
A Furious Hunger
Bruce Grant(Author)
Melbourne University Press
Published on 11. April 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
1 pages
978-0-522-84792-5 (ISBN)
Description
At the end of the twentieth century, the United States-the most powerful nation on earth-is driven by quasi-religious patriotism and by conspicuous materialism. At once restless and violent, creative and democratic, it is also, at another level, deeply unsure of itself. Bruce Grant s engrossing text reveals the core of America s greatness-and its vulnerability. Americans believe that their country is blessed and exceptional-blessed by God and nature, exceptional because of their management of the twin icons, democracy and capitalism. But have Americans separated themselves too much from the rest of the world? Can they meet the challenge of the 21st century, which is to provide true global leadership? A Furious Hunger is a penetrating exploration of America s way of life, its people, its history, its rhetoric, its government and politics, and its arts and popular culture. The author s modest intention is to try to understand the United States better, not as the leader of the Western world, but as itself. Bruce Grant writes critically and sympathetically of the country and the people he has visited and observed for over thirty years. T
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-84792-5 (9780522847925)
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Bruce Grant is a distinctive Australian writer who is also a distinguished analyst of international affairs. He has been a foreign correspondent, a newspaper columnist, a film and theatre critic, an ambassador and an adviser to governments, while writing novels, short stories and books about the outstanding issues of our time. He is now a professor at Monash University, teaching statecraft to young diplomats. A Furious Hunger is his eleventh book, among which Indonesia (MUP 1964/96) has become a minor classic.