Research Catalog

Title

Perpetual war for perpetual peace : how we got to be so hated / Gore Vidal.

Author

Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.

Publication

New York : Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, ©2002.

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Details

Description

xiii, 160 pages; 20 cm

Summary

The Federation of American Scientists has catalogued nearly two hundred incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In these essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to be published in the United States until now), the author challenges the comforting consensus following both September 11th and Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma city: these were simply the acts of "evil-doers."

Subject

• McVeigh, Timothy > Political and social views
• McVeigh, Timothy
• Since 1945
• Terrorism > Government policy > United States
• Political persecution > United States
• Liberty
• Freedom
• freedom
• 15.85 history of America
• Liberty
• Political and social views
• Political persecution
• Politics and government
• Terrorism > Government policy
• Auswirkung
• Außenpolitik
• Internationaler Terrorismus
• Vorgeschichte
• Buitenlandse politiek
• Militaire politiek
• Gevolgen
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
• United States > Politics and government > 1989-
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• Essay
• essays.
• Essays
• Essays.
• Essais.

Note

• Three of the essays were previously published in The last empire (c2001).

Contents

September 11, 2001 (a Tuesday) -- How I became interested in Timothy McVeigh and vice versa -- Shredding the Bill of Rights -- The meaning of Timothy McVeigh -- Fallout -- The new theocrats -- A letter to be delivered.

ISBN

• 156025405X
• 9781560254058

LCCN

2004540368

OCLC

• ocm49406442
• 49406442
• SCSB-8924386

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library