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House of War
- The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- De: James Carroll
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 26 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. Carroll proves a controversial thesis: The Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institution has changed this country more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Biased Account
- De GoTravel1385a en 09-06-07
- House of War
- The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- De: James Carroll
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
Enthralling History
Revisado: 06-14-08
This book is history as lived in and lived through, told by the son of longest tenured director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. There is human drama, tragedy and paradox on every page. There are startling revelations of the falsity of fearmongering claims and there even more startling relevance to the fearmongering of today. And there are the levers of power, the industrial war machine. You might say, Carroll reveals "strange shapes of the primal world", as Melville might have said.
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Screwed
- The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 295
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 181
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 183
Our founding fathers worked hard to ensure that a small group of wealthy people would never dominate this country. Thomas Jefferson believed that our very democracy depends upon our ability to play referee to the game of business, protecting labor and the public good. But over the last 25 years, we've witnessed an undeclared war against the middle class.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Our plight
- De Hughes en 03-30-08
- Screwed
- The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
Our plight
Revisado: 03-30-08
This book is the best summary of our economic and political plight that I have seen. In fact, I can't believe that no where have I seen such a clear explanation of recent events. Once we understand what has happened over the last 50 years, the problems are easily solved.
Medicare, minus the "poisen pill" of Medicare D, which made it illegal for the U.S. Government to negotiate for cheaper prices, stands ready to become a single payer medical insurance (with only 2-4% administrative costs as opposed to the up to 35% adminsitrative and lobbying and CEO pay that privitized medical insurance eats up).
Reagan's tax cuts for the wealthy were paid for by a near doubling of the social security payroll deductions. Why didn't I know that? Everyone else but Hartmann tries to say it's a very complicated history. No, it's not complicated, it's simple: we've been conned.
And those are just a few examples of mind-boggling revelations and solutions Hartmann has come up with by simple analysis and clear thinking.
The middle-class and the only possiblity of democracy is being destroyed, deliberately, by monopolists and those who would rather run the world for their benefit without interference from an educated voting populace.
This book is an absolute must read/Listen for both Republicans who still care more about this country than the wealth of oil billionaires and any progressive or democratically oriented, thinking person.
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