The Icarus syndrome
Pride and vanity
Ambition
National characteristics, american
United states, foreign relations
United states, military policy
American National characteristics
Tragedy
Military policy
Political aspects
Foreign relations
A century of unwise American military adventures is probed in this perceptive study of foreign policy over-reach from Woodrow Wilson's "hubris of reason" to George W. Bush's "hubris of dominance." In each case, Beinart finds a dangerous confluence of misleading experience and untethered ideology.
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