Betrayal : How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security - Hardcover

Gertz, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0895263173 ISBN 13: 9780895263179

Publisher: Regnery Pub, 1999

Synopsis

Bill Gertz has done more than any other reporter to expose the threat Bill Clinton's administration poses to U.S. national security. Now, using his extensive sources within the government and his unrivaled access to confidential documents, Gertz tells the whole, sordid story of an administration that has sold out our national security--and has gone to great lengths to cover it up.

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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 Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0895263173
• ISBN 13: 9780895263179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 291