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David Bromwich

David Bromwich teaches English at Yale University. A TomDispatch regular, he is the author most recently of Moral Imagination and The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke: From the Sublime and Beautiful to American Independence.

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December 10, 2017
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Neoconservatives Play the Long Game in Iran

David Bromwich examines the imperialist idealism that is the driving force behind the neoconservative version of reality.
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David Bromwich,
TomDispatch
August 24, 2015
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The Importance of Being Exceptional: From Ancient Greece to 21st Century US

To make an exception of yourself is as immoral a proceeding for a nation as it is for an individual.
by
David Bromwich,
TomDispatch
October 23, 2014
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How Obama Became a Publicist for His Presidency (Rather Than the President)

For some time now, observers have been saying that Barack Obama seems more like a king than a president.
by
David Bromwich,
TomDispatch
March 10, 2014
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Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency: The Saved and the Sacked

Then-President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office on January 7, 2009. (Photo: Beverly & Pack) Is it too soon to speak…
by
David Bromwich,
TomDispatch
August 18, 2011
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The Embarrassments of Empire: Washington Wonders What to Say About Arab Freedom

From Egypt to Pakistan, February 2011 will be remembered as a month unusually full of the embarrassments of empire. Americans were enthralled by a spectacle of liberty in…
by
David Bromwich,
TomDispatch | News Analysis
March 10, 2011
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