The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized design that conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making. First and foremost among these are nuclear weapons, but the dangers include climate-changing technologies, emerging... Read More
The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies, by Dilip Hiro. Nation Books, 418 pages, 2005, $16.95.
Iran's Nuclear Option: Tehran's Quest for the Atom Bomb, by Al J. Venter. Casemate Publishers, 451 pages, 2005, $29.95.
Secrets and Lies: Operation “Iraqi Freedom” and After By Dilip Hiro, Nation Books, 2004, 467 pages; $14.95
Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You By Paul Waldman, Sourcebooks, 2004, 311 pages; $24.95
When the American public pays little attention to political affairs, it pays the price. The question today is the same as it has been earlier in U.S. history–how great a price?
Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century By Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight Public Affairs, 2001 270 pages; $24.00