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Summary: The Truth behind the Veil of Mandacity
Comment: This book should be read with Pilger's "The New Rulers of the World", and they will change your world-view forever. He author lifts the veil off international politics and shows how we in the West have systematically been lied to by our leaders. The heartlessness and the tragic consequences of their decisions will shock you. Where global ambitions and national interests are concerned, morality has no place. The week I spent reading these book brought on a spell of insomnia, I was so shocked.
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Summary: human rights under attack
Comment: After reading John Pilgers book i immediately joined amnesty international. This book shows how modern democracies are supporting brutal regimes in order to sell arms (US, UK) while at the same time cutting down social security at home. Everbody should read this book. It will make you angry. Use this anger in order to support human rights. John Pilger deserves the Nobel-Prize for Peace!
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Summary: Wake up! You've been fed lies all along...
Comment: This book has changed my life. I challenge anyone with an ounce of humanity in them to read this book and not be shell-shocked.. from child slavery to political murders to wars and third world mass-starvation. The Italian mafia are kids playing cowboys and indians in comparison. Wake up to the boundless corruption and mind-blowingly criminal disrespect for human lives at the heart of the Western governments we all voted for...
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Summary: You always feel the human connection with Pilger
Comment: This is an excellent collection of Pilger pieces. The topics covered now read like an alternative history of the 1990s rather than current events, but this book is well worth reading because of the background that it gives you on places and people still key to what is unfolding now. Pilger always writes in an accessible style, but his unique talent is giving journalistic detail a human face.
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Summary: A great book likely to turn your opinions on their head
Comment: As all the other reviewers suggest this is a fascinating read.It highlights issues most people do not think about and shows how perceived wisdom and the truth often diverge. I recommend everyone reads this book, whether you buy it or borrow it from a library. However, I did feel Pilger often highlighted problems/issues but did not suggest solutions. It is important that society has people like John Pilger to educate them but it is equally important that sensible, viable solutions to the problems are discussed. That said it is a great book, particularly because it shows up the Machiavellian policies of the great democracies such as Britain and the US. READ IT!
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