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In Dreaming War, Vidal continues a line of defense promoted by his New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by confronting the Cheney-Bush junta head on in a series of devastating essays that demolish the lies American Empire lives by, unveiling a counter-history that traces the origins of America's current imperial ambitions to the experience of World War Two and the post-war Truman doctrine. And now, with the Cheney-Bush leading us into permanent war, Vidal asks whose interests are served by this doctrine of pre-emptive war? Was Afghanistan turned to rubble to avenge the 3,000 slaughtered on September 11? Or was "the unlovely Osama chosen on aesthetic grounds to be the frightening logo for our long contemplated invasion and conquest of Afghanistan?" After all he was abruptly replaced with Saddam Hussein once the Taliban were overthrown. And while "evidence" is now being invented to connect Saddam with 9/11, the current administration are not helped by "stories in the U.S. press about the vast oil wealth of Iraq which must- for the sake of the free world- be reassigned to U.S. consortiums."
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Politics and government, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, 11 September 2001, War on Terrorism, 2001-, Politique et gouvernement, Buitenlandse politiek, Imperialism, Foreign relations, World politics, Cheney, richard b., 1941-, Bush, george w. (george walker), 1946-, United states, foreign relations, middle east, Middle east, foreign relations, united states, United states, military policy, HistoryPeople
George Walker Bush, Dick CheneyPlaces
United States, Iraq, AfghanistanTimes
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2003, Clairview
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Some of the essays were previously published in publications such as The nation, Times literary supplement, Newsweek, and Vanity fair.
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