Good reads on War In Iraq/Afghanistan?

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Any articles or even books you guys would suggest on this?

I've read Michael Parenti's articles on this as well as
http://www.revcom.us/a/185/obama_speech-en.html

[RadioRaheem84]

Anything by Noam Chomsky on the subject. Read Johann Hari's book review on Nick Cohen's odious book What's Left, if you want a damning critique of the pro-war left.

I wouldn't read Tariq Ali, he took a very pro-insurgency kind of tone that I really didn't find supportive of the anti-war movement. So did Arundhati Roy surprisingly. Forget George Galloway, that guy is a blatant Stalinist.

Amy Goodman is good. Seymour Hersh, good. Michael Moore, bad.

Michael Parenti is also very good. Stick to Chomsky and you won't go wrong, trust me.

[The Idler]

Dahr Jamail was the only unembedded journalist in Iraq in 2003.

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Well I got Noam Chomsky's "Failed States; An assult on democracy" and personally I found it a boring read.
I like Parenti's style a lot more.

Chomsky writes on very specific topics, uses bunch of quotations, and has very bad organization in his writing. By the time I grasp what the concept of the paragraph is, he starts another topic.
He also refers to things which I have no clue about.

[RadioRaheem84]

Noam Chomsky is very technical. You have to know your stuff when approaching his work.

Parenti is great and easier to read.

Dahr Jamail is great.

[blake 3:17]

Seymour Hersh, Chain of Command: From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

[Vendetta]

Generation Kill was an interesting read.

[KC]

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Thanks guys

It's called Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.amazon.com/Full-Spectrum-Dominance-Power-Beyond/dp/1583225781/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261114547&sr=1-26) by Rahul Mahajan. And it's only $10 on Amazon.That $10 is equal to over 20 hours of the average Chinese wage :crying:
I was hoping to find it at my library but I looked in the catalog and it didn't appear.

Seems like a terrific book though. The $10 should be worth it.

[KC]

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Wow thats a good sum of it
Ebay has "Like New" and "Very Good" conditions of the book for $5
I think I'll definitely be getting it. Thanks again.