadafi) quitting the nuclear bomb game is support that the US was good in taking Iraq over.
Fidel Castro gets a pretty good review by this author too ignoring what a kangaroo court murderer he was once he took Cuba over. The author talks about the US taking over Cuba in 1898 ignoring things like how the USA eradicated some diseases and set up a good school system down there too. This author seems also strangely convinced that giving away the US owned-and-deserved Panama Canal to the Panamanians was a good thing. Back to Iraq the author is quick to quote how many Kurds were killed by Turkey (well over 30,000) but not how many ultra-creep Saddam bumped off (over 200,000!).
Fidel Castro gets a pretty good review by this author too ignoring what a kangaroo court murderer he was once he took Cuba over. The author talks about the US taking over Cuba in 1898 ignoring things like how the USA eradicated some diseases and set up a good school system down there too. This author seems also strangely convinced that giving away the US owned-and-deserved Panama Canal to the Panamanians was a good thing. Back to Iraq the author is quick to quote how many Kurds were killed by Turkey (well over 30,000) but not how many ultra-creep Saddam bumped off (over 200,000!).
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