Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465003556)

America's most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations cover a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. This is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the well-intentioned self-indulgence of the Clinton administration, to the mortgaging of America's future by the "suicidal statecraft" of the second Bush administration. Brzezinski concludes with a chapter on how America can regain its lost prestige. This scholarly yet highly opinionated book is sure to be both controversial and influential.

Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski
ISBN-10: 0465003559
ISBN-13: 9780465003556
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2008
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.80w x 0.73d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 05/04/2008 pg. 24