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Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

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 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."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Grove Press
  • Publish Date: Oct 10th, 2003
  • Pages: 233
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.52in - 0.66in - 0.69lb
  • EAN: 9780802140319
  • Categories: • Topic - Politics• Political Process - General• International Relations - General

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Dad; husband; anchor of @TheLeadCNN & @CNNSOTU; author of The Outpost, The Hellfire Club, The Devil May Dance, and the new @All_The_Demons Are Here

2/ "A journalist and political satirist, O’Rourke wrote over twenty books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics, including his two #1 New York Times Bestsellers, Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance."

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national security reporter for @TheMessenger | script consultant on @AMC_TV pilot—on strike | formerly an AP investigative reporter & U.S. Marine | Love #FOIA

From P.J. O'Rourke's GIVE WAR A CHANCE: #RIP https://t.co/5VeSPpM0Mk

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Pamela Paul is an opinion columnist at the New York Times.

Here's an archival gem from the NYTBR: Terry Teachout on P.J. O'Rourke's "Give War a Chance": https://t.co/2jLjfcAcE0

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"Whatever your political persuasion, you would have to be totally humorless not to feel like chuckling when he starts hacking away."

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