America at War : The Bush Years and Beyond

9/11 shattered Americans, tore up the old world order, and altered the United States in ways that might turn out to be just as significant as the changes brought about by the Cold War.

In one of the very first non-American attempts to discuss 9/11, Michael Cox traces the background to the attack, its consequences, and finally the implications of the so-called Bush Doctrine.

The conclusions he reaches do not make for comfortable reading.

America, he argues, is embarked on a new global project which promises total security in an age of catastrophic terrorism but could easily end up making the world a less stable place and the United States a most lonely superpower.

Difficult and dangerous times lie ahead.