The heart of this brief and powerful jeremiad is the accusation that American society is abandoning concerns for democratic opportunity and the productive strength of the nation in favor of sharp class divisions, greed and shortsightedness.
In his history of the Council on Foreign Relations, Peter Grose conveys the broad-minded spirit of the undertaking, then the bittersweet broadening of an institution after Vietnam fractured the consensus.
In American Vertigo, Bernard-Henri Lévy updates Tocqueville and defends the United States against anti-Americanism, while in Überpower, Josef Joffe counsels Washington on how to maintain its primacy.
A new survey of U.S. public opinion on foreign policy shows that the war in Iraq and terrorism are not the only problems on Americans' minds. Public concern over the United States' dependence on foreign oil may soon force policymakers to change course. And religious Americans are rethinking their support for many of Bush's policies, which has brought them closer in line with the rest of the public.
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