Name: The Arrogance of Power
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Author: Fulbright, J. William ; Clinton, Bill
ISBN: 9781682260708

Type

Physical Book

Author

J. William Fulbright

Preface by

Bill Clinton

Publisher

University of Arkansas Press

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

284

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.8x14.2x3 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9781682260708

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Arrogance of Power"

"Fulbright was erudite and eloquent in all the books he wrote, but this one is his masterpiece. Within its pages lie his now historic remonstrations against a great nation's overreach, his powerful argument for dissent, and his thoughtful propositions for a new way forward . . . lessons and cautions that resonate just as strongly today." --From the foreword by Bill ClintonJ. William Fulbright (1905-1995), a Rhodes scholar and lawyer, began his long career in public service when he was elected to serve Arkansas's Third District in Congress in 1942. He quickly became a prominent member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he introduced the Fulbright Resolution calling for participation in an organization that became the United Nations. Elected to the Senate in 1944, he promoted the passage of legislation establishing the Fulbright exchange program, and he served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1959 to 1974, longer than any senator in American history. Fulbright drew on his extensive experience in international relations to write The Arrogance of Power, a sweeping critique of American foreign policy, in particular the justification for the Vietnam War, Congress's failure to set limits on it, and the impulses that gave rise to it. This book--with its solid underpinning the idea that "the most valuable public servant, like the true patriot, is one who gives a higher loyalty to his country's ideals than to its current policy,"--was published in 1966 and sold four hundred thousand copies. The book remains "an invaluable antidote to the official rhetoric of government," as the New York Times called it, fifty years after its first publication.

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