Feb
19
2008
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Both the book and movie Charlie Wilson’s War glorify the “colorful,” liberal, Democratic congressman’s successful crusade to bludgeon the reluctant, neoconservative Reagan administration into dramatically escalating funding, arming, and training of radical Islamists fighting against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Although the zestful life and escapades of Wilson make for an entertaining and true-to-(Wilson’s)-life movie, both the book and movie give short shrift to the dire, long-term policy consequences of Wilson’s and Reagan’s proxy war.  Be first to comment this article |  Quote this article on your site | Views: 1331
Tags: Ivan Eland Reagan Charlie Wilson Warlords Soviet Union Afghanistan
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Jan
24
2008
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John Bowe's terrific new book called "Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy" takes the reader on a journey ending in the question I've placed above this essay. Comments (1) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 972
Tags: David Swanson John Bowe Modern American Slave Labor Global Economy?
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04
2008
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About City of Widows: The story of Iraqi women before and after Washington's "liberation." Haifa Zangana presents the first comprehensive history of women in modern Iraq through the US occupation. About Defeat: As the dreadful reality of the Coalition's defeat in Iraq begins to sink in, one question dominates Washington and London: why? In this controversial new book, award-winning journalist Jonathan Steele provides a stark and arresting answer: Bush and Blair were defeated from the day they decided to occupy the country. Iraq had had enough of foreign armies. Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 941
Tags: Haifa Zangana Jonathan Steele Iraq war Resistance DefeatArab Media Watch Why They Lost Iraq City of Widows
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Nov
23
2007
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Jonathan Schell's latest book "The Seventh Decade" places our current situation in the context of the past 62 years of the nuclear age, or the past 68 years as Schell might prefer to date it. It was 68 years ago that scientists concluded a nuclear bomb was possible. Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1063
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Nov
21
2007
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In 1958, the New Left sociologist C. Wright Mills made a seminal contribution to political science in his book The Causes of World War Three, by introducing the concept of “crackpot realism.” He applied the notion specifically to the intellectual outlook of top government officials, especially the ones known as the “serious people,” who have proven their capacity for dealing with important practical affairs by, say, managing a giant corporation, such as Halliburton or G. D. Searle, or a huge educational institution, such as Texas A&M University or the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1067
Tags: Robert Higgs Crackpot Realism ExxonMobil Shell Citigroup J. P. Morgan Chase Bank of America Lockheed Martin Boeing Halliburton Bechtel
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