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OverviewWhen Gore Vidal's recent New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace was published, the Los Angeles Times described Vidal as the last defender of the American republic. In Dreaming War, Vidal continues this defense by confronting the Cheney-Bush junta head on in a series of devastating essays that demolish the lies American Empire lives by, unveiling a counter-history that traces the origins of America's current imperial ambitions to the experience of World War Two and the post-war Truman doctrine. And now, with the Cheney-Bush leading us into permanent war, Vidal asks whose interests are served by this doctrine of pre-emptive war? Was Afghanistan turned to rubble to avenge the 3,000 slaughtered on September 11? Or was ""the unlovely Osama chosen on aesthetic grounds to be the frightening logo for our long contemplated invasion and conquest of Afghanistan?"" After all he was abruptly replaced with Saddam Hussein once the Taliban were overthrown. And while ""evidence"" is now being invented to connect Saddam with 9/11, the current administration are not helped by ""stories in the U.S. press about the vast oil wealth of Iraq which must- for the sake of the free world- be reassigned to U. S. consortiums."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gore VidalPublisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Imprint: Thunder's Mouth Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.40cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9781560255024ISBN 10: 1560255021 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 06 September 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsHe writes not from hatred but from a profound love betrayed and defiled, proudly casting himself as a noble defender of 'the American Republic against the American Global Empire. ' It is impossible to conceive of a time when Vidal shouldn't be read--and published. [Gore Vidal is] the master essayist of our age. Gore Vidal's pen should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction. Gore Vidal's pen should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction. He writes not from hatred but from a profound love betrayed and defiled, proudly casting himself as a noble defender of 'the American Republic against the American Global Empire. ' [Gore Vidal is] the master essayist of our age. It is impossible to conceive of a time when Vidal shouldn't be read--and published. Gore Vidal's pen should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction. Author InformationGore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five screenplays, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. Winner of the National Book Award for United Sates: essays 1952-92, Vidal lives in Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |