Jim Fallows, National Correspondent of The Atlantic Monthly, joins Conversations host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of foreign policy decisions in the administration of President George W. Bush. Fallows talks about the factors shaping the choices made, the resulting opportunity costs, and alternative strategies in the war on terrorism. (On Google Video.)
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James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the new book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which has been a New York Times best-seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.