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Implausible, Simplistic - and that's just Publisher's Weekly
I've never been moved to write an Amazon review before, but when I saw this had received 4+ stars, I wanted to warn any sane non-extremists to save their dough!
'Tis the literary equivalent of Ben Afflect's "Gigli."
Publishers Weekly - which tends to try to be as nice as possible - wrote "The story as presented is implausible to say the least, offering so few details that Perkins often seems paranoid, and the simplistic political analysis doesn't enhance his credibility. Despite the claim that his work left him wracked with guilt, the artless prose is emotionally flat and generally comes across as a personal crisis of conscience blown up to monstrous proportions, casting Perkins as a victim not only of his own neuroses over class and money but of dark forces beyond his control."
Okay, that critique is understated, believe me.
Does U.S. have an Iron Triangle that has created some nutty and destructive foreign policies since WWII? You bet!
Does this writer have any inside scoop whatsoever? No.
Does he have a remotely coherent critique of US Foreign policy and corporate influence on it (we're talking about a really fat target)? Not even close.
March 2005 · Books