Temptations Of Power

Examines the security dilemma which confronted President George W Bush when terrorists proved on 9/11 that they could wound even the greatest of military powers... » 

Examines the security dilemma which confronted President George W Bush when terrorists proved on 9/11 that they could wound even the greatest of military powers. This book views that the response was influenced by neo-conservative exaggeration of the efficacy of military power and belief in the US ability to change the world and its own image. «