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Give War a Chance

Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

By P. J. O'Rourke

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In the spirit of his savagely funny and national best-seller Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance is P. J. O'Rourke's number one New York Times best-selling follow-up. O'Rourke runs hilariously amok by tackling the death of Communism, sanctimonious liberals, and America's perennial bad guy SaddamContinue

In the spirit of his savagely funny and national best-seller Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance is P. J. O'Rourke's number one New York Times best-selling follow-up. O'Rourke runs hilariously amok by tackling the death of Communism, sanctimonious liberals, and America's perennial bad guy Saddam Hussein in a series of classic dispatches from his coverage of the 1991 Gulf War. Here is our most mordant and unnervingly funny political satirist on: Kuwait City after the Gulf War: "It looked like all the worst rock bands in the world had stayed there at the same time." On Saddam Hussein, O'Rourke muses: "He's got chemical weapons filled with ... chemicals. Maybe he's got The Bomb. And missiles that can reach Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Spokane. Stock up on nonperishable foodstuffs. Grab those Diet Coke cans you were supposed to take to the recycling center and fill them up with home heating oil. Bury the Hummel figurines in the yard. We're all going to die. Details at eleven."

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  • When it all seems to serious, this is one to read

    "Give war a chance" is vintage PJ. I read elsewhere that the author is simply unable to turn of his sense of humour, and I think that's true. The books covers events of the 1990's and so is now a little dated, but it does nonetheless draw into sharp relief the political nonsense that some of our l ... (continue)

    "Give war a chance" is vintage PJ. I read elsewhere that the author is simply unable to turn of his sense of humour, and I think that's true. The books covers events of the 1990's and so is now a little dated, but it does nonetheless draw into sharp relief the political nonsense that some of our leaders seem wedded to.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 256 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0802140319
  • ISBN-13: 9780802140319
  • Publisher: Grove Press
  • Pub date: Oct 10, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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