Alan Friedman

Berlusconi explicado por BerlusconiEn ninguna nación occidental, en los últimos veinte años, un líder político ha dominado de forma tan completa la escena del modo en que lo ha hecho Berlusconi en Italia. Ningun otro ha encadenado tampoco tantas polemicas. Alan Friedman vierte en este libro el retrato intimo de un hombre del que pensabamos saberlo todo, pero que nunca habia hablado tan claro como ahora. Empezando por sus inicios como empresario, en los años sesenta y setenta, cuando sus ciudades jardin encarnaron el sueño de una Italia que descubria el bienestar, y por los comienzos de su imperio mediatico, en los ochenta, cuando la television comercial impulsada por el inundo Italia de hedonismo a la americana. De aquella epoca data tambien la compra del A. C. Milan, equipo del que era aficionado ya de niño, y al que llevo a lo mas alto. En el vivo retrato de Friedman tienen un papel fundamental los dramaticos acontecimientos internacionales de los ultimos veinticinco años, de los que Berlusconi ha sido testigo y protagonista. Tras la amistad con George W. Bush y Vladimir Putin traspira su rol de mediador en la diplomacia secreta entre Moscu y Washington. Y gracias al acceso a fuentes reservadas europeas y americanas y al testimonio de excepcion de Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero y Jose Manu...

What has happened to America, and whats become of the American dream?Behind the self-confident image of worlds most influential country, we now see a nation tearing itself apart. The United States may be arguably the worlds only superpower, but its internal tensions are a symptom of suffering and division, a condition only exacerbated by the election of President Donald Trump.In this searing account, expatriate journalist Alan Friedman returns after thirty years in Europe and examines the real America through the mouths of its citizens. Set against the backdrop of the 2016 presidential election campaign and the inauguration of President Trump, Friedman tells a vivid story of terrible inequality - from the excesses of Wall Street to the grinding poverty of Mississippi - and explores the issues, from racism and gun control to Obamacare, that have polarised a nation.Drawing on his personal interviews with Trump and with Russias President Putin, Friedman paints a detailed portrait of the new leader of the free world and explores the real risks of the Trump presidency for America and for the world.Dark and provocative, This Is Not America may just be the most important book of the year.

America was the shining city on a hill. It was the country at the forefront of the world democratic order, the global policeman, the might of its military matched only by the depth of its financial reserves. America was the one the world listened to, whether it wanted to or not. So, what happened?Well, a lot of things. In this searing account, Alan Friedman shows how, from the disastrous Vietnam War to Barack Obamas bungled response to the Arab Spring, American intervention has ceased to be the decisive action it once was. And now, with the rise of China and Russia, coupled with Americas prostration of itself following the election of Donald Trump, the decline of its authority is only hastening.We move now, Friedman argues, into the New World Disorder. In this dangerous and unstable world, the Washington-enforced liberal order is receding, and a new set of alliances and anxieties are in ascendence. What is Americas place in this? Which powers are going to emerge as the leaders? Will the European Union count at all? One thing is for sure: the effects of the New World Disorder will challenge our Western values to breaking point.