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Sto caricando le informazioni... McSweeney's Issue 26 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Three Part Book Set (2008)di Dave Eggers (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This issue of McSweeney's was completely brilliant! There is a strong theme, a thesis even, running between all the short stories in three small volumes. First, I read a hypothetical document making the case for war with seven countries in the near future. Written in the style of a Pentagon memo, this part almost manages to convince you of the necessity and inevitability of these conflicts. However, the real message then arrives in the form of two sets of stories - from the U.S. and abroad. These make it clear that any analysis of dictators, oil revenues, and WMDs is neglecting the true complexity of the situation. The short stories give a glimpse to the tensions, fears, and pride that are common to all peoples. The format of this issue was great - I adored the portability of the two little books, and the simplicity in their arrangement. I really enjoyed the excerpt from Arkansas, and I also liked both Pentimento and the other two part story, the name of which I can't fully remember at the moment. All in all, another excellent piece by McSweeney's. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern (26, complete)
McSweeney's 26 comes in three parts: two small, oblong books of stories by writers large and small (John Brandon, Amanda Davis, Uzodinma Iweala, and eight more), set in regions near and far (Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Spain, Arkansas), and a third book, Where to Invade Next, edited by Stephen Elliott and inspired by actual Pentagon documents, which seeks to give a picture of just how our government could create a rationale for its next round of wars. Read them one at a time, or all at once, but know that this one's got it all--whirlwind visions of the world of today, and dead-serious essays about which parts of it the United States might soon be confronting. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The third volume is a slim hardcover titled "Where To Invade Next." Based on real intelligence, it summarizes the threat seven nations (Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Syria, Sudan, North Korea) pose to the United States and possible actions the U.S. might take to subdue the trajectory of these nations. Although the U.S. has seemingly lost the Bush administration's appetite for invasion, it's interesting that six of these countries are still considered unfriendly fifteen years later. It does appear some of the actions listed as possible in this book were put into place, especially in the case of Venezuela. On a sad note, today we probably would consider major powers China and Russia to be on the list as well. ( )