{"product_id":"pretensions-to-empire-lewis-h-lapham-9781595582294","title":"Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePretensions to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Lewis Lapham's recent political commentaries from his National Magazine Award-winning \u003ci\u003eHarper's \u003c\/i\u003e\"Notebook\" column, beginning with the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and culminating in Lapham's eloquent (and widely cited) case for the impeachment of George W. Bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the highly literate and \"self-assured style\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) that has earned Lapham a large and devoted readership, the pieces in this collection provide not only a critical perspective on Bush's presidency--helping us understand what happened and how it happened--but also vital new information and research, including a brilliant dissection of the Republican propaganda mill's octopus-like network and its role in the neoconservative ascent to power. As Lapham writes in the book's preface, \"these essays describe a march of folly, establish a record of moral incompetence and criminal intent, speak to the character of a government stupefied by its worship of money and blinded by its belief in miracles.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegant and erudite, \u003ci\u003ePretensions to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"rousing\" indictment of a stumbling political regime from the \"loquacious lion of the literary left\" (\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lewis H. Lapham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595582290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595582294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.44h x 5.58w x 0.88d","brand":"Lewis H. Lapham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173232832767,"sku":"9781595582294","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93829c8a-d4d5-4927-9d0b-dca507a2a0d4.jpg?v=1689791718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pretensions-to-empire-lewis-h-lapham-9781595582294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}