{"product_id":"perpetual-war-for-perpetual-peace-gore-vidal-9781560254058","title":"Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated","description":"The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called \"perpetual war for perpetual peace.\" The Federation of American Scientists has cataloged nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to publish in this country until now) Gore Vidal challenges the comforting consensus following September 11th and goes back and draws connections to Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He asks were these simply the acts of \"evil-doers?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gore Vidal is the master essayist of our age.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Our greatest living man of letters.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Vidal's imagination of American politics is so powerful as to compel awe.\" -- Harold Bloom, \u003ci\u003eThe New York \u003c\/i\u003eReview of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gore Vidal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156025405X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560254058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.68h x 5.01w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 1053\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2002 pg. 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2002 pg. 1188\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2002 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/16\/2002 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2003 pg. 26","brand":"Gore Vidal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980095095039,"sku":"9781560254058","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34e740c1-10a9-4058-9ecc-ea3bd446ac72.jpg?v=1683248361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perpetual-war-for-perpetual-peace-gore-vidal-9781560254058","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}