The Politics of Good Intentions: History, Fear and Hypocrisy in the New World Order

by David Runciman

Tony Blair has often said that he wishes history to judge the great political controversies of the early twenty-first century--above all, the actions he has undertaken in alliance with George W. Bush. This book is the first attempt to fulfill that wish, using the long history of the modern state to put the events of recent years--the war on terror, the war in Iraq, the falling out between Europe and the United States--in their proper perspective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069112566X
• ISBN13: 9780691125664
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"