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“A disturbing look at the military state using evidence from committees of the Congress, whistle-blowers, and concerned citizens. . . .A thoughtful and chilling look at Fortress America, its architects and its victims.” ―Kirkus Reviews

In this book, a seasoned commentator on world affairs discusses the way power in government becomes enlarged, exploited, and institutionalized―not just as the result of external dangers, real or contrived, but as the result of the way the arms race spills over into and dominates foreign policy. The clandestine operation that led to the Iran-Contra affair, Norman Cousins observes, is a recent example of dangerous trend with its own momentum. Mr. Cousins returns here to the central theme that dominated the editorial pages of the Saturday Review during the thirty years of his editorship: the challenge to human freedom and safety represented by vast destructive power slipping away from the means of control.
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    0393305414
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  3. Publisher
    W. W. Norton & Company
  4. Publication date
    August 17, 1988
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 1 x 8 inches
  7. Print length
    232 pages
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Norman Cousins was a longtime editor of the Saturday Review and the author of eleven books on health and healing, among other works.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (August 17, 1988)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393305414
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393305418
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1330L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1 x 8 inches
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  • Ken McCarthy
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very relevant book for today
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023
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    Among other things, this book is an account of how the vibrant and broad-based anti-war movement which followed the mindless carnage of World War I was systematically undermined by clever and industrious agents of the arms industry. There's a lot of money in making weapons and without wars, weapons tend to stack up. Cousins sheds a light on the legions of people who use their intelligence to promote mayhem so their paymasters can draw down their inventories and get the order forms full again.
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  • Jess Porter
    4.0 out of 5 stars Selfrevelaion (subconciously(
    Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2014
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    Cousins is a superlative writer. Though his socialist bent casts a shadow across his powerful writing, truth as usual outs the cult.
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  • Judson Malone
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cousins gets to the core of the meaning of political power
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    Though he did not specifically refer to political power Cousins revealed both the problems that power creates and suggested specific ways to address the abuse of power. My most cherished historical ideas are presented in the Declaration of Independence where the authors (a committee of 5) pointed out that the only true purpose of government is to secure natural rights. Cousins focuses on this at the end of the book and points out that government evolves in the direction of failure to secure natural rights...because of the opportunity presented by power itself. When it comes to war, hunger, international human problems and relations, he believed that human beings could create institutions which would require the nations of the world to adhere to Law.
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    Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2017
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    Above-average!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2019
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    A must for anyone wishing to understand WHY politicians are such back-stabbers.
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  • Mesquite
    5.0 out of 5 stars An essential book for every library
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2016
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    Nothing has changed, Corwin is an icon.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read"
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2017
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    An absolutely stunning eye opener - a must read.
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