Rouge Nation, Peter Scowen
I attended the UofT Bookstore Series tonight featuring Peter Scowen talking about his new book, "Rogue Nation: The America the Rest of the World Knows." As you could probably guess from the title of the book, this was a depressing talk. Depressing because you are aware of how the rest of the world views America, and can't help but agree with them. While I don't agree with his every assertion of America's past crimes against the world, I do agree with his concluding argument. America has moved to marginalize the world. It has lost interest in the world institutions. It has lost interest in world opinion. It has lost interest in diplomacy. Check out the Globe and Mail review of the book (negative), as well as Porkies Propaganda ('good sense before common sense') for like minded thoughts.
I attended the UofT Bookstore Series tonight featuring Peter Scowen talking about his new book, "Rogue Nation: The America the Rest of the World Knows." As you could probably guess from the title of the book, this was a depressing talk. Depressing because you are aware of how the rest of the world views America, and can't help but agree with them. While I don't agree with his every assertion of America's past crimes against the world, I do agree with his concluding argument. America has moved to marginalize the world. It has lost interest in the world institutions. It has lost interest in world opinion. It has lost interest in diplomacy. Check out the Globe and Mail review of the book (negative), as well as Porkies Propaganda ('good sense before common sense') for like minded thoughts.
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