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Summary: Interesting
Review: I don't really know what to say about this book. It's shocking and sad. It has summaries of horrible pogroms and covert ops gone really bad. I think the presentation just wasn't as good as I expected. The book even seems a little emotional. Granted, the author is talking about issues that are sensitive and morally significant. It just appears frustration gets the best of him sometimes in the book and that makes his "objectivity" suspect.
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Summary: Problems that must be solved. Wake up America!
Review: It takes guts to come out with kind of stuff in a time when even those who are moderately critical of the "President" and U.S. policies are accused of being un-American traitors. The cover alone, probably scares most people off. Many people don't even know the military significance of the upside-down flag as a distress signal. The back cover might scare even more off with the gruesome pictures of three dead Iraqi children. It's pictures like these that have been blocked out of the mass media. The pictures and information in this book might not be pretty, but it's all stuff that needs to be revealed. Regardless of where each of us stand politically, this book raises issues and reveals facts that all of us must ponder over in order to make our nation better. Reading about the death and suffering caused by certain policies really got to me, but I think the author ended the book on a positive note of hope for the future.
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Summary: Thinking about values in foreign policy
Review: It's not a pretty picture. However, the foreign policy of our nation has not always been a history of being white hats. This is the easy-to-read history of foreign incursions and interference that you never learned in school. One thing is clear from this book: hypocrisy runs rampant in the foreign affairs of all nations. While the book is decidedly leftist, there is no question that much of our country's foreign policy is, in fact, driven by corporate interests.
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Summary: More like Land of Lies.
Review: Readers who hate America(ns) will love this book. Otherwise, it's just more liberal lies trying to pass as, at best, bad fiction.
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Summary: Nice and simply put...
Review: This is the book I've been looking for... Wish I could place it in all classrooms across the U.S.
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Summary: Nice and simply put...
Review: This is the book I've been looking for... Wish I could place it in all classrooms across the U.S.
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Summary: Nearly flawless guide to progressive politics!
Review: Wow! I was a bit hesitant at first (sometimes its hard not to judge a book by its cover), but this book turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Before I started reading it, I was concerned that it would turn out to be one of those leftist books filled with irrational logic, conspiracy theories, and complete lack of substantial evidence. It actually turned out to be a very well researched and fairly entertaining piece of literature. The bibliography made up over 10% of the book, which was nice to see. One thing that I found refreshing, but other readers might not is the fact that this book is very straight forward, and definitely doesn't sugar-coat anything. The facts and information are hard-hitting and the author is unapolgetic. For the most part, the author stuck to stats and information that could be backed up with sources, but occasionally I noticed the author slipping in some opinion, satire, etc. This is also something that might turn a few readers off. In my opinion, it made the book more entertaining and personable. This book seems to target an audience who has not been exposed to "progressive" politics. It probably could have been titled "The Idiot's Guide to Progressive Poltics" or "Foreign and Domestic Policy for Dummmies". Personally, I've been reading these kinds of works for years. This book is great for beginners or anyone who wants to review their "liberal-minded" poltics. I haven't read any other work that does so great a job of summarizing so much information into an easy-to-read, well researched, entertaining guide.
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Summary: should've been better
Review: you wish for a book like the one land of hypocrisy wants to be, to give out to friends and family to introduce them to your politics. i'll still be doing this, but i just wish it was a little better. more dates added when talking about foreign policy. sections like 'wto and nafta', and parts mentioning the imf, and things of that nature, could have given more info on what these things are for those who have never heard mention of such. and i just think alot of the book was that way. alot of bare-bones info where a description here and there could have added a bit more clarity. the reference section is large, but without being numbered, virtually useless. i would have rather seen reference numbers/footnotes throughout the book(which would of course add strength to the credibility) than all the grammatical/spelling errors i came across quite a bit. i'm obviously no english professor myself, but i know everyone loves to attack books they disagree with by attacking them on that basis. i guess overall its a good place to start, but expect people you give this to, to come back with some questioning on certain things. and i guess depending on the questions, that could be good or bad. make sure you have some backup resources.
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