The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad
by Ali, Tariq
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US: Verso, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "Our country has borne a special burden in global affairs. We have spilled American blood in many countries on multiple continents ... Our cause is ju st, our resolve unwavering. We will go forward with the confidence that rig ht makes might." -Barack Obama, West Point, December 1, 2009 What has really changed since Bush left the White House? Very little, argues Tariq Ali, apart from the mood music. The hopes aroused during Obama's election campaign have rapidly receded-the honeymoon has been short. Following the financial crisis, the "reform" president bailed out Wall Street without getting anything in return. With Democratic Party leaders and representatives mired in the corrupt lobbying system, the plans for reforming the healthcare system lie wrecked on the Senate floor. Abroad, the "war on terror" continues: torture on a daily basis in the horror chamber that is Bagram, Iraq occupied indefinitely, Israel permanently appeased, and more troops to Afghanistan and more drone attacks in Pakistan than under Bush. The fact that Obama has proved incapable of shifting the political terrain even a few inches in a reformist direction will pave the way for a Republican surge and triumph in the not too distant future.
Synopsis
Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean , Bush in Babylon , The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome —as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.
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- Title
- The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad
- Author
- Ali, Tariq
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1844674495
- ISBN 13
- 9781844674497
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- Verso
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2010
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- Politics;
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