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_bC665c 2013
082 0 0 _a320.0973/0905
_223
100 1 _aCockburn, Alexander
_d1941-2012
_q(Alexander Claud),
240 1 0 _aEssays.
_kSelections
245 1 2 _aA colossal wreck :
_ba road trip through political scandal, corruption, and American culture /
_cAlexander Cockburn.
264 1 _aBrooklyn, NY :
_bVerso,
_c2013.
300 _axiii, 586 pages ;
_c25 cm
520 _a"Alexander Cockburn was one of the most influential journalists of his generation. As the Atlantic noted, he was a towering figure who 'would say all the outrageous things his bland counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater-spirit to utter on their own.' In A Colossal Wreck, written prior to his death in July 2012, Cockburn reveals his great literary spirit, incisive reading of the situation, and campaigning vim into a single volume that will undoubtedly be seen as his masterpiece. Whether ruthlessly exposing the hypocrisy of Washington from Clinton to Obama, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed or silenced, Cockburn was the most gifted contrarian of his generation"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aCockburn, Alexander.
650 0 _aPolitics, Practical
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld politics
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld politics
_y21st century.
650 4 _aCultura política
_92279
_zEstados Unidos
650 4 _aCorrupción Política
_9159
_zEstados Unidos
650 4 _aPolitica mundial
_9541
_ySiglo XXI
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1993-2001.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2001-2009.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2009-2017.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y1980-
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y1993-2001
_92900
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y2001-2009
_9507
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y2009-2017
_92575
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xCondiciones sociales
_y1980-
_92135
856 4 2 _3Cover image
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