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Theater of war : in which the republic becomes an empire
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Theater of war : in which the republic becomes an empire

Author: Lewis H Lapham
Publisher: New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : [2nd ed.]View all editions and formats
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"During the two years since September 11, the voices of dissent have been few and far between. Lewis Lapham is an exception. Now in paperback and updated with six new essays, Theater of War - reviews the state of America's politics at the turn of the new millennium, questioning the motive and feasibility, as well as the imperial pretension, of the Bush administration's never-ending crusade against all the world's  Read more...
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Named Person: George W Bush
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lewis H Lapham
ISBN: 1565848470 : 9781565848474 1565847725 9781565847729
OCLC Number: 53669854
Notes: Includes index.
Description: vi, 278 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Caesar's wives --
Cleopatra's nose --
The dimpled chad --
Civics lesson --
Mirror, mirror on the wall --
Model citizens --
The boys next door --
The American Rome --
Drums along the Potomac --
Res Publica --
American Jihad --
Mythography --
Spoils of war --
The road to Babylon --
Hail Caesar! --
Regime change --
Cause for dissent --
Shock and awe --
The demonstration effect.
Responsibility: Lewis Lapham.

Abstract:

"During the two years since September 11, the voices of dissent have been few and far between. Lewis Lapham is an exception. Now in paperback and updated with six new essays, Theater of War - reviews the state of America's politics at the turn of the new millennium, questioning the motive and feasibility, as well as the imperial pretension, of the Bush administration's never-ending crusade against all the world's evildoers."--BOOK JACKET.

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