The Bitter Taste of Hope : Ideals, Ideologies, and Interests in the Age of Obama / Stephen Eric Bonner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- author.

Series:

SUNY series in new political science.

SUNY series in new political science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Middle East.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--2009-.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

Obama, Barack.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Suny Press, 2017.

Summary:

President Barack Obama was elected to office on a wave of hope. With his tenure as President of the United States now concluded it is time to take stock of his record at home and abroad. The Bitter Taste of Hope is a collection of essays that critically evaluate America's domestic landscape on the one hand, particularly new social movements, and the nation's foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, on the other. Stephen Eric Bronner engages a wide-ranging set of political and ideological conflicts that defined the "Age of Obama," especially the most pressing international concerns that have developed in accord with an increasingly globalized world. Bronner illuminates not only well-known events like the American involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, the plight of the Palestinians, and the Arab Spring but also matters about which the general public knows little such as the national hopes of the Circassians, the complexities of Sudan, and the pitiful existence endured by the Coptic Christians of Cairo. Clearly written, lively in its style, interdisciplinary in conception and timely in its message, The Bitter Taste of Hope will undoubtedly prove required reading for activists and academics alike.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Ideals and Interests

Understanding Utopia

The Enlightenment Lives!

Rosa in Cairo

Counter-Revolution, Enlightenment, Republic

Tolerating Intolerance

Albert Camus

Immigrants and Refugees

Murderous Impulses

Learning the Ropes

Gaza on My Mind

Netanyahu’s Rhetoric

Garbage People

Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes

Visiting Assad

A Short Report on Violence in the United States

Rebellion American Style

Socialism in America

On Paul Robeson

Remembering Fitch

Tea Time

Walking Wall Street

Vilifying Frances

One-Dimensional Man at Fifty

War and Peace

The Sovereign

The Forest and the Trees

Talking in Tehran

America’s Israel

Closing the Deal

Concluding Thoughts

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438465500

1438465505

OCLC:

962025928