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Hoax: Why Americans are Suckered by White House Lies (Nation Books)

2 Ratings: 3.0

A book by Nicholas von Hoffman

In the spate of post-Iraq War books, Von Hoffman's tirade is a smart, elegant standout. A columnist for theNew York Observer(and author of several books, includingCitizen Cohn), Von Hoffman argues that U.S. citizens have been willingly hoaxed into supporting … see full wiki

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Author: Nicholas von Hoffman

Publisher: Nation Books

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review by newtonooi. March 29, 2006

Question: What do all great societies have in common?

The answer: a population of arrogant leaders willing to manipulate and ignorant masses willing to work hard for their nation's greater glory. This is the essential point of this book as applied to the USA. N. V. Hoffman has a son serving in Iraq, and this might have something to do with his authorship of this book. Regardless of the author's reasons for writing this work; it is still worth reading. The book describes the mentality of Americans, and how it compares with the mentality of others, and … more

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review by plappen. July 03, 2004

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Tells it Like it is

This is one person's look at life in present-day America. The author feels that America is inside a 3000-mile wide terrarium, cut off from the rest of the world. This would explain that by the time of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the difference in world view between America and the rest of the world grew to the size of the hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole.During the Nazi era, the Big Lie was simple and repeated over and over again until it became the equivalent of inescapable sound. … more

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