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The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism

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by: Ron Suskind

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.931
EAN: 9780061430626
ISBN: 0061430625
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: August 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: August 05, 2008
Sales Rank: 16159
Studio: Harper

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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 GuantÃ¡namo, 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 Ã©migrÃ©, 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.

Amazon.com Review:
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.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- dullness
I bought this book in a hurry before I went on vacation. I feel like I chose unwisely. I am not familiar with the author but I expected it to be much better.

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- Suskind
I respect Suskind's writing on the whole but this book fell short. It seemed to read like a series of choppy essays that were pasted and bound together. His central thesis was that America has lost its standing in the world in the post-September 11th era. However I felt that the delivery was lacking relative to what I would have expected.

Rating:

- Partisanship Versus Honest Brokering
When I started reading _The Way Of The World_, I was hoping that I would be able to give it a five-star review. Unfortunately, I cannot. The book is poorly edited and poorly proofread. There is a distressing number of glaring errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Also, Suskind's writing style is leaden and preachy at times. He gives long, detailed descriptions of conversations in which people aren't talking about much of anything. The book is structured in a way that makes you feel like ... Read More

Rating:

- Good but not great book
I do think Mr. Suskind deserves some credit for what he attempted to do, which I see as chronicle America's fall from the moral high ground during the war on terror. He deftly chronicles the multitude of lies and deceptions that were used to put forward the War in Iraq. The book does lose its way when it diverges into other aspects of the war. While these stories maybe compelling they detract from the strongest story of the bunch.

An interesting read for the stories on the Bush administrations ... Read More

Rating:

- Doesn't meet "Pulitzer Author" standard
Rob Suskind is a good writer on a number of levels. But this work doesn't seem consistent with that of a Pulitzer winning journalist. I think if you hold that status, you have an even greater responsibility to preserve good journalistic principles and to treat with great respect the trust placed in you as one of their keepers. Suskind lets us down in this regard, losing major credibility by not citing sources and making suggestions that really do need to be backed up. The story of greedy white men in power who ... Read More

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