Rogue State: America at War with the World

by T.D. Allman

Book Overview

El autor, conocido y prestigiado periodista estadounidense, critica abiertamente la pol?tica del presidente George Bush calific?ndolo, tanto a ?ste como al pa?s que Bush dirige, como los m?s... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560255625
• ISBN13: 9781560255628
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Nation Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Rogue State

This is an interesting and probably for the most part true book. When reading however one should keep in mind that what one pushes against pushes back. So dwelling on this for long is not a good idea. What we really need to do is focus on what we want, not on what we don't want. All governments are a reflection of the people so it is not so much the form of government that is important as it is the morality of the people. The United States is only able to engage in perverse activities because the people themselves have become perverse, so really the battle is for the hearts and minds of men which you can only win by enlightenment, not pushing against.

enjoyable political rant

If you hate W., you'll like the book. He really nails Bush for failures in Afghanistan and Iraq. Still, I wanted more. What about the administration's policy of torturing prisoners? What about the abuse of civil liberties in the name of the Patriot Act? What about the Saudi connection? What about the slide of the U.S. dollar, the crushing deficits, the outsourcing of U.S. jobs, huge tax cuts for the wealthy, the influence of big oil and coal?

It Makes Laugh, then Cry for America

"Life is a comedy for those who think, a tragedy for those who feel," New Yorker and Rolling Stone correspondent T.D. Allman writes at the beginning of this book. He's referring to the Bush administration, but ROGUE STATE has the same effect on the honest reader. There is something very funny about what's happened to America over the last four years, until you stop to think about it. Allman does a lot of thinking in this book. You will too -- especially if you go beyond his white-hot denunciation of Bush and his coterie to the historical, analytical and philosophical parts of this book. The chapter "Systemic Dysfunction in America" is particularly important reading for anyone who thinks the present state of affairs is more or less normal. Other chapters -- notably the chapters on Dick Cheney and Tony Blair -- will make you laugh, but the final chapter of this book, "Unnecessary Evil" is as chilling an indictment of George W. Bush and those who support and tolerate him as anything in print today.

Verdict on Bush and Cheney

If you have been looking for a book that thoroughly investigates the actions of the Bush-Cheney administration, this is it.I laughed and learned a lot from this book.The main thing I learned is that we need a new president -- and soon!