Why Are We at War?, Norman Mailer
Why Are We at War?, Norman Mailer
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Why Are We at War?

Author: Norman Mailer

Narrator: Norman Mailer

Unabridged: 1 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/27/2016

Synopsis

Beginning with his debut masterpiece, The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer has repeatedly told the truth about war. Why Are We at War? returns Mailer to the gravity of the battlefield and the grand hubris of the politicians who send soldiers there to die. First published in the early days of the Iraq War, Why Are We at War? is an explosive argument about the American quest for empire that still carries weight today. Scrutinizing the Bush administration’s words and actions, Mailer unleashes his trademark moral rigor: “Because democracy is noble, it is always endangered.... To assume blithely that we can export democracy into any country we choose can serve paradoxically to encourage more fascism at home and abroad.”

About Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer was born in 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. In 1955, he was one of the co-founders of The Village Voice. He is the author of more than thirty books, including The Naked and the Dead; The Armies of the Night, for which he won a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; The Executioner's Song, for which he won his second Pulitzer Prize; Harlot's Ghost; Oswald's Tale; and The Gospel According to the Son. He lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with his wife, the novelist Norris Church Mailer.

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Goodreads review by Moshtagh

شاید بتوان گفت که:نورمان میلر در همه چیز،مثل آمریکا افراط میکرد. کتاب حاضر از چهار بخش با عنوان‌های: "11 سپتامبر"، "چرا می‌جنگیم؟"، "ملاحظاتی درباره‌ی یک شرارت بزرگ" و "پی گفتار ویلی ویتکلر" تشکیل شده و موضوع آن، درباره‌ی مشاهدات قبل و بعد از ظهر 11 سپتامبر است. نویسنده که به نظامی‌گری افسار گسیخته‌ی......more

Goodreads review by Joanna

"Democracy is built upon a notion that is exquisite and dangerous. It virtually states that if the will of the populace is freely expressed, more good than bad will result...Democracy is existential. It changes all the time. That is one reason I detest promiscuous patriotism. You don't take democrac......more

Goodreads review by A100junky

One of the many ignored voices of reason. Everyone should read this book.......more

Goodreads review by Public

From the "why do they hate us?" file shortly after 9-11. Compared to the similar volume that Gore Vidal wrote around the same time I found this one less incisive and with fewer interesting things to say. This book is basically two long essays and some bits and bobs from other unpublished material th......more

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