First Thousand Words in Japanese by Heather Amery

First Thousand Words in Japanese by Heather Amery

The preeminent political essayist writes about the perversion of America's democratic legacy under George W. Bush--and makes a compelling case for impeachment.

Lewis Lapham stands virtually alone among mainstream American journalists in having consistently seen through the fog of lies and narcissism surrounding the Bush administration from its earliest days in Washington. Pretensions to Empire brings together Lapham's trenchant political commentaries from his award-winning Notebook column in Harper's, giving us a complete picture of a presidency whose brazen abuses of power--and incompetence--have led the United States down a precipitous path, culminating in Lapham's eloquent case for impeachment.

From a perspective deeply informed by history, Lapham's essays measure the current political moment against a backdrop of past events. Whether discussing the failure of the Bush administration's imperial project in Iraq, its shameless servitude to the country's corporate and religious minority and equally shameful ineptitude in responding to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, or the disturbing revelations of illegal domestic spying authorized by the president himself, Lapham perceives in George W. Bush and his allies a fundamental betrayal of the nation's democratic heritage.

Written with the clarity of thought and elegance of prose that have become Lapham's signature style over the years, Pretensions to Empire is a brilliant and provocative work of political reportage.

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ISBN 13	9780794504809
ISBN 10	0794504809
Title	First Thousand Words in Japanese
Author	Heather Amery
Series	First Thousand Words Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Usborne Publishing Ltd
Year published	2003-07-01
Number of pages	64
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