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Based on firsthand reporting in Iran and the United States, "The Iran Agenda" explores the turbulent recent history between the two countries and shows how it has led to a showdown over nuclear technology.In addition to covering the political story, Erlich offers firsthand insights on Iran s domestic politics, popular culture, and diverse population He also interviews the former Shah s son, Reza Pahlavi, as well as the members of Southern California s large Iranian expatriate community and reports on their efforts to shape Iran s future."
From Oscar-winner Oliver Stone comes a first-hand look at one of the most important, powerful, and controversial leaders in the world: Vladimir Putin of Russia. The companion to the news-breaking television series, this edition has substantial material not included in the documentary. Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year span-never before has the Russian leader spoken in such depth or at such length with a Western interviewer. No topics are off limits in the interviews, which first occurred during Stone's trips to meet with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow and most recently after the election of President Donald Trump. Prodded by Stone, Putin discusses relations between the United States and Russia, allegations of interference in the US election, and Russia's involvement with conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and elsewhere across the globe. Putin speaks about his rise to power and details his relationships with Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump. The exchanges are personal, provocative, and at times surreal. At one point, Stone asks, "Why did Russia hack the election?"; at another, Stone introduces him to Stanley Kubrick's 1964 Cold War satire "Dr. Strangelove," which the two watch together. Stone has interviewed controversial world leaders before, including Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and Benjamin Netanyahu. But The Putin Interviews, in its unmediated access to one of the most enigmatic and powerful men in the world, can only be compared to the series of conversations between David Frost and Richard Nixon we now refer to as "The Nixon Interviews" of 1977. The book will also contain references and sources that give readers a deeper understanding of the topics covered in the interviews and make for a more robust reading experience.
Based on firsthand reporting in Iran and the United States, "The Iran Agenda" explores the turbulent recent history between the two countries and shows how it has led to a showdown over nuclear technology.In addition to covering the political story, Erlich offers firsthand insights on Iran s domestic politics, popular culture, and diverse population He also interviews the former Shah s son, Reza Pahlavi, as well as the members of Southern California s large Iranian expatriate community and reports on their efforts to shape Iran s future."
A Copublication of Seven Stories Press and Akashic Books "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq" is the first book to hold the president and his team accountable for the government's campaign of disinformation leading up to the war in Iraq. The administration repeatedly attested that Saddam Hussein had developed weapons of mass destruction and was close to using them; downplayed the cost and risk of the proposed invasion and occupation; shamelessly evoked the atrocious abuse of power of Hussein and his family while brooking no commitment to rebuild the country after the terrifying "shock and awe" campaign, or to do anything to improve the lot of the Iraqi people; and, most outrageously, provided substanceless theory linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks of September 11, thereby cynically manipulating the anger and sorrow of the American citizenry. The charade has culminated in the slow bloodletting of U.S. forces still stationed in Iraq, held there because it would not be politically expedient to admit the failure of "democratization." While Bush II appears intent on conducting an unending global war against "evildoers," little public debate has gone into assessing the aims and strategies of such a broad campaign. In "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq," coauthors Christopher and Robert Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry of the influential web magazine AlterNet.org have aggregated the hard questions that the purported leadership of the U.S. must answer. Christopher Scheer is managing editor of AlterNet.org, the popular news and commentary website. Scheer has written screenplays for Oliver Stone and previously worked for the "San Francisco Examiner." Robert Scheer isthe author of six books, the host of NPR affiliate KCRW's "Left, Right, and Center," and a contributing editor to both the "Los Angeles Times" and "The Nation." Lakshmi Chaudhry is an editor at Alternet.org.
Robert Scheer's interviews with every US president over the past 40 years, and his profiles of them, have shaped journalistic history. Here he offers an insight into the presidential mind, analysing each US administration since Nixon including George W. Bush.
In "The Great American Stickup," celebrated journalist Robert
Scheer uncovers the hidden story behind one of the greatest
financial crimes of our time: the Wall Street financial crash of
2008 and the consequent global recession. Instead of going where
other journalists have gone in search of this story--the board
rooms and trading floors of the big Wall Street firms--Scheer goes
back to Washington, D.C., a veritable crime scene, beginning in the
1980s, where the captains of the finance industry, their lobbyists
and allies among leading politicians destroyed an American
regulatory system that had been functioning effectively since the
era of the New Deal.
In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most
admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore
Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the
best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of
wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous
issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's
military-industrial complex.
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