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--Charles Bukowski
"Your book is fantastic. I reserve the right to plagiarize it at will. Especially the parts about the origins of World War II."
--Taki Theodoracopulos
A relatively small book, The Unauthorized World Situation Report is a distillation of much unusual material and many disparate ideas. Its subject matter is world affairs and American history. In essence, Situation Report is a long essay of historical commentary focusing upon the Twentieth Century. It is somewhat in the tradition of the American revolutionary pamphleteers, to wit, an extended broadside in plain language with a point of view and humor. This controversial reappraisal is very much at odds with the received version of events.
The central thesis of Situation Report is that America's current difficulties in foreign affairs are not solely the product of mistakes from the recent past performed by the "neoconservative" Republican Administration under the nominal leadership of George W. Bush. That is a charade, a sideshow, and a diversion. Rather, America's predicament is the logical culmination of a presumptuous attitude which came to the forefront in 1898, the year of the Spanish-American War. It is this unnecessary war and America's subsequent collaboration with England, resulting in two world wars, which are the foundations of the Twenty-First Century and which were the cause of so much hardship, death and destruction in the century just passed. In particular, the American train wreck in the Middle East and the atrocity of 9/11 itself can be traced to Washington's ill-advised and inglorious foreign policy track record over many years, presided over by both political parties. The Unauthorized World Situation Report does not offer solutions, but it does provide insight and perspective for those with an open mind. Rien n'arrive par hasard.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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A relatively small book, The Unauthorized World Situation Report is a distillation of much unusual material and many disparate ideas. Its subject matter is world affairs and American history. In essence, Situation Report is a long essay of historical commentary focusing upon the Twentieth Century. It is somewhat in the tradition of the American revolutionary pamphleteers, to wit, an extended broadside in plain language with a point of view and humor. This controversial reappraisal is very much at odds with the received version of events.
The central thesis of Situation Report is that America's current difficulties in foreign affairs are not solely the product of mistakes from the recent past performed by the "neoconservative" Republican Administration under the nominal leadership of George W. Bush. That is a charade, a sideshow, and a diversion. Rather, America's predicament is the logical culmination of a presumptuous attitude which came to the forefront in 1898, the year of the Spanish-American War. It is this unnecessary war and Washington's subsequent collaboration with London, resulting in two world wars, which are the foundations of the Twenty-First Century and which were the cause of so much hardship, death and destruction for Europe and the world in the century just passed.
In particular, the American train wreck in the Middle East and the atrocity of 9/11 itself can be traced to Washington's ill-advised and inglorious foreign policy track record over many years, presided over by both political parties. The Unauthorized World Situation Report does not offer solutions, but it does provide insight and perspective for those with an open mind. Rien n'arrive par hasard.
