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Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice and Alcohol-free Beer
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Paperback. From the author hailed as 'America's greatest prose comedian' Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; 3JJPR; HBG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Opening with an introduction entitled ‘Hunting the Virtuous – and How to Clean and Skin Them’, the author provides his own comments on the people, places and events behind the newspaper headlines, before launching into an account of the first Gulf War. Beginning with a concise history of the Middle East, he delivers a day-to-day chronicle of the tedium of waiting for war in the Saudi desert, signing off with an eyewitness account of the victory march into Kuwait city.
Opening with an introduction entitled ‘Hunting the Virtuous – and How to Clean and Skin Them’, the author provides his own comments on the people, places and events behind the newspaper headlines, before launching into an account of the first Gulf War. Beginning with a concise history of the Middle East, he delivers a day-to-day chronicle of the tedium of waiting for war in the Saudi desert, signing off with an eyewitness account of the victory march into Kuwait city.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330325363
SKU
KSG0009457
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About O
P. J. O'Rourke is the bestselling author of ten books, including Eat the Rich, Give War a Chance, Holidays in Hell, Parliament of Whores, All the Trouble in the World, The CEO of the Sofa and Peace Kills. He has contributed to, among other publications, Playboy, Esquire, Harper's, New Republic, the New York Times Book Review and Vanity Fair. He ... Read more
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