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Essays that critically evaluate America's domestic and foreign policy landscape since President Obama took office.President Barack Obama was elected to office on a wave of hope. With his tenure as President of the United States now concluded it is time to take stock of his record at home and abroad. The Bitter Taste of Hope is a collection of essays that critically evaluate America's domestic landscape on the one hand, particularly new social movements, and the nation's foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, on the other. Stephen Eric Bronner engages a wide-ranging set of political and ideological conflicts that defined the "Age of Obama," especially the most pressing international concerns that have developed in accord with an increasingly globalized world. Bronner illuminates not only well-known events like the American involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, the plight of the Palestinians, and the Arab Spring but also matters about which the general public knows little such as the national hopes of the Circassians, the complexities of Sudan, and the pitiful existence endured by the Coptic Christians of Cairo. Clearly written, lively in its style, interdisciplinary in conception and timely in its message, The Bitter Taste of Hope will undoubtedly prove required reading for activists and academics alike.
Stephen Eric Bronner is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and the author of many books, including Moments of Decision: Political History and the Crises of Radicalism and The Bigot: Why Prejudice Persists.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Obama’s Legacy Part I: Ideals and Interests 1. Understanding Utopia2. The Enlightenment Lives!3. Rosa in Cairo4. Counter-Revolution, Enlightenment, Republic: A Cosmopolitan Sketch5. Tolerating Intolerance6. Albert Camus: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Death7. Immigrants and Refugees: Krisztian Simon Interviews Stephen Eric Bronner for the Hungarian and East European Blog Kettős Mérce Part II: Murderous Impulses 8. Learning the Ropes: Remarks on the Ideological Preconditions for Genocide9. Gaza on My Mind: Old Hopes, Mistaken Assumptions, and New Ideas on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict10. Netanyahu’s Rhetoric11. Garbage People12. Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes13. Visiting Assad14. A Short Report on Violence in the United States Part III: Rebellion American Style 15. Socialism in America16. On Paul Robeson17. Remembering Fitch: Reflections on a Solitary Syndicalist18. Tea Time19. Walking Wall Street20. Vilifying Frances21. One-Dimensional Man at Fifty Part IV: War and Peace 22. The Sovereign23. The Forest and the Trees: The United States in Afghanistan24. Talking in Tehran25. America’s Israel26. Closing the Deal: America, Iran, and the Nuclear Treaty of 2015Concluding Thoughts: Human Rights, Political Realism, and the Uses of PowerNotesBibliographyIndex
