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Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
Written by Zbigniew Brzezinski
Narrated by Dick Hill
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America's most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations cover a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the cold war with unprecedented power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. This is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the well-intentioned self-indulgence of the Clinton administration, to the mortgaging of America's future by the "suicidal statecraft" of the second Bush administration. Brzezinski concludes with a chapter on how America can regain its lost prestige. This scholarly yet highly opinionated book is sure to be both controversial and influential.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a great current affairs book written by an expert in foreign policy. He is hard on all three presidents, but he is especially hard on President Bush II, saying he squandering whatever foreign political power we had left. His title, 2nd chance, is fitting for the last section of his book where he analyzes where we go from here and what the 2008 election means. Great book.