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Dewey Decimal Number: 327 EAN: 9780297849063 ISBN: 0297849069 Label: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Manufacturer: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Number Of Pages: 207 Publication Date: January 29, 2004 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Studio: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Soros Invests in ReasonGeorge Soros is not a man that your average anti-capitalist or socialist can agree with, he is an extraordinarily wealthy and a driven man who "broke the Bank of England", but also man who's past is steeped in the history of Nazi occupation, and is driven by insight and compassion, he is also one of the worlds great philanthropists. If he has gone to the trouble of writing a book, "The Bubble of American Supremacy" about the recent direction of America, in it's war against terror and it's stance on democracy and the "free world", it is probably worth a read. Indeed if you are at all clued up about the election of George Bush Junior and the history behind the war on terror, you will find a lot here to agree with. Indeed why bother? However, the book is well written and very accessible. Anyone that found Gore Vidal's recent lyrical "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: ..." hard going, or Michael Moore's "Hey Dude Where's My Country" too biennial, should take this book and pick up on the subject again with adult yet non-pretentious language. The book is also well researched with many references and web links if you start to get a bit curious, and due to Soros's past, full of fresh insights into how the current political rhetoric on a war against unseen and unproved terror has worrying overtones, and why the American public (and probably us Brits too) are in denial over the situation. Soros skirts too briefly around the real reasons for the occupation of Iraq, why we went to war with no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, however, this reflects some of the issues which our political leaders have not discussed publicly, although Soros does elude to them. George Soros has written this in a hurry, due to the imminence of the US Elections, and his desire to influence the result based upon reason. There does not seem to be a political angle, and he certainly is no normal conspiracy theorist, and probably no recent convert on this topic. He is simply an alarmed billionaire with a very rational outlook. Yet for all the gaps, it is a well thought out book, highly readable and a surprising topic for a man of his stature, although I think many will end up agreeing with his concerns and his reasons for writing such a book. To anyone who is concerned about current regime in the Whitehouse and the war against terror, read it to reassure yourself that great and apparently sane minds are on the case. To those who are not fearful of the Bush regime, I implore you to read it and find out why you should be. If a free market capitalist is worried for the stability of the world, and the epicentre of this instability is the USA, something is going badly wrong. Rating:  - The road map of a brighter future for AmericaIf you think the foreign policy of President George Bush is inept and leading America into a quagmire, then you'll love this book; Soros offers an intelligent business alternative to the soggy quicksand of conservative ideology. Consider the background of Soros and Bush. Soros survived the Nazis and Communists in Hungary, got to the US in 1956 and had enough business acumen to become a billionaire. Bush is the son of Old Establishment money and political patronage who never earned a cent in his life, always relying on his Daddy's wealthy friends to hand him lucrative deals. Soros became rich by understanding the motivations and actions of others; Bush became president because political advisers Karl Rove and James Baker saw him as a pliant puppet. Does that make either man a foreign affairs expert? No. Soros' foreign expertise comes from the $500 million he donates every year to support genuine democracy around the world. Bush's policy comes from a narrow group of American Supremacist reactionaries who advocate a unilateralist approach to which other nations may humbly bow down but not offer influence. Therein lies the difference: Bush offers America First isolation, Soros advocates cooperative international solutions. Who is right? Well, in the world of business, the idea of cooperation instead of confrontation works well. Soros outlines his approach with an articulate skill in this book, criticizing the Bush mistakes and saying other nations can offer invaluable help. Soros is the modern equivalent of President Woodrow Wilson who created the League of Nations, a brilliant idea which failed due to American isolationism and its refusal to counter aggression. Like Wilson, Soros believes in rational people making intelligent decisions. In brief, it is the essence of his book. I recently re-read 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine, the 1776 book that was the intellectual foundation for the American Declaration of Independence. Soros has written the modern international equivalent, as well-reasoned, eloquent and impassioned as Paine. However, there is a difference. Paine faced King George III, who may have been nuts but was obviously very astute. Today, America faces an amorphous irrational terrorism based on an utterly insane religious fundamentalism. Events in Iraq, Afghanistan and other Mid-East countries will have an impact on the 2004 election. One choice is American Supremacist 'follow us or fight us' ultimatums offered by Bush. Soros offers a road map of a brighter future for America based on American Leadership with a 'we'll respect your views' type of consultation and cooperation. Soros has been there. As a Jew in his native Budapest, he survived in the impact of the "Germany Above all Others" policy. He survived the utterly irrational communist fundamentalism. America made him vastly rich. He has been funding democratic programs in Europe since the 1980s. It's an incredible personal schooling on which to base his views. The 2004 election debate will likely be on the economy, with foreign policy as the runner-up. Much of the talk show debate involves extremists screaming at each other; Soros offers an intelligent alternative to the current quagmire.  Try searching the Internet for "The Bubble of American Supremacy" or Ebay for "The Bubble of American Supremacy". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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