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The Bubble of American Supremacy Hardcover – December, 2003

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs; 1 edition (December 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1586482173
  • ISBN-13: 978-1586482176
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsSoros offers hope for America
By Theodore A. Rushton on January 6, 2004
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If 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 the intelligent businessman's solution to the conservative quicksand.
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. 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 spends every year to encourage genuine democracy around the world. Bush's policy comes from a narrow group of American Supremacist reactionaries who advocate a unilateralist approach which other nations may join but not influence. Therein lies the difference between the two: Bush has an America First policy, Soros advocates cooperative international solution.
Who is right? Well, in the world of business, Soros' ideas of cooperation instead of confrontation works well. He 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 failure to counter aggression. Like Wilson, Soros believes in rational people making intelligent decisions.
In brief, it is the essence of his book.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsEnlightening and Foreboding View of The Future
By A Customer on December 26, 2003
Format: Hardcover
Soros is a self-made businessman and honest philanthropist - an unusual mix in this day-and-age. He has no hidden agenda, no political career aspirations, or behind-the-scenes mouths to feed.
It is this reason that this honest and clear perspective on the current Administration's political and military tactics and overall strategic direction is enlightening.
He is not burdened with the career aspirations of so-many other writers - he can write as he sees and backs it up with clear quotes and examples.
As a 'foreigner' living in the USA, and achieving my goals through the freedom afforded me by this country, I recognize the need for the protection of this BUT Soros provides an insightful comment on where this might lead us all - from victims to perpetrators of even greater atrocities on a global scale.
An excellent book that all should read for balanced commentary on the state of the world and America's part in the future.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful Mind From Finance Illuminates Murky Politics
By C. Kurdas on September 29, 2004
Format: Hardcover
We all should be grateful to George Soros. After having worked hard for several decades and made a fortune, he could do anything he wants, go anywhere he likes. What he chooses is to use his wealth to help people around the world. In writing this book, he has spent his precious time to alert Americans to the dangers they face from their own government. Unlike many a pundit, Soros is not looking for personal gain or seeking political appointment. He is one of the most astute observers around, and a rare one who is not pursuing a personal interest.

Listen to Soros, folks. It is worth getting this book just to read his insights as to why Bush really went to war in Iraq and contrast the reality he presents to the misleading pap offered by the administration. Truth may be uncomfortable, but ignoring it gets one into bad messes. Soros predicted a quagmire well before many people realized the consequences of the ill-conceived foreign adventure. No surprise; he is well attuned to deception by powers-that-be.

From his early years in Hungary to his later efforts to help build civil society in Eastern Europe, he saw close up the horrors that have been inflicted by lying, lawless, thuggish governments. His concern that America is sliding in that direction deserves to be taken seriously. Bush partisans are demonizing Soros for his pains and attempting to smear him every which way they can. Americans can judge for themselves by reading this book.

People complain that Soros rambles in his writing or his arguments are not always clear or fully argued. Considering the grave issues at hand, stylistic quibbles sound petty in the extreme. And while Soros is certainly not the only writer on the topic, he brings to it an exceptional skill for analysis. One benefits from reading him whether he is analyzing markets or a war. In any case, this book is easy to read.
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2.0 out of 5 starsI didn't want to, but...
By Kevin Currie-Knight VINE VOICE on August 26, 2004
Format: Hardcover
It is a shame that I can give this book no better than 2 stars. For starters, I agree ideologically with much of Soros's case. I am utterly convinced that the war in Iraq did nothing for us (and much against us). I am also disheartened because what should have been a feasible war on terror has consisted in nothing but us knocking out countries we don't like with a coalition growing more brittle by the day. What makes my low rating more of a shame is that Soros and I share a common philosophical hero in Sir Karl Popper and are both committed to the idea of the open society.

But, alas; for all that, I must rate the book only two stars. Why? It is simple. While the first half of the book (Soros' critiques of Bush's international methods) is astute and well thought out, it is poorly backed up, quite over-simplistic, and its arguments are readily available in many other books of better quality. Soros is not even close to the only guy who has criticized the go-it-alone "Bush Doctrine." Read Etzionni's "From Empire to Community" for a much more researched, professional, and less rhetorical critique (and there are scores of other books you've doubtless heard of). What's more, while the section makes good theoretical arguments, the research is shoddy and most consists of personal anecdotes or references to New York Times articles. Not too impressive.

The second section (where Soros was supposed to propose his vision of the solution) was maundering, much less than clear, and episodic. One chapter suggests that instead of relying on the UN, we might rely on what is called the "community of democracies" but fails to make clear how this group won't suffer from the same self-interested in-fighting and utter imptence to enforce decrees as the UN.Read more ›
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Published 11 months ago by Mel Porter
5.0 out of 5 starsHighly recommended.

George Soros confronts America with a lot of facts that are disturbing but necessary. Many people in the USA also live in a bubble ignorant of what really is going on in the world... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Carlos Chan
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I'll start by saying that I agree with Soros's argument that the war in Iraq wasn't about fighting terror and that it caused more harm than good by wasting American resources,... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsThe vision of the Left for America.

Unless you delve into the depth of thinking in the ideas put forth by the Left and thus the Democratic Party;you may not know much about George Soros. Read more

Published on October 16, 2007 by Jerry Guild
5.0 out of 5 starsSoros continues to give us clues....

...to many Americans George Soros is a bad guy with an Eastern European name that tried to buy John Kerry into the White House, a sad and mistaken impression developed by the same... Read more

Published on July 3, 2007 by J. F. Stafura
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In his last effort to dump George Bush, Soros resorts to his stern objectivity and economic savvy to expose the disastrous consequences of keeping a drug-rehabilitated and... Read more

Published on September 15, 2006 by Mohamed F. El-Hewie
3.0 out of 5 starsA businessman's take on the neocons

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Published on July 19, 2006 by Newton Ooi
2.0 out of 5 starsWhat Money Can't Buy

Soros would like an Open Society created by peaceful means, where people can read what they want, criticize what they want, and elect whomever they want. Read more

Published on July 8, 2006 by Douglas Doepke
3.0 out of 5 starsValid Concerns - First Half Well-Worth Reading

Soros is concerned that the Bush Administration misled the U.S. in going to war with Iraq, and that such an approach to terrorism will simply create more terrorists out of those... Read more

Published on December 28, 2005 by Loyd Eskildson

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