The Obama Syndrome
Book by Tariq Ali
9781844674497
The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad is a 2010 book by British-Pakistani writer, journalist, political activist and historian Tariq Ali.
Synopsis
The book, described as "a merciless dissection of Obama's overseas escalation and domestic retreat", is strongly critical of the presidency of Barack Obama. Ali argues little has changed since George W. Bush left office, with appeasement of Israel continuing, genuine domestic reform abandoned, torture and drone strikes continuing and Wall Street being bailed out without reform.[1]
Reception
In The Guardian, Stryker Maguire, editor of LSE Review, wrote "I was prepared to dislike Ali's The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad more than I did in the end", and "stripped of its Gore Vidal-school tendentiousness, the book has some reasonable things to say about the Obama presidency",[2] while in the New York Journal of Books, the reviewer wrote "Ali’s progressive stance confronts the illusions sold to voters in 2008 by a compliant media and capitalist firms".[3]
References
- ^ "VersoBooks.com". versobooks.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ Maguire, Stryker (30 October 2010). "The Obama Syndrome by Tariq Ali; Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward | Book review | US news | The Guardian". The Observer. theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "A book review by John L. Murphy: The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad". nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
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monographs
- Bush in Babylon (2003)
- Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror (2005)
- The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (2008)
- The Obama Syndrome (2010)
- The Extreme Centre (2015)
- The Dilemmas of Lenin (2017)
- Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes (2022)
- Redemption (1990)
- Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (1992)
- Fear of Mirrors (1998)
- The Book of Saladin (1998)
- The Stalinist Legacy (1984)
- Masters of the Universe? NATO's Balkan Crusade (2000)
- Partition (1987, writer)
- Wittgenstein (1993, producer)
- South of the Border (2009, writer)
