Blood in the Sand by Stephen Eric Bronner
Blood in the Sand is Stephen Eric Bronner's powerful critique of the current state of American foreign and domestic policy, ranging from the government's initial response to 9/11 and the assault on Afghanistan through the Iraqi War and the ramifications of the Israeli--Palestinian conflict. Bronner, who just months before the war began spent time in Iraq as part of a peace delegation, examines the state of twenty-first century America, a nation in which security against future terrorist attacks has become an obsession, "moral values" have turned into a slogan, and belief in the right to engage in a preemptive strike has come to define foreign policy. In Blood in the Sand, Bronner develops a bold new framework for a modern democratic foreign policy. In doing so, he passionately warns of the consequences of failure to alter the current course of events in America: extreme economic inequalities of power, political authoritarianism, imperialist ambitions, and an increasingly constrained cultural climate.
Lying has always been part of politicsTraditionally, however, the lie was seen as a necessary evil that those in power should keep from their subjects.... Following the proclamations of victory in the Iraqi War, however, that sense of purpose became imperiled along with the trust necessary for maintaining a democratic discourse. The Bush administration has boldly proclaimed the legitimacy of the lie, the irrelevance of trust, while the mainstream media has essentially looked the other way. - from the book
Stephen Eric Bronner, a well-known peace activist, is Distinguished Professor of political science at Rutgers University. The Senior Editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture, he is the author of numerous books, including Imagining the Possible: Radical Politics for Conservative Times and Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical Engagement.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813123677 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813123674 |
| Title | Blood in the Sand |
| Author | Stephen Eric Bronner |
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| Publisher | The University Press of Kentucky |
| Year published | 2005-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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