Bush's Secret World: Religion, Big Business and Hidden NetworksISBN: 978-0-7456-3348-0
Hardcover
192 pages
August 2004, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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George W. Bush came into office only after a bitterly contested
election result, but has since proceeded to establish himself as
one of the most powerful, and one of the most arrogant, of all
American presidents. He has involved the USA in the invasion of two
Islamic countries, seems determined to impose global American
hegemony, and has launched a ‘war on terror’ which
risks perpetuating an unremitting state of crisis. And yet the
sources of this enormous power are still shrouded in mystery. He
relies on fanatical ideologues, fundamentalist Christians, shady
businessmen and right-wing extremists to a degree that will
surprise even the most hardened observer.
This up-to-the-minute exposé, by the celebrated French reporter Eric Laurent - a specialist in world affairs and the author of the best-selling Bush’s War - provides a scrupulously researched and at times deeply alarming account of a President who risks definitively alienating America from the rest of the world.