TY - BOOK AU - Bronner,Stephen Eric TI - Blood in the sand: imperial fantasies, right-wing ambitions, and the erosion of American democracy SN - 0813171687 AV - E895 .B74 2005eb U1 - 327.73/009/0511 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - Democracy KW - United States KW - Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- KW - Opération Liberté immuable, 2001- KW - Démocratie KW - États-Unis KW - Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009 KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Government KW - International KW - bisacsh KW - International Relations KW - General KW - Political Ideologies KW - Conservatism & Liberalism KW - fast KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Politics and government KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001- KW - Relations extérieures KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index; Introduction : the legacy of 9/11 : chronicles of a dark time -- Gandhi's voice : nonviolence and the violence of our times -- Us and them : reflections on Afghanistan, terrorism, and the axis of evil -- Baghdad memories -- American landscape : lies, fears, and the distortion of democracy -- States of despair : history, politics, and the struggle for Palestine -- Anatomy of a disaster : class war, Iraq, and the contours of American foreign policy -- Dub'ya's fellow travelers : Left intellectuals and Mr. Bush's war -- Constructing neoconservatism -- It happened here : the Bush sweep, the Left, and the American future -- Epilogue : democracy, foreign policy, and war; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Blood in the Sand is Stephen Eric Bronner's powerful critique of the current state of American foreign and domestic policy, ranging from the government's initial response to 9/11 and the assault on Afghanistan through the Iraqi War and the ramifications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bronner, who just months before the war began spent time in Iraq as part of a peace delegation, examines the state of twenty-first century America, a nation in which security against future terrorist attacks has become an obsession, "moral values" have turned into a slogan, and belief in the right to engage UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=152065 ER -