In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called “the audacity of hope.” Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces–from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media–that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating hu
The Bin Ladens are shrouded in secrecy, living in one of themost closed, unaccountable countries on earth. Little has beenknown about the world that created Osama - until now. In thisgripping account prizewinning journalist Steve Coll has interviewedthose closest to the family who rose from Yemeni peasants tojetsetting millionaires in two generations. In doing so, he revealsa Saudi Arabia torn between religious purity and the temptations ofthe West, telling a story of oil, money, power, patronage anddangerous cultural extremes.
Why were urban women veiled in the early 1900s, unveiled from 1936 to 1979, and reveiled after the 1979 revolution? This question forms the basis of Hamideh Sedghi's original and unprecedented contribution to politics and Middle Eastern studies. Using primary and secondary sources, Sedghi offers new knowledge on women's agency in relation to state power. In this rigorous analysis she places contention over women at the centre of the political struggle between secular and religious forces and demonstrates that control over women's identities, sexuality, and labor has been central to the consolidation of state power. Sedghi links politics and culture with economics to present an integrated analysis of the private and public lives of different classes of women and their modes of resistance to state power.
Why the conservative movement that spawned Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush is now dead. How many core conservative principles the Republicans have betrayed. How Republicans have made us less safe, not more. How Republicans became the biggest spenders of all time. How much bigger the federal government has grown under conservative rule. How many Republicans got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. How Republicans went from protecting the environment to plundering it. How the party of peacekeepers became the party of perpetual war. How Reagan was worse than Nixon—and Bush worse than both. Why conservatives can never again be trusted with power. 作者简介： Bill Press is the host of XM and Sirius Radio's Bill Press Show, which is also syndicated in many cities across the country, and writes a syndicated column for Tribune Media Services. Formerly the host of CNN's Crossfire, Press has written several books, including Spin This!, B
Like it or not, George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions once imposed on its freedom of action. In America Unbound, Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay caution that the Bush revolution comes with serious risks–and, at some point, we may find that America’s friends and allies will refuse to follow his lead, leaving the U.S. unable to achieve its goals. This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include major policy changes and developments since the book’s original publication.
