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Title: Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil by James Bovard ISBN: 1-4039-6368-1 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 06 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ignorance Isn't Bliss
Comment: This is not a book that gives you a good feeling. James Bovard has unleashed a relentless and powerful expose of government abuse and mismanagement since 9/11. The Feds have made use of that tragedy to maximize their power over citizens' lives and trample the constitution. The "war" on terror, as if it were possible to defeat a concept, has allowed George W. Bush, John Ashcroft, and their neoconservative cronies to consolidate power, force their ideology on the rest of the world, and adopt a strategy of continuous warfare anywhere on Earth where there is mere "suspicion" of terrorism. Government oversight and constitutional checks and balances have been eliminated by the administration's claims of national security and the need for secrecy. Dissent and criticism have been crushed under a wave of flimsy morality consisting of little more than vague buzzwords like "democracy," "safety," and the badly distorted "freedom." As Bush and Ashcroft have both said many times, "either you're with us or against us."
If you think Homeland Security and the War on Terror will really bring freedom and safety to Americans, think again. Bovard judiciously (and sometimes repetitively) analyzes how the Patriot Act and other homeland security codes have deprived you of many of your First and Fourth Amendment rights. And the book is exhaustively cited and researched - I count 2065 endnotes for 353 pages. Bovard proves with little doubt that under the Bush administration's lofty rhetoric of freedom and safety, they have actually fomented a radical consolidation of power that will do little to end world terrorism, but will do a lot to trample American freedoms, while increasing hatred toward the US from around the world. While Bovard sometimes loses his cool and isn't always levelheaded, he raises some very troubling questions here about who the tyrants really are. Your government wants you to remain in the dark about what is really going on. But that's not freedom, it's ignorance. It is the duty of Americans to stay informed and not just swallow what the government dishes out. [~doomsdayer520~]
Rating: 4
Summary: Essential reading
Comment: At times this book was very tedious, but in the end very eye opening. The book is listed at 448 pages, but that includes over 100 pages of references/notes. Mr. Bovard is very meticulous and appeared, at least to me, to be just laying out as many facts as he could, then letting the reader draw their own conclusions. There's a great deal in here that may surprise you -- maybe even rub you the wrong way if you're a strong supporter of the current administration. The chapter "Iraq and the War on Terror" is very insightful and timely, in light of what is currently going on over there. Again, Bovard doesn't prescribe any remedy -- he leaves that to the reader. You owe to yourself to become more knowledgeable about the policies our government has engaged in/is engaged in -- in our name -- around the world, and what effect, if any, the current policies to address terrorism may or may not have.
Rating: 5
Summary: You won't know whether to laugh or cry
Comment: James Bovard is at it again. This book documents the trampling of citizen's liberties in the wake of 9/11. Well documented, written in concise, understandable language, Bovard explains how government is "fighting the war" on an "abstract noun," terror. Sentence by sentence, the book builds a compelling and horrifying case of government imcompetence. This is a must read for people who want to know what the war on terror is really about.
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Title: Lost Rights : The Destruction of American Liberty by James Bovard ISBN: 0312123337 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Freedom in Chains : The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen by James Bovard ISBN: 0312229674 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 19 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Sorrows of Empire : Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic [The American Empire Project ] by Chalmers Johnson ISBN: 0805070044 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Feeling Your Pain : The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years by James Bovard ISBN: 031224052X Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 19 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I by Thomas Fleming ISBN: 046502467X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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