Eagle's Shadow Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

"Hertsgaard gives us fleeting perceptions of the United States from a handful of foreigners. He clutters most of the book with cliched and sententious rants about the shallowness of American culture, the debacle that passed for our most recent presidential election and our backing of sordid little dictatorships around the world. Then, often within just a few pages, he will turn around, as if to save himself from accusations of being a self-hating American, and extol our virtues. The swing from moralistic excoriation to patriotic blurbs gives THE EAGLE'S SHADOW an aura of bizarre disconnect.Hertsgaard, Mark is the author of 'Eagle's Shadow Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World', published 2002 under ISBN 9780374103835 and ISBN 0374103836.