false 3024155 1 From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault-line countries of South Asia to the sands of Guantánamo, Suskind offers an astonishing story that connects world leaders to the forces waging today's shadow wars and to the next generation of global citizens. Tracking down truth and hope within the Beltway and far beyond it, Suskind delivers historic disclosures with this emotionally stirring and strikingly original portrait of the post-9/11 world. In a sweeping, propulsive, and multilayered narrative, The Way of the World investigates how America relinquished the moral leadership it now desperately needs to fight the real threat of our era: a nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists. Truth, justice, and accountability become more than mere words in this story. Suskind shows where the most neglected dangers lie in the story of "The Armageddon Test" —a desperate gamble to send undercover teams into the world's nuclear black market to frustrate the efforts of terrorists trying to procure weapons-grade uranium. In the end, he finally reveals for the first time the explosive falsehood underlying the Iraq War and the entire Bush presidency. While the public and political realms struggle, The Way of the World simultaneously follows an ensemble of characters in America and abroad who are turning fear and frustration into a desperate—and often daring—brand of human salvation. They include a striving, twenty-four-year-old Pakistani émigré, a fearless UN refugee commissioner, an Afghan teenager, a Holocaust survivor's son, and Benazir Bhutto, who discovers, days before her death, how she's been abandoned by the United States at her moment of greatest need. They are all testing American values at a time of peril, and discovering solutions—human solutions—to so much that has gone wrong. For anyone hoping to exercise truly informed consent and begin the process of restoring the values and hope—along with the moral clarity and earned optimism—at the heart of the American tradition, The Way of the World is a must-read. 3139452 1 8 2008 The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism total:39|5:18|4:15|3:4|2:2|1:0| 39 166 104 12 5 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 25 00:08:53 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 00:11:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 12:54:16 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 18:12:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 15:18:43 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 13:40:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 13:17:56 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 13:21:16 -0700 2008
What you've heard about is the revelations (not mentioned til the end, natch) that the Bush administration falsified documents that asserted Sadam Hussein's collusion with Al Queda and production of WMD. Startling, certainly. And of course, there's lots of examina...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:34:54 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:48:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 27 08:25:09 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 07:28:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 21:21:17 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 14:12:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 06 08:04:23 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 09:28:32 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 08:04:23 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Sep 17 13:56:25 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 13:57:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 17:25:39 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 17:30:18 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 06 13:13:11 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 05:24:49 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 20 19:04:35 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 19:05:10 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 20:22:25 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 20:22:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 21:55:12 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 22:17:47 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 22:50:18 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 22:50:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 16:54:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 16:54:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 09:55:05 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:55:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 10:22:30 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 10:22:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 20:11:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 17:52:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 20:11:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 24 14:27:34 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 14:27:34 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3024155