Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security - Softcover

Gertz, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895261960 ISBN 13: 9780895261960

Publisher: Regnery Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Society...

"There's no better way to become informed than to get Bill Gertz's book, Betrayal...What he's uncovered is shocking. He's done a great service for the people of this country...Get a hold of this thing and read it."

—Rush Limbaugh

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Review:

Bill Gertz, who covers national security for the Washington Times, lays out a chilling argument against Bill Clinton's foreign policy in Betrayal. In his view, Clinton's "naive" strategies of "appeasement" with China and Russia have resulted in a betrayal of American interests, leaving "the United States weaker militarily as its enemies grow stronger and the world becomes more dangerous." According to Gertz, Clinton's policies have compromised national security: Clinton opposed development of a missile defense system that would derail arms control agreements with the Russians--even though they are believed to be developing such a system themselves. Gertz also maintains that the Russians are using U.S. aid targeted for decommissioning nuclear weapons to develop new weapons of mass destruction and to continue to develop new nuclear weapons.

Gertz also makes the case that the Clinton administration's sale of sophisticated computer and satellite technology to China was influenced by campaign contributions to the Democrats from Chinese and American executives. "The small but growing force of Chinese strategic nuclear missiles has become more reliable--thanks to American high technology," writes Gertz. He further charges that the Clinton administration has attempted to downplay the Chinese threat to U.S. security even though "China has undertaken a steady military buildup that is directly aimed at fighting a future war with the United States."

Betrayal asserts that the "most important legacy" of Bill Clinton's presidency may be "his dead serious disarmament of the United States and his self-serving appeasement of powerful and determined foreign enemies.... The administration's policies have endangered not only the United States," Gertz concludes, "but the peace and security of the entire world." --Linda Killian

About this edition

• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0895261960
• ISBN 13: 9780895261960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291