{"product_id":"the-matadors-cape-americas-reckless-response-to-terror-hardback-9780521875165","title":"The Matador's Cape; America's Reckless Response to Terror (Hardback) 9780521875165","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Matador's Cape\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerica's Reckless Response to Terror\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestigates Washington's fatal misreading of  'the enemy' after 9\/11 and its consequences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Holmes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521875165, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 April 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e378 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 16.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.664 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Holmes has written a powerful and philosophically erudite survey of what we think we understand about the 9\/11 attacks.' Middle East Online\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Matador's Cape delves into the causes of the catastrophic turn in American policy at home and abroad since 9\/11. In a collection of searing essays, the author explores Washington's inability to bring 'the enemy' into focus, detailing the ideological, bureaucratic, electoral and (not least) emotional forces that severely distorted the American understanding of, and response to, the terrorist threat. He also shows how the gratuitous and disastrous shift of attention from al Qaeda to Iraq was shaped by a series of misleading theoretical perspectives on the end of deterrence, the clash of civilizations, humanitarian intervention, unilateralism, democratization, torture, intelligence gathering and wartime expansions of presidential power. The author's breadth of knowledge about the War on Terror leads to conclusions about present-day America that are at once sobering in their depth of reference and inspiring in their global perspective.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Terrorist Enigma: 1. Did religious extremism cause 9\/11?\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Show of Force: 2. Why military superiority breeds illusions\u003cbr\u003e 3. How the war was lost\u003cbr\u003e 4. Radicals trapped in the past\u003cbr\u003e 5. A self-inflicted wound\u003cbr\u003e Part III. False Templates: 6. Searching for a new enemy after the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e 7. Humanitarianism with teeth\u003cbr\u003e 8. The war of the liberals\u003cbr\u003e 9. The neoconservative intifada\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Waiving the Rules: 10. Liberalism strangled by war\u003cbr\u003e 11. The unilateralist curse\u003cbr\u003e 12. Battling lawlessness with lawlessness\u003cbr\u003e 13: The infallibility trap\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005232271640,"sku":"9780521875165","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521875165i_3db8a91b-dce8-4680-80db-97d5e1a9a7b6.jpg?v=1691358724","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-matadors-cape-americas-reckless-response-to-terror-hardback-9780521875165","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}