2008, ISBN: 1583228268

[EAN: 9781583228265], Used, very good, [PU: 7 Stories Press, United States of America], CURRENT AFFAIRS POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT POLITICS USA MILITARY POWER AFFAIRS(ABM TREATY|ANT… Meer...

[EAN: 9781583228265], Used, very good, [PU: 7 Stories Press, United States of America], CURRENT AFFAIRS POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT POLITICS USA MILITARY POWER AFFAIRS(ABM TREATY|ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE|CIA|SMEDLEY BUTLER|DWIGHT EISENHOWER|DANIEL ELLSBERG|ALPHONSE GRAVEL|ERNEST GRUENING|HENRY JACKSON|SCOOP JACKSON|JOHN MCCAIN|NUCLEAR WEAPONS|RICHARD PERLE|PENTAGON PAPERS LEONARD RODBERG TERRORISM), Political Odyssey: The Rise of American Militarism and One Man's Fight to Stop It 287 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Daniel Ellsberg. Until the first Democratic presidential debate on April 26, 2007, former Alaskan senator Mike Gravel had campaigned in almost total obscurity since becoming the first Democrat to declare candidacy more than a year before. All that changed with a few provocative remarks he made from the debate stage with his seven better-known rivals looking on. The response to his antiwar fervor from the established media and the blogosphere overwhelmed his shoestring campaign. Within days after the debate, his performance was viewed more than 220, 000 times on YouTube, and his website was getting more hits than any other candidate's. In this candid, anecdotal portrait, Gravel expounds on his views of the military-industrial complex, the imperial presidency, postwar US foreign policy, and corporate America; critically assesses figures he worked with, such as Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy; and reveals his personal finances and private life. Mike Gravel is most prominently known for releasing the Pentagon Papers-the secret official study revealing the manipulations of successive US administrations that misled the country into the Vietnam War. In 1971, he waged a successful one-man filibuster for five months that forced the Nixon administration to cut a deal, effectively ending the draft in the United States, Books<

2008, ISBN: 1583228268

[EAN: 9781583228265], Used, good, [PU: Seven Stories Press], Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect… Meer...

[EAN: 9781583228265], Used, good, [PU: Seven Stories Press], Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Books<

ISBN: 1583228268

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