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Rise of the Vulcans / Jim Mann

Public ISBD Titre : Rise of the Vulcans : the history of Bush's war cabinet / Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jim Mann Editeur : New York : Viking Année de publication : 2004 Importance : xix, 426 p. Présentation : ill. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-670-03299-0 Index. décimale : 327 Relations internationales Résumé : When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't 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—an inner circle of 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 America's role in it. Rise of the Vulcans is nothing less than a detailed, incisive thirty-five-year history of the top six members of the Vulcans—Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleezza Rice—and the era of American dominance they represent. It is the story of the lives, ideas and careers of Bush's war cabinet—the group of Washington insiders who took charge of America's 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 history—a 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. Rise of the Vulcans : the history of Bush's war cabinet / [texte imprimé] / Jim Mann . - New York : Viking, 2004 . - xix, 426 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-0-670-03299-0 Index. décimale : 327 Relations internationales Résumé : When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't 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—an inner circle of 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 America's role in it. Rise of the Vulcans is nothing less than a detailed, incisive thirty-five-year history of the top six members of the Vulcans—Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleezza Rice—and the era of American dominance they represent. It is the story of the lives, ideas and careers of Bush's war cabinet—the group of Washington insiders who took charge of America's 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 history—a 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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Cote	Section	Localisation	Code-barres	Disponibilité	Numero_inventaire
327 MAR	Sciences sociales	Biblio-FLSHO	L9784 OFF	Disponible	L9784 OFF

Lake Wobegon summer 1956 / Garrison Keillor

Public ISBD Titre : Lake Wobegon summer 1956 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Garrison Keillor Editeur : New York : Viking Année de publication : 2001 Importance : 291 p. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-670-03003-3 Index. décimale : 813/.54 Résumé : Meet fourteen-year-old Gary. A self-described "tree-toad,"a sly and endearing geek, Gary has many unwieldy passions, chief among them his cousin Kate, his Underwood typewriter and the soft-porn masterpiece, High School Orgies. The folks of Lake Wobegon don't have much patience for a kid's ungodly obsessions, and so Gary manages to filter the hormonal earthquake that is puberty and his hopeless devotion to glamorous, rebellious Kate through his fantastic yarns. With every marvellous story he moves a few steps closer to becoming a writer. And when Kate gets herself into trouble with the local baseball star, Gary also experiences the first pangs of a broken heart. Lake Wobegon summer 1956 [texte imprimé] / Garrison Keillor . - New York : Viking, 2001 . - 291 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-0-670-03003-3 Index. décimale : 813/.54 Résumé : Meet fourteen-year-old Gary. A self-described "tree-toad,"a sly and endearing geek, Gary has many unwieldy passions, chief among them his cousin Kate, his Underwood typewriter and the soft-porn masterpiece, High School Orgies. The folks of Lake Wobegon don't have much patience for a kid's ungodly obsessions, and so Gary manages to filter the hormonal earthquake that is puberty and his hopeless devotion to glamorous, rebellious Kate through his fantastic yarns. With every marvellous story he moves a few steps closer to becoming a writer. And when Kate gets herself into trouble with the local baseball star, Gary also experiences the first pangs of a broken heart.

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Cote	Section	Localisation	Code-barres	Disponibilité	Numero_inventaire
813.54 KEI	Littérature	Biblio-FLSHO	L 2229	Disponible	L 2229

My year of meats / Ruth L. Ozeki

Public ISBD Titre : My year of meats Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Ruth L. Ozeki Editeur : New York : Viking Année de publication : 1998 Importance : 366 p. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-670-87904-5 Mots-clés : Literary Fiction  Japan  Food Index. décimale : 813 Fiction-théâtre et roman Résumé : Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. Hailed by USA Today as “rare and provocative” and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim, My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan, Margaret Atwood, and Barbara Kingsolver. My year of meats [texte imprimé] / Ruth L. Ozeki . - New York : Viking, 1998 . - 366 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-0-670-87904-5 Mots-clés : Literary Fiction  Japan  Food Index. décimale : 813 Fiction-théâtre et roman Résumé : Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. Hailed by USA Today as “rare and provocative” and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim, My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan, Margaret Atwood, and Barbara Kingsolver.

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Cote	Section	Localisation	Code-barres	Disponibilité	Numero_inventaire
813 OZM	Littérature	Biblio-FLSHO	L 3472	Disponible	L 3472