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Also by Peter Beinart:

The Crisis Of Zionism, April 2012
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The Icarus Syndrome, June 2010
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The Good Fight, June 2006
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THE ICARUS SYNDROME
By: Peter Beinart

A History of American Hubris

HarperCollins
June 2010
On Sale: June 1, 2010
496 pages
ISBN: 0061456462
EAN: 9780061456466
Kindle: B003H3IOIM
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Non-Fiction

Peter Beinart's provocative account of hubris in the American century describes Washington on the eve of three wars: World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq—three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand. And each time, a war conceived in arrogance brought tragedy.

But each catastrophe also imparted wisdom to a new generation of thinkers. These leaders learned to reconcile the American belief that anything is possible with the realities of a world that will never fully conform to this country's will—and in their struggles lie the seeds of American renewal today.

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