Corruptions of Empire (Haymarket Series) Reprint, Subsequent Edition

by Alexander Cockburn (Author)

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“The implied narrative of this collection is the journalist’s background, the imperial myths that helped to shape him, the impulse to exile and his encounter with the Reagan era. The background, the myths and the impulse to exile form the first three sections of this book, whose overall architecture will, I hope, give some sense of the terms in which I have viewed my trade.”—Alexander Cockburn, from the introduction

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"His work is pungent, witty and without pretense to that 'objectivity' he so rightly sees as the bane of much written and all televised journalism," wrote PW , calling this collection of Cockburn's columns from the Nation , the Wall Street Journal et al., "ferociously entertaining."
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The first 40 pages of this hefty selection of published political journalism and cultural observations focus on Cockburn's English roots. What follows is a barrage of criticism directed at the American Establishmentpress, television, government, and literaturefrom a perspective that mixes New Left pieties and platitudes with righteous indignation and tasteless sarcasm. Cockburn attacks Gay Talese, the Wheel of Fortune TV show, Baden-Powell (founder of the Boy Scouts), and the MacNeil-Lehrer Report. His sharp stings and mordant wit will convince few beyond the already converted, but most readers will find something entertaining in this potpourri. Jack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San Diego
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“Like Adorno, Cockburn’s province is the consciousness of industry, and if, unlike Adorno, he isn’t mournful, then so much the better ... He is one of the few journalists in America, given that most of them tend to report either each word or what is acceptable to policy-makers.”—Edward Said, London Review of Books

“Probably the most gifted polemicist writing in English today.”—Times Literary Supplement

“Never less than ferociously entertaining.”—Publishers Weekly

“Outspoken, intellectual, uncompromising, combative, witty and incapable of hiding his contempt for the powers that be.”—Utne Reader

“Snobbish, funny, brutal and nostalgic.”—Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Alexander Cockburn co-edits CounterPunch with Jeffrey St. Clair. Together they have written Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press and A Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils.

Series: Haymarket Series
Paperback: 554 pages
Publisher: Verso; Reprint, Subsequent edition (October 17, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0860919404
ISBN-13: 978-0860919407
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
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Pietro Krepompkin

Talk about a real cockburn

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2015

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Whoa man! Thought this book was going to be way more super-psychedelic given the cover. But there is something indulgent about Cockburn's writing, he seems to meander a bit too, and I don't think he digs quite as deep as I thought he would in this sort of 'Life Studies' book. Bummer!

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thomas e.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2015

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Quality book in fine condition delivered in a timely way. Thanks.

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J. Billings

and it was supposed to be very good condition when in fact it is in very poor ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017

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I ordered the hardcover and received the softcover, and it was supposed to be very good condition when in fact it is in very poor condition--foxing and mildew all over it. The content of the book, however, is first rate--5*s for Coburn.

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embrinson@aol.com

No other book so devastatingly captures the 80s

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 1998

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I read this wonderful collection of super sharp essays by the 'last marxist' himself back in the late 80s. Still have the Verso paperback edition on my book shelf and have given it as gifts for one occasion or another over the years.
Whether he is writing on Reagan, Thatcher or James Bond and travel his essays can not be beat for totally and unapologetically taking class analysis in a wildly creative and laugh out loud direction. Unpedictable, untrivial and totally original.
Get it and remember why Reagan and his machine were so dispicable.

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LochNess2

Great stuff

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 1999

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Cockburn is the master of the polemic. His words about Reagan, food, travel, *anything*, are worth reading.

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