本书从美国国内政治、外交政策、经济发展、社会与文化四个方面介绍美国进入21世纪以来发生的重大变化。9·11事件、阿富汗战争、伊拉克战争、2008 年开始的世界金融和经济危机、布什主义、巧实力, 以及美国国内面临的个人权利与国家安全、大政府与减少政府干预、自由主义与保守主义、红与蓝之间的多种矛盾, 还有失业、非法移民等社会问题
Part I American Domestic PoliticsChapter I American Respoe to 9/11 Terrorist Attack 1. How 9/11 Should Be Remembered 2. The Citize 3. Amid the Part I American Domestic PoliticsChapter I American Respoe to 9/11 Terrorist Attack 1. How 9/11 Should Be Remembered 2. The Citize 3. Amid the Chaos， Extraordinary Choices 4. America Seek Comfort in Patriotism 5. Feeling the Tug of a Wounded Land 6. In Pads， a Flood of Sympathy and Aid 7. In for the Long Haul 8. For America， a Modem Pearl Harbor 9. Congress Backs Bush on Emergency Aid 10. Bush Is Standing Tall， and Congress Likes It 11.9/11 Anniveary: From Empire to Decline 12. The Shadow of9/11 across America 13. From Hyperpower to Declining PowerChapter II The Politics of Fear: The PATRIOT Act 1. How the USA PATRIOT Act Undermines Our Civil Liberties 2. Democrats and Republica Sell Out to Pass PATRIOT Act 3. Senate Votes to Expand Spy Powe 4. The Edifice of Repression 5. Free Speech， R.I.P. 6. At JFK Airport， Denying Basic Rights Is Just Another Day atthe Office 7. Culture of Fear: Poetry Professor Becomes Terror Suspect 8. Inevitably， the Politics of TerrorChapter III 2004 & 2008 Presidential Electio 1. Facts of United States Presidential Election， 2004 2. Fear in the Voting Booth: The 2004 Presidential Election 3. Facts of United States Presidential Election， 2008 4. Gallup's Quick Read on the Election 5. Change and the 2008 American Presidential Election 6. Obama's Election Redraws America's Electoral DivideChapter IV American Congress and Foreign Policy 1. When Congress Checks Out 2. When Congress Stops Wa 3. Congress and the Making of US Foreign PolicyChapter V Post-g/11 American Court 1. In Steps Big and Small， Supreme Court Moved Right 2. Court under Roberts Is Most Coervative in Decades 3. Appeals Courts Pushed to Right by Bush Choices 4. The Federalist War of Ideas 5. Court Immunity？ 6. Supreme Court to Bush: You Are Not above the Law 7. Topics at a Glance: The Supreme Court 8. Senate Confirms Kagan as Justice in Partisan VoteChapter VI The Israel Lobby 1. Reporter Retires after Words about Israel 2. Helen Thomas and the Rights of Abhorrent Speech 3. The Sad Farewell of Helen Thomas 4. 76 Senato Sign on to Israel Letter 5. Biden: Israel Right to Stop Gaza Flotilla from BreakingBlockade 6. Backlash over Book on Policy for Israel 7. The Storm over the Israel Lobby 8. The Israel Lobby and US Foreign PolicyPart II American Foreign PolicyChapter VII The Bush Doctrine. 1. Undetanding the Bush Doctrine 2. Three Chee for the Bush Doctrine 3. Think Again: Bush's Foreign Policy 4. President George W. Bush Delive Graduation Speech at WestPointChapter VIII The Iraq War 1. George W. Bush's Remarks at the United Natio General Assembly 2. George W. Bush's Address on the Start of War 3. America Demotrate for， agait War 4. Casualties， Cost， and Other Coequences 5. US Government Policy: The Current Situation and How ItEvolved 6. Barack Obama: Operation Iraqi Freedom Is OverChapter IX Obama's Foreign Policy 1. Six Sig That the American Empire Is Coming to an Early End 2. Smart Power: A Conveation with Leadehip Expert Joseph S. Nye，Jr. 3. Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relatio 4. The US National Security Strategy， 2010 5. America's Pacific Century 6. Obama Puts His Own Mark on Foreign Policy Issues 7. The Obama Doctrine: Making a Virtue of Necessity 8. America: Once Engaged， Now Ready to LeadChapter X Neocoervatism 1. The Big Question: What Is Neocoervatism， and How InfluentialIs It Today？ 2. Neocon 101: What Do Neocoervatives Believe？ 3. How Neocoervatives Conquered Washington---and Launched a War 4. Ha Morgenthau and the Iraq War: Realism vs. Neocoervatism 5.9/1 l's 10th Anniveary: The Death of NeocoervatismPart III American EconomyChapter XI The Financial Crisis 1. The Great Crash， 2008: A Geopolitical Setback for the West 2. The Great Recession: America Becomes Thrift Nation 3. How to Get out of the Financial Crisis 4. Traforming the American Economy through InnovationChapter Xll American Energy Policy 1. Addicted to Oil: Strategic Implicatio of American Oil Policy 2. Think Again: Energy Independence 3. Reliable， Affordable， and Environmentally Sound Energy forAmerica's Future 4. Real Prospects for Energy Efficiency in the United States 5. Green Fairy Tales: Obama's Energy PlanChapter XIII Environmental Policy 1. The Era of Base Politics 2. Bush Policies Have Been Good to Energy Industry 3. Bush vs. the Laureates: How Science Became a Partisan Issue 4. Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global WarmingPart IV American Society and CultureChapter XIV Social Mood l. Center-Left America？ 2. Special Report: Ideologically， Where Is the US Moving？ 3. Vote Rate Political Parties' Ideologies 4. The Very Separate World of Coervative RepublicaChapter XV Post-9/11 American Society 1. The United States in 2005: The Impact of the Last QuarterCentury 2. The Critical Unraveling of US Society 3. The Widening Gap in America's Two Tiered Society 4. For Elderly in Rural Areas， Times Are Distinctly Harder 5. Did You Know 200，000 Vets Are Sleeping on the Streets？ 6. Food Stamps Go to a Record 37.2 Million， USDA Says 7. Living on Nothing but Food Stamps 8. 2007 Executive Excess: The Staggering Social Cost of USBusiness Leadehip 9. More America Say US a Nation of Haves and Have-NotsChapter XVI Immigration 1. The Closing of the American Border 2. In Focus: The Immigration Debate 3. Across the US， Growing Rallies for Immigration 4. When I See This， I See Strength 5. Producing Smaller Numbe， but Laying Claim to Majority 6. May Day: The Fight behind the Protest 7. America's Immigration Quandary 8. Poll Shows Most in the US Want Overhaul of Immigration Laws 9. Arizona Governor Sig Immigration Bill， Reopening NationalDebate 10. Debate over Arizona Immigration Law Comes to US Court 11. Governo Voice Grave Concer on Immigration 12. Arizona Ruling Acts as a Warning to Other StatesChapter XVII American Political Blog 1. An Introduction to Blog 2. Becoming a Force 3. Weblogs: A New Source of News 4. American Political Blogs 5. Organizing without an Organization: The Obama NetworkRevolution
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