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100 1 $aO'Rourke, P. J.
245 10 $aGive war a chance :$beyewitness accounts of mankind's struggle against tyranny, injustice, and alcohol-free beer /$cP.J. O'Rourke.
250 $a1st Vintage Books ed.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books,$c1993.
300 $axxii, 233 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Hunting the virtuous, and how to clean and skin them -- THE BIRTH, AND SOME OF THE AFTERBIRTH OF FREEDOM. The death of Communism; Berlin, Nov 1989 -- Springtime for Gorbachev, Moscow, 1988 -- The piece of Ireland that passeth all understanding, Ulster, May 1988 -- Democracy in its diapers, Paraguay, April 1989 -- Return of the death of communism, Nicaragua, Feb 1990 -- The saga continues, Kiev and Tibilisi, Sep 1991 -- SECOND THOUGHTS. A serious problem -- Second thoughts about the 1960s -- Fiddling while Africa starves -- The 2,000-year-old U.S. Middle East Policy expert -- Studying for our drug test -- An argument in favor of automobiles vs. pedestrians -- A CALL FOR NEW MCCARTHYISM. Notes toward a backlist for the 1990s -- Sex with Dr. Ruth -- The deep thoughts of Lee Iacocca -- The very deep thoughts of Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter -- Mordred had a point; Camelot revisited -- GIVE WAR A CHANCE. Dispatches from the Gulf War -- Jordan, Aug 1990 -- United Arab Emirates, Sep 1990 -- "Somewhere in Eastern Saudi Arabia" Jan 1991 -- Gulf diary, Jan 28 - Feb 8, 1991 -- At the front, early Feb 1991 -- Gulf diary Feb 11-25, 1991 -- Riyadh and the desert, Late Feb 1991 -- Missile attack on Dhahran, Feb 25, 1991 -- Kuwait City, March 1991.
650 0 $aWorld politics$y1985-1995$vHumor.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980-$vHumor.
650 0 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991$vHumor.
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