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Author: Steven Weber
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010-09-30
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0674058186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors argue that in the 21st century, U.S. foreign policy must be more focused on strategy, making trade-offs & specific, attainable goals, rather than the outmoded doctrine of hegemony.
Author: Steven Weber
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-01-30
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0674058976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFree-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy—the ideas that shaped world politics in the twentieth century and underpinned American foreign policy—have lost a good deal of their strength. Authority is now more contested and power more diffuse. Hegemony (benign or otherwise) is no longer a choice, not for the United States, for China, or for anyone else. Steven Weber and Bruce Jentleson are not declinists, but they argue that the United States must take a different stance toward the rest of the world in this, the twenty-first century. Now that we can’t dominate others, we must rely on strategy, making trade-offs and focusing our efforts. And they do not mean military strategy, such as “the global war on terror.” Rather, we must compete in the global marketplace of ideas—with state-directed capitalism, with charismatic authoritarian leaders, with jihadism. In politics, ideas and influence are now critical currency. At the core of our efforts must be a new conception of the world order based on mutuality, and of a just society that inspires and embraces people around the world.
Author: J. C. Morris
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2005-05
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 0741422778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bernard Goldberg
Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780446531917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe #1 NewYork Times bestselling author of Bias exposes the culture of narrow-minded elitism in the media-and reveals what must be done to change it. In December of 2001, Emmy Award-winning journalist Bernard Goldberg charged the mainstream media with slanting the news and created a firestorm with his controversial bestseller Bias. Now Goldberg goes beyond identifying the media's partiality and explains how the slanting of the news is all but inevitable in the current climate-and why the media's stars continue to deny the industry's condition. In this fascinating report, Goldberg lays out his rallying cry, unafraid to name names, and prescribes the difficult remedies that
Author: David W. Ehrenfeld
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0195028902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAttacks nothing less than the currently prevailing world philosophy--humanism, which the author feels is exceedingly dangerous in its hidden assumptions.
Author: Helmut Danner
Publisher: East African Educ Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9789966258380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat determines the African social structure? What does this mean for the ethical orientation? Can the African Spirituality be considered to be 'metaphysical? Conversely, what are the foundations of the west that determine society, religion, politics and science? What do the mental and cultural differences mean for the relationship between Africa and the West? What impact do they specifically have on development cooperation? These are some of the questions Danner attempts to grapple with in "End of Arrogance: Africa and the West - Understanding their differences." A critical and honest observer will often notice a subtle condescension by Westerners towards Africans and resentment on the part of Africans towards the West. Where does this tensed and unfortunate relationship originate from? There are two essential reasons: Africa and the West have a common history that can neither be forgotten nor forgiven by Africans - contempt, subjugation, and exploitation through slave trade, missionary, and colonization. Both have never been able to appreciate or understand the cultural and mental orientation of each other. An approach of mutual understanding - contrary to quantitative measuring - might help counter the arrogance of the West and the distrust by Africans.
Author: Anthony Summers
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001-08-01
Total Pages: 733
ISBN-13: 1101199482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe controversial New York Times–bestselling biography of America’s most infamous president written by a master of investigative political reporting. Anthony Summers’s towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal behavior did not begin with Watergate. Drawing on more than a thousand interviews and five years of research, Summers traces Nixon’s entire career, revealing a man driven by addiction to power and intrigue. His subversion of democracy during Watergate was the culmination of years of cynical political manipulation. Evidence suggests the former president had problems with alcohol and prescription drugs, was mentally unstable, and was abusive to his wife, Pat. Summers discloses previously unrevealed facts about Nixon’s role in the plots against Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, his sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and his acceptance of funds from dubious sources. The Arrogance of Power shows how the actions of one tormented man influenced 50 years of American history, in ways still reverberating today. “Summers has done an enormous service. . . . The inescapable conclusion, well body-guarded by meticulous research and footnotes, is that in the Nixon era the United States was in essence a ‘rogue state.’ It had a ruthless, paranoid and unstable leader who did not hesitate to break the laws of his own country.”—Christopher Hitchens, The New York Times Book Review “A superbly researched and documented account—the last word on this dark and devious man.”—Paul Theroux
Author: Liliana Bejarano
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10-02
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781974034161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInspired by the teachings of A Course in Miracles. This book is a collection of reflections and short stories, based on real testimonies, which demonstrate that a change of mind can bring about a new perception of who we think we are. It is a call to remember our true essence which is love and abundance. It is aimed at all those who are willing to give up suffering, and allow the healing power of forgiveness be a constant in their lives.
Author: Douglas Lynn Miller Jr
Publisher:
Published: 2015-04-16
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781457537417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDouglas Miller lives in a world of booze, drugs, and life on the edge. Yet he wants a better way of life, and he begs God to give him a quest. When God reaches into his heart, he shows Douglas a much different world of good and evil, light and darkness, happiness and sadness. As shown in this book, Douglas realizes that his whole life has been a quest. Like others, he ran to try and escape from himself and his unhappy life, but he could not outrun himself or his purpose. He finds his purpose and learns that no one needs to travel very far to be on a quest. God asks Douglas to share his new knowledge in life lessons. These life lessons are the foundation of this book. As Douglas shares the valuable life lessons, he helps others who are lost. He wants to help other travelers find their way back to God. Are you ready for the journey? This book contains the edited version of how I found God, in an easy to understand language.
Author: Michael Farr
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2012-11-20
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0762768177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is the arrogance cycle? We’ve just lived through it. As market bubbles build, our confidence level rises (dis)proportionately. Everyone wants in on the action. We want to believe Wall Street, and once we do, the inevitable happens. Like Dr. Frankenstein breathing life into inanimate flesh, investment professionals sought ever more novel ways to create wealth. The only problem was that it was all artificial. In this book, Michael Farr examines the forces at work on individuals and markets and explains in clear, concise, layman’s terms how we got to where we are. Farr focuses on individual factors—such as rampant consumerism, a sense of entitlement, narcissism, resentment toward the upper class—that combined to create the perfect economic storm. By consulting with leading psychologists and relaying first-hand experience with investment clients, he provides a case study of the arrogant investor. In reviewing failed enterprises like Enron, AIG, Lehman Brothers, and Bear Stearns, as well as the illegal activities of Bernie Madoff and others through the lens of arrogance, the book sheds light on those disasters and offers a means to detect the insidious presence of arrogance so that in the future we can contain the damage before it spreads.
