Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by
Gore Vidal
Americas Most Astute Political Observer
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 catalogued nearly 200 military incursions since
1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of
penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on
the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to publish
until now) Gore Vidal challenges the comforting con sensus following both
September 11th and Timothy McVeighs bombing of the federal building in
Oklahoma City: these were simply the acts of evil-doers.
In short, if you want to find out in very linear fashion, How we got to be so
hated, I highly recommend reading Mr. Gores book. Very succinctly,
eloquently, and at times BLUNTLY, Gore Vidal dissects the US
governments foreign policies which are at the very-still-beating heart of
HOW.
This is a quick and enlightening read (some of the foreign conflicts and
operations I knew of, many more I did not), and something of which every
thinking American should be aware.
Books like this, make me ever-thankful that the First Amendment is still in
effect.
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