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Gore Vidal “Dreaming War”

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ISBN 1 902636 41 4 Gore Vidal’s “Dreaming War” is his follow up to “Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace”. His subtitle for the book is “Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta”. Gore ploughs much the same field as the likes of Chomsky with one difference: Mr Vidal is firmly establishment. A Patriot. A Republican. However, unlike P. J. O’Rourke he has no illusions about the state of his beloved country. Gore longs for a romantic period sometime before WWII before the establishment of the US National Security State apparatus and the MIC. He feels his country has been hijacked by men who have perverted the destiny of the country to suit their own lust for power, money and oil. Continue reading →

Gore Vidal “Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace”

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ISBN 1 902636 38 4. Gore Vidal’s “Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace – How We Got To Be So Hated – Causes Of Conflict In The Last Empire”. Published by Clairview Books in 2004. First published 2002. Here is an alternative view of September 11th 2001. Gore goes back a few years and re-examines the events behind the Oklahoma Bombing. When Gore wrote a sympathetic piece in Vanity Fair, Timothy McVeigh read it and wrote to Gore. So was triggered an exchange of letters which ended with Timothy inviting Gore to attend his execution. Sadly Gore was unable to make it that day. However he was obviously intrigued by the letter exchange. Clearly McVeigh was not the mad monster that the media and Politicians had written him off as. Continue reading →

Gore Vidal “Imperial America”

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ISBN 1 902636 56 2. Gore Vidal’s “Imperial America – Reflections on the United States of Amnesia” published by Clairview in 2004. This doesn’t quite qualify as a book for some reason. Inside the front cover the Publisher classifies it as a “Pamphlet” and Gore himself alludes to this in his own notes. This is another collection of his essays written and published in various forums between 1980 to around 2003. Although weighing in at 181 pages (including Index) this is a very light read on the unusual basis that they used very large font and very thick paper! I took this on a Business trip to Paris and finished it so quickly I had nothing to read on the flight home. I recommend taking two such pamphlets into the shower! Continue reading →