Title | : | Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated: American Imperialism, Book 1 (Unabridged) |
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Author | : | Gore Vidal |
Release | : | 2019-12-31 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How W | Gore Vidal |
In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed then too controversial to publish), 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?” |