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Chronicle of Catastrophe: A Contemporaneous History of the Bush Years

Michael Cuddehe
Three Worlds Press
ISBN 9780578064147
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads.com (09/10)


In the introductory section of “Chronicle of Catastrophe: A Contemporaneous History of the Bush Years,” author Michael Cuddehe informs the reader that the book is” …a record of events during the final years of America’s tenure as the global hyperpower – the sole globally dominant economic and military superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union.   Taken as a whole, Chronicle presents a clear picture of George W. Bush’s America:  a nation in thrall to free-trade fundamentalists and belligerent neocons.  The Bush regime projected America’s awesome military power abroad without regard for tradition, treaties, or world opinion, while at home an arrogant and venal political and business elite greedily ran the ship of state aground.”   (p.2)
                      
Cuddehe’s work is comprised of a series of Risk and Opportunity quarterly newsletters which he penned beginning in 2002, continuing up to the year 2009.  I don’t think any author writing about how the current financial situation in America came to be could present this information in a positive light, but there is a lot of anger and bitterness that radiates from this book.  However, I guess that would be obvious to anyone as the disdain for the Bush administration is openly stated right in the title, “Chronicle of Catastrophe: A Contemporaneous History of the Bush Years.”

As with any subject political, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.  Although I don’t agree with all of the author’s views, he does make some valid points and I found his writing to be very insightful.  His newsletters are thought-provoking and in a lot of ways frightening if what he predicts to happen holds true.  “Chronicle of Catastrophe: A Contemporaneous History of the Bush Years” is a well-researched and informative book and anyone who is interested in politics and economic issues should enjoy the intellectual stimulation that Cuddehe’s work provides.