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Title: Frontier Justice: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwhacking of America by Scott Ritter ISBN: 1-893956-47-4 Publisher: Context Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book detailing why Bush really took us to war
Comment: When America was marching towards war, Scott Ritter was one of few dissenting voices. During that time, he was ridiculed as a traitor and a paid Saddam lackey. Three months after the war, Mr. Ritter's views have been vindicated both by the absence of the elusive WMD and the recent admission by the CIA that a critical argument in President Bush's State of the Union Address was based on a crude forgery. This book delves further into how the Bush administration exaggerated, misrepresented and even lied about Iraq's WMD capabilities to launch America's first pre-emptive war.
Rating: 4
Summary: The book by which history will be decided
Comment: Scott Ritter uses effective and compelling prose in this well-written book to dismantle Bush's justifications for war. Harnessing his considerable knowledge of Iraq's WMD programs and capabilites, Ritter proves himself to be perhaps the most objective, qualified American to speak to whether Iraq was a legitimate threat or not, as well as a surprisingly strong author.
Because I was aware of the points Ritter was articulating in the months leading up to war, the fact that no Weapons of Mass Destruction ever turned up has been no surprise to me. The one issue that had continued to confuse me was the apparent "flip flop" that Ritter seemed to make between 1998 (when he implied Iraq WAS a threat) and now. Ritter deals with this issue head-on, detailing the differences (from an inspector's perspective) between a technical threat, and a practical one.
Ritter's wordsmithing is thankfully sharp, making the inherently-complex subject matter highly readable. A couple of chapters dealing with the background to the conflict slow the pace slightly, and Ritter's late-chapter comparison of Bush to Hitler's[] ambition strikes me as overkill in an otherwise level-headed analysis.
Nonetheless, this book is highly recommended to anyone on either side of the ideological aisle who wishes to hear from an informed source on the issue of Iraq's WMD.
Rating: 3
Summary: This is a Book Review not a "Bushwacker" Convention
Comment: Let us clear the air here. The other reviewers are endorsing the politics of Mr. Ritter. Fine that is their right to do so.
But let us stop for a moment and look at this just as a book. As a literary creation.
I bought my copy at a book store where I can compare it to other products. The attraction is that it is a novelty factor to get the views of Mr. Ritter. His days of being credible on anything are long gone but there is a carnival attraction about the book similar to what you hear on late night radio with Art Bell. This book is similar to others that have the "bushwack" theme by one author or another, or denigrate the great State of Texas, one of the economic engines of the USA.
In any case these are book reviews and not political forums. I think the book is not a 4 star or 5 star prize winning work. Even if he is credible, which is at least in doubt, he will never be confused with a Pulizer prize winner. He is a hack writer. At best it is 2 or 3 stars as a book, even if it has a few compelling or not so compelling facts.
3 stars.
My humble opinion.
Jack in Toronto
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Title: War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know by William Rivers Pitt, Scott Ritter ISBN: 1893956385 Publisher: Context Books Pub. Date: 25 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq by Sheldon Rampton, John C. Stauber ISBN: 1585422762 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth by Joe Conason ISBN: 0312315600 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 25 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And Its Time to Take It Back by Jim Hightower ISBN: 0670031410 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta by Gore Vidal ISBN: 1560255021 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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