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Where to Invade Next [Hardcover]

Stephen Elliott (Editor), The Editors of McSweeney's (Editor)
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February 28, 2008
On February 27, 2007, during an interview with Amy Goodman, General Wesley Clark described a 2002 Pentagon conversation in which he was told that America was planning to invade Iraq. From the same source, he learned of a classified memorandum listing six other countries the United States intended to "take out" over the next five years. Most of us will never get to see this memo, but we know it exists.

Now, editor Stephen Elliott, authors Jason Roberts, Eric Martin, and Andrew Altschul, and a team of twenty researchers have re-created this document for the present day. Where to Invade Next contains seven essays, 100 percent factual, laying out in stark detail how the arguments for invasion could be made. A biting look at the role of propaganda in foreign policy, this book outlines exactly how our leaders might make the case for war.

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About the Author

Stephen Elliott is the author of six books including Happy Baby and My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats me Up. In addition to writing fiction he frequently writes on politics. In 2004 he wrote a book about the quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination titled Looking Forward To It. Based in San Francisco, McSweeney's publishes a quarterly journal called McSweeney's, a monthly magazine called The Believer, and a DVD quarterly called Wholphin, as well as many books of fiction.

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  • Hardcover: 96 pages
  • Publisher: McSweeney's (February 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932416935
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932416930
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Informative but not to be taken seriously, March 24, 2008
This review is from: Where to Invade Next (Hardcover)
I picked this up at the International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. Basically what the book entails are snapshots of seven different countries (Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Syria, Sudan,and North Korea) that consist of government, why they are a threat to the United States, and how they can be eliminated as a threat. While very informative, I very seriously doubt it is to be taken seriously. At 82 pages, it's a very quick read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Set out to create satire, Fail miserably, create instead a good case for war., January 28, 2012
This review is from: Where to Invade Next (Hardcover)
This is supposed to be satire?

It fails miserably. Satire is supposed to have clues. Just because you give your book an irreverent title doesn't mean someone will go "oh, okay, they're just joking".

This book and these authors, instead of creating "raw satire" (so it's satire that you literally cannot tell it's satire so it's raw? lolwut?), outline outstanding reasons to invade these seven other countries.

Their research and the clear, concise way they lay it out is terrific and they do me excellent case for regime change. They've convinced me we should go to war with these countries.

So if they set out for satire, they're miserable, abysmal failures.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A New Kind of Satire, April 18, 2008
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In satire, the writer professes to approve the very thing he or she wishes to attack. The satirist dos so by means of irony: there is discordance between what is said and what is meant. The thing about Where To Invade Next is that it's so convincing in its approval that it hard to tell what is actually meant. There are none of the usual clues to reassure the reader of the writer's true intent. When you read The Onion, you know that they don't really mean anything they say. Where To Invade Next does not have this literary wink. There is no reassuring message that says "We are actually opposed to invasion. This is just a joke."

This is a sort of raw satire, satire stripped of its disclaimers, and it landed on me like a bomb. For an evening I was plunged into the mind of a player operating at the highest levels of world politics. It is a mind burning with terrifying paranoia, genuine care twisted into hate.

This is a different kind of satire. It does not merely mock abusive and violent persons, it takes you inside their minds. In this way it is very effective. Unless, of course, McSweeney's really has gone over to the neo-cons. You just can't tell.
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Iran is working to develop tactical nuclear capabilities, abetting attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and building relationships with known terrorist groups. Read the first page
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