| Anti-Americanism Library Edition Contributor(s): Revel, Jean-Francois (Author), Cammell, Diarmid (Translator), Lane, Christopher (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786185589 ISBN-13: 9780786185580 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Angered by the shrill polemics against a nation he knows and admires, the distinguished French writer Jean-Francois Revel comes to America's defense in Anti-Americanism, a biting and erudite book that spent several weeks on top of the French bestseller list. Revel probes the origins of the notion that America is the source of all evil: imperialistic, greedy, ruthlessly competitive--a "hyperpower" whose riches are acquired at the expense of the Third World. He finds the roots of these charges in the weakness and envy of those who make them, and he criticizes the legions of propagandists and pseudo-intellectuals who make a living on America-bashing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.62" W x 4.96" (0.19 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After the 9/11 attack on the United States, the brief moment of global sympathy for America soon began giving way to blame. In France and other quarters of Europe, and elsewhere in the world, it was said that the Americans had brought this violence upon themselves. The United States was a "cowboy" nation disinclined to abide by the will of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions and bent on pursuing its objectives at any cost. It was the "hyperpower" whose corporations manipulated world markets and whose riches were acquired at the price of Third World impoverishment. No wonder it had been attacked Angered by these assaults on a nation he knows and admires, the distinguished French intellectual Jean-Francois Revel has come to America's defense in Anti-Americanism, a biting and erudite book that--paradoxically, given his country's especially vehement attack of the US--spent several weeks last year at the top of France's bestseller list. |
Contributor Bio(s): Revel, Jean-Francois: - Jean-Francois Revel (1924-2006), was the author of several international bestsellers and was perhaps best known for Without Marx or Jesus, How Democracies Perish, and The Totalitarian Temptation. Lane, Christopher: -Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. He is a three-time winner of the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration and recipient of ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. |