Category: Books
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Sidney Blumenthal vs. Norman Solomon on Karl Rove, the Democrats and Iraq
A transcript, audio, and video of the segment from Democracy Now on July 15th are online. There is also an MP3 (10.4 MB) of his appearance on the Laura Flanders Show on Air America Radio.
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“Withdrawal Would Cripple U.S. Credibility”
Obsession with seeming unequivocal and immovable has been frequent in the Oval Office. During the Vietnam War, such fixations were indifferent to the fact that the war was losing the U.S. government moral credibility around the world. But from the outset, Lyndon Johnson invoked credibility as an argument for staying the course. “If we are…
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War Made Easy
In a review in the June 29th Los Angeles Times, Russ Baker calls War Made Easy “a must-read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come.” The table of contents and first chapter of War Made Easy…
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Books
* War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine – The New Press (June 2023) * Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State – PoliPointPress (October 2007). The book is online. * War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death – John Wiley…