September book discussion

Conservative author and historian Andrew Bacevich teaches at Boston University where my sister Emily is taking advanced Italian. A reminder that you do not have to live in Oconee, or be a Democratic supporter, to be in the book group, but it could not hurt if you were.

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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:05:49 -0400
Subject: [oconee] September book discussion

 

The book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats is discussing "
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" for our September
book. Please join us! It's a rather quick read and a New York Times
bestseller.

The author, the well-regarded conservative historian Andrew Bacevich, is
a professor at Boston University, where he teaches history and
international relations.

In the book, Bacevich takes up problems with the American military, the
nation's political system, and what he describes as an unchecked
"profligacy" in the culture. The Washington Post argued that Bacevich's
"compact, meaty volume ought to be on the reading list of every
candidate for national office -- House, Senate or the White House." The
New York Review of Books found the book "highly readable and enormously
worth reading."

The group meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6 PM at Five Points
Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway, with this month's meeting falling on
September 29th. It's a neat group of people -- and always a lively
discussion.

Pat

P.S. I hope you'll also find time in the next couple of months to help
our great Democratic candidates win! Help get out the vote!

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Here are the remaining books for the year:

September 29
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich

October 27
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

November (Exact date to be determined)
Engaging the Muslim World
Juan Cole

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