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The Arrogance of Power (Paperback)
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The Arrogance of Power (Paperback)
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"Fulbright was erudite and eloquent in all the books he wrote, but
this one is his masterpiece. Within its pages lie his now historic
remonstrations against a great nation's overreach, his powerful
argument for dissent, and his thoughtful propositions for a new way
forward . . . lessons and cautions that resonate just as strongly
today." - From the foreword by Bill Clinton J. William Fulbright
(1905-1995), a Rhodes scholar and lawyer, began his long career in
public service when he was elected to serve Arkansas's Third
District in Congress in 1942. He quickly became a prominent member
of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he introduced the
Fulbright Resolution calling for participation in an organization
that became the United Nations. Elected to the Senate in 1944, he
promoted the passage of legislation establishing the Fulbright
exchange program, and he served as chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee from 1959 to 1974, longer than any senator in
American history. Fulbright drew on his extensive experience in
international relations to write The Arrogance of Power, a sweeping
critique of American foreign policy, in particular the
justification for the Vietnam War, Congress's failure to set limits
on it, and the impulses that gave rise to it. The book-with its
solid underpinning the idea that "the most valuable public servant,
like the true patriot, is one who gives a higher loyalty to his
country's ideals than to its current policy"-was published in 1966
and sold 400,000 copies. The New York Times called it "an
invaluable antidote to the official rhetoric of government."
Enhanced by a new forward by President Bill Clinton, this eloquent
treatise will resonate with today's readers pondering, as Francis
O. Wilcox wrote in the original preface, the peril of nations whose
leaders lack ""the wisdom and the good judgment to use their power
wisely and well.
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