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Peter Dale Scott is a modern American hero. His forays into the dark world of deep politics and the functions of the Uber-State are extraordinary contributions to our understanding of how US hegemony has developed in the post war period, and particularly since the 1960s. The persuasive power of that writing is, apart from the argument, derived from meticulous research, the rechecking of sources and corroboration of factual claims by ample foot-noting (there were, for example, 117 pages of footnotes in The Road to 9/11). Coming to Jakarta is a poetic re-telling of Scott's personal, intellectual journey through the world of international political terror and complements his other body of work. It's a long poem, and much of it may prove inaccessible to readers unfamiliar with Scott's political writing or the historical subjects alluded to. That should not deter, but be accepted as an invitation to commune with one of the great political analysts of our time.
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- The Arms Bazaar: From Lebanon to Lockheed. by Anthony Sampson in Back Matter
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- Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000 by Peter Dale Scott in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity by Tariq Ali on page 388
- Addison Street Anthology, The: Berkeley's Poetry Walk by Robert Hass on page 75
- A Different Kind of War Story (The Ethnography of Political Violence) by Carolyn Nordstrom in Back Matter
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