America and Its Critics: Virtues and Vices of the Democratic HyperpowerISBN: 978-0-7456-4250-5
Hardcover
220 pages
September 2008, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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"If you want to understand American politics, its origins,
development, and contemporary character, this is the book to read.
Fabbrini possesses a masterful command of the complexities of the
American political order, yet manages to convey them clearly and
memorably. Throughout this compact book, he compares and contrasts
American politics with West European politics, delivering broader
insight into variations among democracies, while distinguishing his
own perspectives from those of both America’s harshest
critics and its most ardent apologists. An enormously engaging and
satisfying read."
George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley
George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley
"This is a work of the highest intellectual level. It reflects a
mastery of the fields of American politics and of West European
comparative politics. The author has the distinctive ability to be
a past master of both subjects while retaining a vital critical
distance from each. The book is exhaustively researched and clearly
presented. After reading it, no American or European will look at
the American political system in quite the same way again."
Allen Lynch, University of Virginia