The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World
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Author: Mark Hertsgaard
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
"The Eagle's Shadow" is an exploration of the American mindset. In his attempt to get under the skin of the Janus face of America, Mark Hertsgaard uses a breadth of opinion and reference, from the expected - de Tocqueville, de Beauvoir, Santayana - to the surprising - Beach Boys and Elvis Costello. The Chinese outnumber Americans five to one, but each of those Americans consumes 53 times more goods and services. If all six billion people on the planet adopted the US lifestyle, we'd need four Earths to provide all the necessary raw materials. According to one poll, the majority of Americans think Israel is an Arab country, which perhaps explains why public opinion has had little effect on foreign policy. Hertsgaard intends his book to be a starting point, a talking point and a clarion call for a different, more responsible kind of global engagement. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? So ignorant of foreign lands, peoples and languages, yet so certain it knows what's best for everyone? How can its individual citizens be so open, friendly and generous but its foreign policy so arrogant and domineering? And why is it shocked when the objects of its policies grumble, protest or even strike back in anger? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? The answers to these and many other questions will explain why America leaves so many observers at home and abroad both admiring and uneasy, envious and appalled, enchanted but bewildered. And what are the choices and challenges facing us in a world that becomes more Americanized every day?
Author: Mark Hertsgaard
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
"The Eagle's Shadow" is an exploration of the American mindset. In his attempt to get under the skin of the Janus face of America, Mark Hertsgaard uses a breadth of opinion and reference, from the expected - de Tocqueville, de Beauvoir, Santayana - to the surprising - Beach Boys and Elvis Costello. The Chinese outnumber Americans five to one, but each of those Americans consumes 53 times more goods and services. If all six billion people on the planet adopted the US lifestyle, we'd need four Earths to provide all the necessary raw materials. According to one poll, the majority of Americans think Israel is an Arab country, which perhaps explains why public opinion has had little effect on foreign policy. Hertsgaard intends his book to be a starting point, a talking point and a clarion call for a different, more responsible kind of global engagement. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? So ignorant of foreign lands, peoples and languages, yet so certain it knows what's best for everyone? How can its individual citizens be so open, friendly and generous but its foreign policy so arrogant and domineering? And why is it shocked when the objects of its policies grumble, protest or even strike back in anger? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? The answers to these and many other questions will explain why America leaves so many observers at home and abroad both admiring and uneasy, envious and appalled, enchanted but bewildered. And what are the choices and challenges facing us in a world that becomes more Americanized every day?
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Mark Hertsgaard
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
"The Eagle's Shadow" is an exploration of the American mindset. In his attempt to get under the skin of the Janus face of America, Mark Hertsgaard uses a breadth of opinion and reference, from the expected - de Tocqueville, de Beauvoir, Santayana - to the surprising - Beach Boys and Elvis Costello. The Chinese outnumber Americans five to one, but each of those Americans consumes 53 times more goods and services. If all six billion people on the planet adopted the US lifestyle, we'd need four Earths to provide all the necessary raw materials. According to one poll, the majority of Americans think Israel is an Arab country, which perhaps explains why public opinion has had little effect on foreign policy. Hertsgaard intends his book to be a starting point, a talking point and a clarion call for a different, more responsible kind of global engagement. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? So ignorant of foreign lands, peoples and languages, yet so certain it knows what's best for everyone? How can its individual citizens be so open, friendly and generous but its foreign policy so arrogant and domineering? And why is it shocked when the objects of its policies grumble, protest or even strike back in anger? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? The answers to these and many other questions will explain why America leaves so many observers at home and abroad both admiring and uneasy, envious and appalled, enchanted but bewildered. And what are the choices and challenges facing us in a world that becomes more Americanized every day?
Author: Mark Hertsgaard
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
"The Eagle's Shadow" is an exploration of the American mindset. In his attempt to get under the skin of the Janus face of America, Mark Hertsgaard uses a breadth of opinion and reference, from the expected - de Tocqueville, de Beauvoir, Santayana - to the surprising - Beach Boys and Elvis Costello. The Chinese outnumber Americans five to one, but each of those Americans consumes 53 times more goods and services. If all six billion people on the planet adopted the US lifestyle, we'd need four Earths to provide all the necessary raw materials. According to one poll, the majority of Americans think Israel is an Arab country, which perhaps explains why public opinion has had little effect on foreign policy. Hertsgaard intends his book to be a starting point, a talking point and a clarion call for a different, more responsible kind of global engagement. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? So ignorant of foreign lands, peoples and languages, yet so certain it knows what's best for everyone? How can its individual citizens be so open, friendly and generous but its foreign policy so arrogant and domineering? And why is it shocked when the objects of its policies grumble, protest or even strike back in anger? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? The answers to these and many other questions will explain why America leaves so many observers at home and abroad both admiring and uneasy, envious and appalled, enchanted but bewildered. And what are the choices and challenges facing us in a world that becomes more Americanized every day?
The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World
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