Machiavelli's Shadow: The Rise and Fall of Karl Rove2 reviews Paul Alexander Rodale Books, 2008 I want you to hurt like I do At times journalist Paul Alexander's book MACHIAVELLI'S SHADOW: THE RISE AND FALL OF KARL ROVE reminds me of psychoanalyst Justin A. Frank's BUSH ON THE COUCH, a study of the emotional troubles that make George W. Bush what he is. As MACHIAVELLI'S SHADOW recounts, Rove, the infamous political ...             In the Name of the Volk: Political Justice in Hitler's Germany4 reviews H. W. Koch I. B. Tauris, 1997 Legal terror. + Good but not great. + One of the most frightening books I've ever read... + Excellent             The Baptizing of America: The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us16 reviews Rabbi James Rudin Basic Books, 2005 thanks for speaking truth + Accurate and surprisingly objective It's about time someone named the elephant in the living room. While some of Rudin's conclusions are speculative (and he admits this), he boldly criticizes the Christocracy (i.e. Christian religious right) for their unrelenting agenda to make America a Christian society. Some critique the book as ...             10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military10 reviews New Press, 2006 The pioneers of a warless world... + EXCELLENT BOOK! "The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that refuse military service." -Einstein Lately the U.S. military's small army of professional recruiters have landed on hard times. The military has crashed hard upon the rocks of quagmire Iraq and fewer people want to join the armed forces today ...             Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney14 reviews Seven Stories Press, 2006 A Must-Read for All Americans + Like taking the RED pill. This is a book that will answer questions and doubts that we have for our government, and it totally shatters the images that our government has been putting on to us. If you think you know how our society works (from reading and studying textbooks from school), read this book twice. This book will ...             Church of Lies Flora Jessop, Paul T. Brown Jossey-Bass, 2009 From the Preface: "My name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, and maybe I am. But some people call me a hero, and I'd like to think they're right too. If I am a hero, maybe it's because every time I can play a part in saving a child or a woman from a life of servitude and degradation, I'm saving a little piece of me, too. I was one of ...             Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible13 reviews Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun Wiley, 2007 Gun Running for Fun and Profit. + Dry, maybe... but very informative and essential knowledge This well-written book was delivered on time and in good condition. My review title is light-hearted, the subject of the book is not. This is an inside look at the rise of Victor Bout, a former Soviet Air Force officer, as the superstar of modern gun running. The details of how he did it, and ...             Clueless George Takes on Liberals!1 review Pat Bagley White Horse Books, 2006 The Final Clueless George Book! Clueless George is a wonderful satire on several levels. Of course, it satirizes the Curious George books, as well as George Bush, Dick Cheney and others. It does this with a well written little story and wonderful drawings. In this edition, Clueless George holds a party and invites a "liberal" ...             Attention Deficit Democracy17 reviews James Bovard Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Politician's Lies and Citizen Docility. + Great Book! + Think you know all about democracy ? + Useful discussion of what democracy would be like             Welcome to the Homeland: A Journey to the Rural Heart of America's Conservative Revolution5 reviews Brian Mann Steerforth, 2006 Good insight into our current political situation + A useful and underrated work + Not bad but repetitive Brian Mann provides the historical background to show why the vote of the urban masses ("metros') can't prevail against a conservative rural minority ("homelanders"). The electoral colleges, two senators per state and Republican gerrymandering of congressional districts gives the exurban and rural ...             Dreams of Freedom : A Ricardo Flores Magon Reader2 reviews Ricardo Flores Magon AK Press, 2005 Highly recommended particularly for students of political science and Mexican history + Another awesome book from AK Press! Dreams Of Freedom: A Ricardo Flores Magon Reader presents a selection of the revolutionary journalist and agitator Ricardo Flores Magon. Born in Mexico in 1874, Magon dared to criticize the injustices of the Diaz military dictatorship that ruled Mexico, in his widely read newspaper Regeneracion. ...             No End in Sight92 reviews Campbell Scott, Gerald Burke Magnolia, 2007 The Devastating Inside Story On Iraq, From Those Who Were There + Must See! + "We will bring the Iraqi people food and medicine and supplies and freedom" + No End In Sight... + Well done look at the Iraq war and aftermath             The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War63 reviews Andrew Bacevich Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 The New Militarism + A Panaramic Analysis of American Militarism. + The Danger in having a voluntary Army in an Empire Nation + conservative rightist critisizes with facts + Insightful and provocative.             American Hitler: George W. ShicklBush and the Republicanazi Gestapo William Harwood World Audience, Inc., 2008 America has long been perceived as a bully, imposing its will on friend and foe alike. But hitherto America's bullying has been done in the belief that what was good for America was good for planet earth-and a lot of the time it really was. Not any more! George W. Bush has taken bullying to a dimension previously achieved only by Hitler, Stalin and successors, Mao and successors, Attila, Genghis ...             The Assault on Reason340 reviews Al Gore Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 A Reminder of What True Democracy is Based Upon + Spot-on Analysis, Sometimes Cumbersome Prose + Al Gore at his best + a well written book on the state of american democracy             Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class2 reviews Christopher Newfield Harvard University Press, 2008 A Great Read on a Complex Subject + Saving the Titanic in Postsecondary Education What a delight, after several years of dull, self-important books on the state of academia, to receive another clearly thought through book from Chris Newfield. As usual his research is not only well documented, but widely drawn. His curiosity lends each example the quality of a good story--we want ...             Body of War - The True Story of an Anti-War Hero4 reviews Tomas Young DOCURAMA, 2008 How many deaths will it take? + Not JUST an Anti War Film + Wonderful Documentary!!! + Great Great Film!!             Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror4 reviews Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Aziz Z. Huq New Press, 2007 The right people to ring the alarm bells + Love the PW review- as always + "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" + Responsibly Written - Well Researched             The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule34 reviews Thomas Frank Metropolitan Books, 2008 a great and insightful book + The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank + Must Read Muckraking for 2009 + Wrecking Crew + Every Man for HImself             God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters7 reviews Sarah Posner Polipoint Press, 2008 Exposing the hucksters who profit from our insecurities + A must read for any Word of Faith Christian + Read this book - McCain is in bed with these crazies! + Duty, Honor, Country