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| 1 | American crusades : unilateralism, past and present | 1 |
| 2 | The Bush doctrine and the North Korean nuclear crisis | 39 |
| 3 | Letting the genie out of the bottle : the Bush nuclear doctrine in Asia | 63 |
| 4 | Talking American, acting Taiwanese : behind Taipei's complete compliance with the Bush doctrine | 86 |
| 5 | Chinese perspectives and responses to the Bush doctrine | 108 |
| 6 | The Bush doctrine, Russia, and Korea | 130 |
| 7 | With eyes wide shut : Japan, Heisei militarization, and the Bush doctrine | 153 |
| 8 | The dangers of American exceptionalism in a revolutionary age | 181 |
| 9 | The Bush doctrine and Asian regional order : the perils and pitfalls of preemption | 203 |
| 10 | Australia and the Bush doctrine : punching above our weight? | 227 |
| 11 | The North Korean nuclear crisis : four-plus-two - an idea whose time has come | 242 |
| 12 | Conclusion | 260 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $187.20 | Digital |
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Casey Hurley
reviewed Confronting the Bush Doctrine: Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific on August 03, 2012
Confronting the Bush Doctrine: Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific
I have mixed feelings about this book, and when I first started it I wasn't enjoying it to the point at which I almost gave up on it. I was filming an unhaul video for my BookTube channel when I happened to notice that my copy of this was signed by Huffington herself. That made me think that I might as well keep it.
It's basically a big long book about the 2004 presidential election, outlining Huffington's theories on what a democratic candidate would need to successfully unseat George Bush. Obviously it didn't quite turn out that way, but it's strange because a lot of what she says about this new leader that they need could be describing Barack Obama.
Huffington also has an interesting take on things because she's no stranger to politics. She ran against Arnold Schwarzenegger for the role of governor of California, and she has some interesting things to say about his brand of politics ' and indeed of Republican politics in general.
One of the main themes in this book is the way in which corporate America basically makes a mockery of democracy, with politics for sale to the highest bidder. Huffington clearly knows her stuff and I wouldn't be surprised if she has a dossier on her computer to this day detailing all of the sleazy, sketchy stuff that politicians get up to, not just in America but around the world.
Sure, it's sometimes a little slow going, and I did have to read this twenty pages at a time as my bedtime book, but I am still glad that I picked it up even if it's out of date by now and no longer really relevant. I also found Huffington's writing style a little abrasive to begin with just because of how sarcastic she can get, but after a while I was able to overcome it.
All in all, I liked what she had to say here and if she was running for office somewhere that meant I could vote for her, I probably would. And most of the policy ideas she shared were spot on.
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