JAMES MANN

Este es el mejor libro que se ha escrito sobre el ascenso de Bush y su equipo a la Casa Blanca. Cuando George W. Bush se instaló en la Casa Blanca era alguien tan ajeno a la política exterior que desconocia el nombre del presidente de Pakistan y confundio a los talibanes con una banda de rock. Pero rapidamente palio esa debilidad apoyandose en un grupo de asesores Los Vulcanos- que tenian gran experiencia internacional por haber formado parte de los gobiernos de Nixon, Ford, Reagan y Bush padre.En la presente obra, el veterano periodista James Mann nos relata con su vision critica y autorizada la historia oculta de Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Wolfowitzy Condolezza Rice, instigadores del nuevo curso de la politica de Estados Unidos y su papel en el mundo.lucido, astuto y despues de tantos escritos de altos decibelios tanto de izquierdas como de derechas, afortunadamente equilibrado. Su lectura es imprescindible para cualquiera que tenga interes en comprender el trasfondo de como y porque America empezo a negociar con el resto del mundo de la forma que lo esta haciendo bajo la administracion Bush.Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.Citando a Thomas Paine, Ronald Reagan solia decir: Tenemos el poder para crear el mundo de nuevo. James Mann sostiene que los esfuerzos de Los Vulcanos para crear un nuevo orden mundial, en el fondo, no son nuevos en absoluto, sino un intento de apartar las inhibiciones y restricciones que han limitado el poder estadounidense durante los ultimos treinta años y de reactivar una epoca anterior cuando la busqueda desenfrenada de la supremacia era un deseo nacional establecido.Alan Brinklley. The Washington Post.

Premio Ciutat de Barcelona de Diseño 2003Este libro es fruto de un colectivo afán internacional de resistencia a la guerra y reúne más de doscientas obras de signo antibelicista enviadas por artistas de todo el mundo a traves de la Red. Carteles que se diseñaron en respuesta a la guerra de Irak del 2003 y que en ocasiones, formaron parte de las manifestaciones que tuvieron lugar en todo el mundo antes del conflicto. Los estilos graficos mostrados en esta recopilacion son tan variados como las personas y los paises de los que provienen y, tanto si su tono es ironico como sobrio, todos ellos contienen frases e imagenes que, a su manera, inducen a la reflexion. Las imagenes antibelicistas que aparecen en Carteles contra una guerra forman parte de la larga historia de manifestaciones artisticas relacionadas con los conflictos belicos y en el futuro, probablemente tambien serviran de inspiracion a obras de arte y a otras acciones contra la guerra.James Mann es diseñador grafico y ha ejercido como director artistico para empresas relacionadas con la moda y el diseño multimedia. Su trabajo ha aparecido en numerosas revistas internacionales, entre las que se incluyen I-D Magazine, o SPIN Magazine. En la actualidad reside en Barcelona.

The definitive analysis of the events, ideas, personalities, and conflicts that have defined Obamas foreign policyWhen Barack Obama took office, he brought with him a new group of foreign policy advisers intent on carving out a new global role for America in the wake of the Bush administrations war in Iraq. Now the acclaimed author of Rise of the Vulcans offers a definitive, even-handed account of the messier realities theyve faced in implementing their policies.In The Obamians, acclaimed author James Mann tells the compelling story of the administrations struggle to enact a coherent and effective set of policies in a time of global turmoil. At the heart of this struggle are the generational conflicts between the Democratic establishmentincluding Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton, and Joseph Bidenand Obama and his inner circle of largely unknown, remarkably youthful advisers, who came of age after the Cold War had ended.Written by a proven master at elucidating political underpinnings even to the politicians themselves, The Obamians is a pivotal reckoning of this historic president and his inner circle, and of how their policies may or may not continue to shape America and the world.

The book that got China right: a prophetic work on how Americas policies towards China led it away from liberalization and further towards authoritarianism, from the bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans"[The China Fantasy] predicted, China would remain an authoritarian country, and its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change . . . Manns prediction turned out to be true." -New York Review of Books, October 2017"From Clinton to Bush to Obama, the prevailing belief was engagement with China would make China more like the West. Instead, as [James] Mann predicted, China has gone in the opposite direction." -The New York Times, February 2018One of our most perceptive China experts, James Mann wrote The China Fantasy as a vital wake-up call to all who are ignorant of Americas true relationship with the Asian giant. For years, our leaders posited that China could be drawn to increasing liberalization through the power of the free market, but Mann asked us to consider a very real alternative: What if Chinas economy continues to expand but its government remains as dismissive of democracy and human rights as it is now? Now the results are in: the reign of Xi Jinping has proven that Mann was right. To understand how China got to its current state and why it may not be too late to turn back, The China Fantasy is essential reading. Calling for an end to the current policy of overlooking Chinas abuses for the sake of business opportunities, Mann presents an alternative path to a better China.

A detailed, incisive thirty-five-year history of the top six members of an inner circle of government advisorsDick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleezza Riceand the era of American dominance they represent.When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldnt name the president of Pakistan and momentarily suggested he thought the Taliban was a rock-and-roll band. But he relied upon a group called the Vulcans advisers with a long, shared experience in government, dating back to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and first Bush administrations. After returning to power in 2001, the Vulcans were widely expected to restore U.S. foreign policy to what it had been under George H. W. Bush and previous Republican administrations. Instead, the Vulcans put America on an entirely new and different course, adopting a far-reaching set of ideas that changed the world and Americas role in it. It is the story of the lives, ideas and careers of Bushs war cabinetthe group of Washington insiders who took charge of Americas response to September 11 and led the nation into its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.Separately, each of these stories sheds astonishing light not only on the formative influences that brought these nascent leaders from obscurity to the pinnacle of power, but also on the experiences, conflicts and competitions that prefigured their actions on the present world stage. Taken together, the individuals in this book represent a unique generation in American historya generation that might be compared to the "wise men" who shaped American policy after World War II or the "best and brightest" who prosecuted the war in Vietnam. Over the past three decades, since the time of Vietnam, these individuals have gradually led the way in shaping a new vision of an unchallengeable America seeking to dominate the globe through its military power.

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A controversial look at Reagans role in ending the Cold War- from the author of The New York Times bestseller Rise of the Vulcans In his surprising new book, critically lauded author James Mann trains his keen analytical eye on Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union, shedding new light on the hidden aspects of American foreign policy. Drawing on recent interviews and previously unavailable documents, Mann offers a new history assessing what Reagan did, and did not do, to help bring Americas four-decade conflict with the U.S.S.R. to a close. Ultimately, The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan dispels the facile stereotypes surrounding Americas fortieth president in favor of a levelheaded, cogent understanding of an often misunderstood man.