Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-293) and index.

Red in tooth and claw: a compassionate conservative joins the ruthless right -- A work in progress: America's compact on the environment -- Opening moves: the wrecking crew goes to work -- Let the breather beware: the right's romance with risk -- Clear skies and healthy forests: foul deeds behind fair words -- Share the spoils, postpone the future: throwing good money after bad ideas -- This land was your land: auctioning off the commons -- Alaska: the great land or the last welfare state? -- Strategic ignorance: choosing the facts that fit -- See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: Bush and global warming -- Behind closed doors: locking out the public -- Be sued and settle: the law as a partisan tool -- Uncle Sam turns scrooge: no more help from Washington -- Alone in the world: America as global outlaw -- Progress is the best revenge: challenging strategic ignorance and reclaiming America's future -- Appendix: the Bush record on the environment.