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Beinart, Peter.
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Icarus (Greek mythology)
National characteristics, American.
Pride and vanity -- Political aspects -- United States.
Ambition -- Political aspects -- United States.
Tragedy -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Military policy.
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The Icarus syndrome ...
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The Icarus syndrome : a history of American hubris / Peter Beinart.
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Beinart, Peter.
New York, NY : Harper, c2010.
Subjects
Icarus (Greek mythology)
National characteristics, American.
Pride and vanity -- Political aspects -- United States.
Ambition -- Political aspects -- United States.
Tragedy -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Military policy.
ISBN:
9780061456466 :
0061456462
Description:
viii, 482 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
The hubris of reason. A scientific peace ; The frightening dwarf ; Twice-born ; I didn't say it was good -- The hubris of toughness. The murder of sheep ; The problem with men ; Saving Sarkhan ; Things are in the saddle ; Liberation ; The scold ; Fighting with rabbits ; If there is a bear? -- The hubris of dominance. Nothing is consummated ; Fukuyama's escalator ; Fathers and sons ; Small ball ; The opportunity ; The romantic bully ; I'm delighted to see Mr. Bourne ; The beautiful lie.
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A century of unwise American military adventures is probed in this perceptive study of foreign policy over-reach from Woodrow Wilson's "hubris of reason" to George W. Bush's "hubris of dominance." In each case, Beinart finds a dangerous confluence of misleading experience and untethered ideology.
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