Despite the implications conveyed by its title, this book is a surprisingly balanced and articulate review of the way the U.S. government has been creating problems for itself, its constituents, and the rest of the world for the last couple of centuries, with special emphasis on the last few decades. When I purchased it here online, it had not been published here in the United States, which itself suggests part of the problem.
It is, however, no more than a review of its subject, and leaves heavy duty analysis of the geopolitical dynamics underlying U.S. cynicism and contempt for the rule of law to deeper treatments. As an American, I also found myself losing patience with what seemed like whining about the cultural "invasions" typified by McDonald's, American TV and "fashion". I don't eat it, watch it or wear it, but I don't cares if someone else does, so long as I still have something to eat, watch and wear, etc. This is a small part of the book, however, and Sardar and Davies should be congratulated for a fair and thoughtful treatment of a subject that could easily lend itself to polemic and invective.