Originally published at: Niall Ferguson, the Gulf Princes and Their Man, Donald Trump - TPM – Talking Points Memo
I first encountered Niall Ferguson in a real way when I was writing a review essay for The New Yorker at the end of 2003. The editors had sent me a small stack of books about what we might call the “neo-imperial” moment that took hold of Washington, D.C. in the aftermath of the 9/11…
