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Perpetual war for perpetual peace - Gore Vidal

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Title
Perpetual war for perpetual peace - how we got to be so hated

Author
Gore Vidal

format
Paperback / softback

Publisher
Nation Books

Language
English

UK Publication Date
20020410

Description

The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has catalogueed nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centrepiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to publish in this country until now) Gore Vidal challenges the comforting consensus following September 11th and goes back and draws connections to Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He asks were these simply the acts of "evil-doers?" "Gore Vidal is the master essayist of our age." , Washington Post "Our greatest living man of letters.",Boston Globe "Vidal's imagination of American politics is so powerful as to compel awe.",Harold Bloom, The New York Review of Books

Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.

Type
BOOK

Keyword Index
Terrorism - Government policy - United States.|United States - Politics and government - 1945-1989.|United States - Politics and government - 1989-

Country of Publication
New York (State)

Number of Pages
160