The Eagle's Shadow Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

On September 11, 2001, Mark Hertsgaard was completing a trip around the world, gathering perceptions about America from people in fifteen countries. Whether sophisticated business leaders, starry-eyed teenagers, or Islamic fundamentalists, his subjects were both admiring and uneasy about the United States, enchanted yet bewildered, appalled yet envious. Exploring such paradoxes, Hertsgaard exposes truths that force natives and outsiders alike to see America with fresh eyes. In a world growing more American by the day, The Eagle's Shadow is a major statement about and to the place everyone discusses but few understand.

Mark Hertsgaard is the author of five books. His journalism has appeared in The New Yorker, Times, Harper’s, The New York Times, The Nation, The Gaurdian, Die Zeit, and many other publications around the world. He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and Worldlink TV. Visit his Web site at www.markhertsgaard.com.