Title: Cold war liberalism dusted off against a new enemy
Product review: This collection of essays amounts to a ringing endorsement of George W. Bush's foreign policy or--alternatively--John Kerry's "multilateral" version of the same thing.None of them question the right of the USA to police the world. During the 1980s Berman backed the Nicaraguan contras. In the 1990s he defended NATO bombing in the Balkans. His latest crusade against Moslems angered at Western oil companies bleeding their countries dry is obviously to be expected.Todd Gitlin is well-known for his attacks on 1960s radicals who refused to back Hubert Humphrey for President. Such a proclivity for warmaking Democrats would lead one to question whether he truly understands the meaning of patriotism. Peace and noninterference are far more patriotic than flag-waving and war-whooping.Kanan Makiya is an Iraqi intellectual who was on the front lines urging war in Iraq. And so on.This book is not worth the paper it is written on.
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