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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Wow, is this guy smart. And wow, does he want people to know it. I saw him speak once after reading his book, and it became clear to me why no one outside of the choir is going to listen to him. This book is kind of like the bulletins passed out when you go into church: You might take one home, but it isn't going to go past you. If this guy with his education and ability to write can't convince me, a guy pretty much already leaning to the left, that I should listen to him, how is he going to get through to the people that need to be convinced? But gosh, he is smart. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Nothing will be the same after September 11th. This is the wisdom, offered and widely received since the announcement of the war on terrorism: a permanent war declared on both an unknown enemy and an abstract noun. But in Theater of War, Lewis Lapham shows with customary intelligence and wit that the recent imperial behavior of the United States government is perfectly consistent with the practice of past administrations. Finding skeptics in the battle against evil has been a rare achievement. For example, as Lapham points out: "Ted Koppel struck the preferred note of caution on November 2 when introducing the Nightline audience to critics of the American bombing of Afghanistan: 'Some of you, many of you, are not going to like what you hear tonight. You don't have to listen.'" Unpopular opinions seldom make an appearance on the network news, and during the months since the destruction of the World Trade Center, the voices of dissent have been few and far between. Lewis Lapham is an exception. Almost alone among mainstream political commentators, he has had the courage to question the motive and feasibility, as well as the imperial pretension, of the Bush administration's infinite crusade against the world's evildoers. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)973.931History and Geography North America United States 1901- Bush Administration And Beyond George W. BushLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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