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Sun Dec-10-06 11:31 PM
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I am about to finish State of Denial, which should I read next? |
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Fiasco - Thomas Ricks
Assassins Gate - George Packer
I have both of these books, but might consider getting another too.
Something else dealing with Iraq???
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Sun Dec-10-06 11:32 PM
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1. I've read both, and they are very good. |
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Fiasco, in particular, will make you want to throw things.
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Mon Dec-11-06 12:00 AM
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2. Second that. Read "Fiasco," throw stuff. |
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Mon Dec-11-06 12:11 AM
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Edited on Mon Dec-11-06 12:11 AM by Cheney Killed Bambi
In a lot of ways, it is better than "State of Denial," because it really details from an on-the-ground military perspective how the situation in Iraq unraveled.
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Mon Dec-11-06 03:41 AM
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4. American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips |
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He ties together oil, Christian fundies, and high finance in a way that makes you want to start stockpiling Spam, ammo, and toilet paper.
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Mon Dec-11-06 07:49 AM
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I am also reading "Devil's Game: How the US unleashed Fundamentalist Islam" by Robert Dreyfus, good historical perpective on development of fundy Islam over the last 150 years, how it's been used as a tool by European Imperialists, Oil Sheiks, and Cold Warriors.
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Mon Dec-11-06 05:17 PM
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6. I add my vvote for Fiasco, which I'm currently reading |
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and "enjoying," if you can say that about a book that infuriates you. The One Percent Doctrine (Suskind) and State of War (Risen), were each excellent and disturbing in their own way. They all corroborate and expand on each others' theses, that the war was planned and is being run by imcompetent, insane mofos.
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