Why Are We at War? - Softcover

Praise for Why Are We at War?

"We're overloaded with information these days, some of it possibly true. Mailer offers a provocative--and persuasive--cultural and intellectual frame."--Newsweek

"[Mailer] still has the stamina to churn out hard-hitting criticism."--Los Angeles Times

"Penetrating . . . There's plenty of irreverent wit and fresh thinking on display."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Eloquent . . . thoughtful . . . Why Are We at War? pulls no punches."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Praise for Norman Mailer

"[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation."--The New York Times

"A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent."--The New Yorker

"Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure."--The Washington Post

"A devastatingly alive and original creative mind."--Life

"Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance."--The New York Review of Books

"The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book."--Chicago Tribune

"Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream."--The Cincinnati Post

The best-selling author of The Executioner's Song and Why Are We in Vietnam offers a provocative critique of the Bush administration's war in Iraq, arguing that that Bush is endangering America's ideal of freedom and democracy in order to pursue an ambition of global empire. Original. 100,000 first printing.