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Progressive Picks: How Did War Become So Easy?
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Tue Mar 27 19:40:32 2012
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t r u t h o u t | How did war become so easy? How did military aggression become a "normal" part of American life? Rachel Maddow confronts these questions head-on in her new book, "Drift," which even Fox News's Roger Ailes admits is "worth reading." (If that endorsement prompts you to turn away from the bookshelf in disgust, rest assured that Drift's back cover also features praise from Naomi Klein and Matt Taibbi.)
Maddow's new book is a Truthout Progressive Pick this month, and it's in good company. Our March Picks include a scathing indictment of white-privilege-based politics, a glimpse into the little-known history of US-sanctioned torture, and a brand-new collection of some of Thom Hartmann's most compelling essays to date. Check them out here:
Rachel Maddow's "Drift" [Book] (https://members.truth-out.org/bgift74-gift/choose-type-donation): Just released this week, get your copy of Maddow's take on America's love affair with war. Naomi Klein writes of "Drift": "With her savage wit, dazzling command of facts, and eye for the absurd, Maddow tells the epic story of how American warfare came to be both never-ending and practically invisible. In the process, she revives a radically old-fashioned idea: waging war should be wrenchingly difficult for a nation, for that is what prevents unnecessary battles from being waged. This courageous book deserves to spark a national debate about the purpose of war."
"The Thom Hartmann Reader" [Book] (https://members.truth-out.org/bgift77-gift/choose-type-donation) The breadth of Hartmann's knowledge and wisdom is wide and deep. He writes with prescience about the end of the age of fossil fuels and with unique insight about Jeffersonian democracy. He is equally at home debunking the notion of corporate personhood as he is with recommendations for positive, nurturing child-rearing. If you have only experienced Hartmann by listening to him on the radio or watching him on television, this is an excellent anthology that will introduce you to Thom Hartmann as a modern author of groundbreaking analysis and solutions. Hartmann brings age-of-enlightenment reasoning to bear upon our modern times.
"Dear White America, Letter to a New Minority" [Book] (https://members.truth-out.org/bgift75-gift/choose-type-donation): In his book-length letter to "White America," Tim Wise urges our country to move forward, not backward toward a yearning for a white governmental power structure. "We can continue to hold on to a fictional, nostalgic past," Wise writes in the book, "longing for a return to it, and unable to embrace the changes that are as inevitable as the coming of our new day's sun.... We cannot hold onto the old ways and move into the future at the same time." Michael Eric Dyson calls Wise, "One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation."
"The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse" [Book] (https://members.truth-out.org/bgift76-gift/choose-type-donation): No, the US government's sanctioning of torture didn't start with the Iraq War, as Marjorie Cohn - a law professor and past president of the National Lawyer's Guild - proves in this important anthology. As the NYU Press notes: "'The United States and Torture' opens with a compelling preface by Sister Dianna Ortiz, who describes the unimaginable treatment she endured in Guatemala in 1987 at the hands of the the Guatemalan government, which was supported by the United States. Following Ortiz's preface, an interdisciplinary panel of experts offers one of the most comprehensive examinations of torture to date, beginning with the Cold War era and ending with today's debate over accountability for torture."
Thanks for supporting Truthout - as well as the independent thinkers behind these essential books!
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><p>How did war become so easy? How did military aggression become a "norma=
l" part of American life? <strong>Rachel Maddow confronts these questions h=
ead-on in her new book, "Drift," which even Fox News's Roger Ailes admits i=
s "worth reading."</strong> (If that endorsement prompts you to turn away f=
rom the bookshelf in disgust, rest assured that Drift's back cover also fea=
tures praise from Naomi Klein and Matt Taibbi.)</p>
<p><strong>Maddow's new book is a Truthout Progressive Pick this month, and=
it's in good company.</strong> Our March Picks include a scathing indictme=
nt of white-privilege-based politics, a glimpse into the little-known histo=
ry of US-sanctioned torture, and a brand-new collection of some of Thom Har=
tmann's most compelling essays to date. Check them out here:</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DrIL=
ZjElQeryi3rhlgWSR9sCXOm4Pp0Aw"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Rachel Maddow's "Dri=
ft" [Book]</font></a>: Just released this week, get your copy of Maddow's t=
ake on America's love affair with war. Naomi Klein writes of "Drift": "With=
her savage wit, dazzling command of facts, and eye for the absurd, Maddow =
tells the epic story of how American warfare came to be both never-ending a=
nd practically invisible. In the process, she revives a radically old-fashi=
oned idea: waging war should be wrenchingly difficult for a nation, for tha=
t is what prevents unnecessary battles from being waged. This courageous bo=
ok deserves to spark a national debate about the purpose of war."</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DzMM=
pOx%2F7eP7B98uPcXQpm8CXOm4Pp0Aw"><font color=3D"#cc0000">"The Thom Hartmann=
Reader" [Book]</font></a> The breadth of Hartmann's knowledge and wisdom i=
s wide and deep. He writes with prescience about the end of the age of foss=
il fuels and with unique insight about Jeffersonian democracy. He is equall=
y at home debunking the notion of corporate personhood as he is with recomm=
endations for positive, nurturing child-rearing. If you have only experienc=
ed Hartmann by listening to him on the radio or watching him on television,=
this is an excellent anthology that will introduce you to Thom Hartmann as=
a modern author of groundbreaking analysis and solutions. Hartmann brings =
age-of-enlightenment reasoning to bear upon our modern times.</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DufO=
T9JFTALfvs%2BBjkT2Tn8CXOm4Pp0Aw"><font color=3D"#cc0000">"Dear White Americ=
a, Letter to a New Minority" [Book]</font></a>: In his book-length letter t=
o "White America," Tim Wise urges our country to move forward, not backward=
toward a yearning for a white governmental power structure. "We can contin=
ue to hold on to a fictional, nostalgic past," Wise writes in the book, "lo=
nging for a return to it, and unable to embrace the changes that are as ine=
vitable as the coming of our new day's sun.... We cannot hold onto the old =
ways and move into the future at the same time." Michael Eric Dyson calls W=
ise, "One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white=
privilege in the nation."</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DcEe=
U6fnmZwjAiVpIihMNN8CXOm4Pp0Aw"><font color=3D"#cc0000">"The United States a=
nd Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse" [Book]</font></a>: No,=
the US government's sanctioning of torture didn't start with the Iraq War,=
as Marjorie Cohn - a law professor and past president of the National Lawy=
er's Guild - proves in this important anthology. As the NYU Press notes: "'=
The United States and Torture' opens with a compelling preface by Sister Di=
anna Ortiz, who describes the unimaginable treatment she endured in Guatema=
la in 1987 at the hands of the the Guatemalan government, which was support=
ed by the United States. Following Ortiz's preface, an interdisciplinary pa=
nel of experts offers one of the most comprehensive examinations of torture=
to date, beginning with the Cold War era and ending with today's debate ov=
er accountability for torture."</p>
<p>Thanks for supporting Truthout - as well as the independent thinkers beh=
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