The McCain Foreign Policy

Eric Rauchway and Pete Scoblic have both published nice pieces recently making the point that McCain seems to be indicating a desire to go further than Bush in unraveling the internationalist framework that's basically served America well since World War II. There's also what Jacob Heilbrunn says here:

Heilbrunn knows neocons, he wrote the book on them. Of course if you want a longer-form version of the argument about McCain's dangerous foreign policy vision you need to check out my definitive take. And I'll spare any mention of a potentially relevant book that you can find way down at the bottom of the floor where finer bookstores stash works whose authors' last names begin with the letter "Y."

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Heilbrunn knows neocons, he wrote the book on them.

And was one, as I think he acknowledges. I mention it only because I suspect certain sympathies understandably survive, so I wouldn't depend on Heilbrunn for all my anti-neocon critique validation.

Posted by SomeCallMeTim | May 5, 2008 3:31 PM

As I think I mentioned earlier, I used to work for Helen Yglesias' publisher. Once this publisher called up the sales department in a lather, enraged that she'd just dropped by a Borders and found Helen's novel on the very bottom of the fiction shelves. She eventually calmed down once the head of the sales department explained that the novel was shelved down there with the other titles by authors whose last name began with the letter Y. Such are the vagaries of the book world!

Posted by BryklynLibrul | May 5, 2008 4:52 PM

Matt, it could be worse. All the books could be in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Oh, wait...

Posted by Richard Steven Hack | May 5, 2008 6:29 PM

"my difinitive take" without a hint of sarcasm.

Maybe this is why there are only 3 of us who bother to comment here. Sometimes, your arrogance gets way out of hand. It's pretty ugly, and you may want to think about thinking about it.

Posted by volum | May 5, 2008 6:33 PM

"my difinitive take" without a hint of sarcasm.

And it keeps getting funnier and funnier.

Posted by Jeffrey Davis | May 5, 2008 7:35 PM

"finer bookstores stash works whose authors' last names begin with the letter Y."

In Rhode Island (this was in the 70-80s timeframe) a politician was running for mayor in Johnston, RI. His name was Russo. he wanted to be higher on the ballot. He legally changed his name to aRusso.

So how about Matthew Eglesias? Or Ayglesias? That would get your book off the floor...

Posted by 2liberal | May 6, 2008 12:10 AM