War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Autor Norman Solomonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 iun 2005
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780471694793
ISBN-10: 0471694797
Pagini: 314
Dimensiuni: 166 x 239 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0471694797
Pagini: 314
Dimensiuni: 166 x 239 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
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Descriere
Advance Praise for War Made Easy "If you want to help prevent another war (Iran? Syria?), read War Made Easy now. This is a stop–the–presses book filled with mind–blowing facts about Washington′s warmongers who keep the Pentagon budget rising. It would be funny if people weren′t dying. War Made Easy exposes the grisly game and offers the information we need to stop it."
Jim Hightower, author of Let′s Stop Beating Around the Bush
"If you don′t have fun reading Norman Solomon′s War Made Easy, you don′t know how to have a good time. This exceptional book will drive our bonkers leaders and their mouthpieces in the U.S. press crazier than they are already. Read one passage each night to your children to protect them from the brain–snatchers and dummy–fication zombies of America′s news media of the living dead."
Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
"America′s mainstream media didn′t launch the war on Iraq, but the Bush administration sure couldn′t have waged it without them. The great lesson of War Made Easy is that, alas, such journalistic malfeasance is nothing new; our media has a history of enabling Washington′s foreign misadventures. Perhaps if enough people read and act on this book, it won′t be so easy next time."
Mark Hertsgaard, author of On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency
"Norman Solomon is one of the bravest and best American journalists, especially when he is dissecting the topics of war and the media. War Made Easy exposes and explains the lies and deceptions that have misled our nation into vile and bloody disasters from Vietnam to El Salvador to Iraq; it reveals the frequent cowardice and culpability of the U.S. media that often behaves as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon. A sobering and essential book that Americans should read, share, and discuss."
John Stauber, coauthor of Weapons of Mass Deception
Jim Hightower, author of Let′s Stop Beating Around the Bush
"If you don′t have fun reading Norman Solomon′s War Made Easy, you don′t know how to have a good time. This exceptional book will drive our bonkers leaders and their mouthpieces in the U.S. press crazier than they are already. Read one passage each night to your children to protect them from the brain–snatchers and dummy–fication zombies of America′s news media of the living dead."
Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
"America′s mainstream media didn′t launch the war on Iraq, but the Bush administration sure couldn′t have waged it without them. The great lesson of War Made Easy is that, alas, such journalistic malfeasance is nothing new; our media has a history of enabling Washington′s foreign misadventures. Perhaps if enough people read and act on this book, it won′t be so easy next time."
Mark Hertsgaard, author of On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency
"Norman Solomon is one of the bravest and best American journalists, especially when he is dissecting the topics of war and the media. War Made Easy exposes and explains the lies and deceptions that have misled our nation into vile and bloody disasters from Vietnam to El Salvador to Iraq; it reveals the frequent cowardice and culpability of the U.S. media that often behaves as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon. A sobering and essential book that Americans should read, share, and discuss."
John Stauber, coauthor of Weapons of Mass Deception
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Advance Praise for War Made Easy "If you want to help prevent another war (Iran? Syria?), read War Made Easy now. This is a stop–the–presses book filled with mind–blowing facts about Washington′s warmongers who keep the Pentagon budget rising. It would be funny if people weren′t dying. War Made Easy exposes the grisly game and offers the information we need to stop it."
Jim Hightower, author of Let′s Stop Beating Around the Bush
"If you don′t have fun reading Norman Solomon′s War Made Easy, you don′t know how to have a good time. This exceptional book will drive our bonkers leaders and their mouthpieces in the U.S. press crazier than they are already. Read one passage each night to your children to protect them from the brain–snatchers and dummy–fication zombies of America′s news media of the living dead."
Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
"America′s mainstream media didn′t launch the war on Iraq, but the Bush administration sure couldn′t have waged it without them. The great lesson of War Made Easy is that, alas, such journalistic malfeasance is nothing new; our media has a history of enabling Washington′s foreign misadventures. Perhaps if enough people read and act on this book, it won′t be so easy next time."
Mark Hertsgaard, author of On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency
"Norman Solomon is one of the bravest and best American journalists, especially when he is dissecting the topics of war and the media. War Made Easy exposes and explains the lies and deceptions that have misled our nation into vile and bloody disasters from Vietnam to El Salvador to Iraq; it reveals the frequent cowardice and culpability of the U.S. media that often behaves as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon. A sobering and essential book that Americans should read, share, and discuss."
John Stauber, coauthor of Weapons of Mass Deception
Jim Hightower, author of Let′s Stop Beating Around the Bush
"If you don′t have fun reading Norman Solomon′s War Made Easy, you don′t know how to have a good time. This exceptional book will drive our bonkers leaders and their mouthpieces in the U.S. press crazier than they are already. Read one passage each night to your children to protect them from the brain–snatchers and dummy–fication zombies of America′s news media of the living dead."
Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
"America′s mainstream media didn′t launch the war on Iraq, but the Bush administration sure couldn′t have waged it without them. The great lesson of War Made Easy is that, alas, such journalistic malfeasance is nothing new; our media has a history of enabling Washington′s foreign misadventures. Perhaps if enough people read and act on this book, it won′t be so easy next time."
Mark Hertsgaard, author of On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency
"Norman Solomon is one of the bravest and best American journalists, especially when he is dissecting the topics of war and the media. War Made Easy exposes and explains the lies and deceptions that have misled our nation into vile and bloody disasters from Vietnam to El Salvador to Iraq; it reveals the frequent cowardice and culpability of the U.S. media that often behaves as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon. A sobering and essential book that Americans should read, share, and discuss."
John Stauber, coauthor of Weapons of Mass Deception
Cuprins
Prologue: Building Agendas for War. 1. America Is a Fair and Noble Superpower.
2. Our Leaders Will Do Everything They Can to Avoid War.
3. Our Leaders Would Never Tell Us Outright Lies.
4. This Guy Is a Modern–Day Hitler.
5. This Is about Human Rights.
6. This Is Not at All about Oil or Corporate Profits.
7. They Are the Aggressors, Not Us.
8. If This War Is Wrong, Congress Will Stop It.
9. If This War Is Wrong, the Media Will Tell Us.
10. Media Coverage Brings War into Our Living Rooms.
11. Opposing the War Means Siding with the Enemy.
12. This Is a Necessary Battle in the War on Terrorism.
13. What the U.S. Government Needs Most Is Better PR.
14. The Pentagon Fights Wars as Humanely as Possible.
15. Our Soldiers Are Heroes, Theirs Are Inhuman.
16. America Needs the Resolve to Kick the Vietnam Syndrome .
17. Withdrawal Would Cripple U.S. Credibility.
Afterword.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
Index.
2. Our Leaders Will Do Everything They Can to Avoid War.
3. Our Leaders Would Never Tell Us Outright Lies.
4. This Guy Is a Modern–Day Hitler.
5. This Is about Human Rights.
6. This Is Not at All about Oil or Corporate Profits.
7. They Are the Aggressors, Not Us.
8. If This War Is Wrong, Congress Will Stop It.
9. If This War Is Wrong, the Media Will Tell Us.
10. Media Coverage Brings War into Our Living Rooms.
11. Opposing the War Means Siding with the Enemy.
12. This Is a Necessary Battle in the War on Terrorism.
13. What the U.S. Government Needs Most Is Better PR.
14. The Pentagon Fights Wars as Humanely as Possible.
15. Our Soldiers Are Heroes, Theirs Are Inhuman.
16. America Needs the Resolve to Kick the Vietnam Syndrome .
17. Withdrawal Would Cripple U.S. Credibility.
Afterword.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
Index.
Recenzii
Media critic Solomon (Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn′t Tell You) looks at the pro–war propaganda generated by the U.S. government during military interventions, emphasizing the influence of the media upon public opinion. He begins in 1965, when President Johnson crafted public messages as he sent troops to the Dominican Republic. Solomon claims that LBJ′s handling of this invasion established the prototype for a media agenda employed by subsequent presidents to create public approval for their actions. He finds several formulaic messages that help persuade the public to support military intervention. These include portraying America as a fair and noble superpower, whose honest leaders work hard to avoid war, and the enemy leader as an aggressive, Hitler–like violator of human rights who will do much harm unless the United States intervenes. Solomon′s timely analysis, which continues through the current war in Iraq, provides the public, analysts, and journalists with useful tips on how to evaluate the prewar messages of any administration, current or historical. Of interest to both public and academic libraries.–Judy Solberg, George Washington Univ. Libs., Washington, DC (Library Journal, July 15, 2005) "An engaging book that helps explain how the myth–making machine works." (The Texas Observer, July 8, 2005)
"Brutally persuasive...a must–read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." (Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2005)
"An engaging book that helps explain how the myth–making machine works." (The Texas Observer, July 8, 2005) "Brutally persuasive...a must–read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." (Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2005)
"Brutally persuasive...a must–read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." (Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2005)
"An engaging book that helps explain how the myth–making machine works." (The Texas Observer, July 8, 2005) "Brutally persuasive...a must–read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." (Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2005)
Notă biografică
Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national consortium of policy researchers and analysts. His columns have appeared in such publications as the Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and USA Today. Solomon has appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and C–SPAN′s Washington Journal and Book TV, and has been a guest on various National Public Radio programs. His last book, Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn′t Tell You, has been translated into Italian, German, Hungarian, and Korean.