"A sobering and essential book that Americans should read, share,
and discuss."
--JOHN STAUBER, coauthor of "Weapons of Mass Deception"
You've heard it all before, and you will no doubt hear it again.
"Our leaders will do everything they can to avoid war." "They
attacked us." "Our enemy is a modern-day Hitler." "This is all
about human rights." And, at some point after these and other
pronouncements had echoed through the media for weeks or months,
American troops marched into Vietnam, Panama, or Iraq.
In "War Made Easy," Norman Solomon cuts through the dense web of
spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management"
techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American
wars in recent decades. In addition to documenting a long series of
deliberate misdeeds at the highest levels of power, it lays out
important guidelines to help us distinguish elements in a
propaganda campaign from actual news reporting. By following these
simple suggestions, every citizen can become a savvy media critic
and, perhaps, help the nation avoid the next costly and unnecessary
war.
"An engaging book that helps explain how the myth-making machine
works."
--"The Texas Observer"
"If you want to help prevent another war (Iran? Syria?), read
War Made Easy now. This is a stop-the-presses book filled with
mind-blowing facts about Washington's warmongers who keep the
Pentagon budget rising."
--JIM HIGHTOWER, author of "Let's Stop Beating Around the
Bush"
"A definitive historical text . . . an indispensable record of
the real relationships among government authorities and media
outlets."
--"The Humanist"
"Our media has a history of enabling Washington'sforeign
misadventures. Perhaps if enough people read--and act on--this
book, it won't be so easy next time."
--MARK HERTSGAARD, author of "On Bended Knee: The Press and the
Reagan Presidency"
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