| PRETENSIONS TO EMPIRE Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration Lewis Lapham New York: The New Press, 2006 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-1-59558-112-9 | ||||
| ISBN-10 1-59558-112-X | 288pp. | HC | $24.95 | |
| Preface | xi |
| Prologue: Tentacles of Rage | 1 |
| Power Points | 26 |
| Light in the Window | 35 |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | 43 |
| Wild West Show | 51 |
| The Golden Horde | 59 |
| Revised Test | 67 |
| Bad Medicine | 76 |
| Dar al-Harb | 86 |
| The Fog of Self | 94 |
| Buffalo Dances | 103 |
| That's Why the Lady is a Champ | 112 |
| Chasing the Pot | 120 |
| Crowd Control | 129 |
| Straw Votes | 139 |
| R & D | 148 |
| True Blue | 156 |
| Pilgrims of Hope | 165 |
| Democracyland | 173 |
| Stitches in Time | 183 |
| The Wrath of the Lamb | 192 |
| Condottieri | 201 |
| Be Prepared | 209 |
| Civil Obedience | 217 |
| On Message | 225 |
| Slum Clearance | 234 |
| The Simple Life | 243 |
| Exit Strategies | 252 |
| The Case for Impeachment | 261 |
| Index | 279 |
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