FM: John Whitbeck
I have now read War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a
Senseless Conflict by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies,
one of the two books reviewed at the link in my message of
December 1 (retransmitted below) and can now strongly
recommend it based on actual knowledge.
This book is not just superbly informative but also brief (182
pages of large print).
Three of my distinguished recipients have provided cover
blurbs:
Noam Chomsky: "Careful, informed, judicious ... an
invaluable guide."
Stephen Kinzer: "Here, finally, is the book we've been
awaiting. War in Ukraine is illuminating and essential
for anyone seeking to penetrate the fog of myth and propaganda
that distorts our understanding of this crisis."
Chris Hedges: "Makes tragically clear that this was a
conflict that could have been avoided if our foreign policy
had not become captive to militarists whose sole loyalty is to
the arms industry."
The book itself concludes: "The lesson of this war is the same
one we have failed to learn from every other war: that the
real monsters are war itself and the morally bankrupt leaders
on all sides, who keep feeding it with our resources and our
bodies."
Amen.
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