TomDispatch is a site I love to read and often times I blog about the various pieces and books featured on the site. I was very excited to see that Tom has a new book out, The World According to TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire. It’s a best of collection that focuses on “the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. offshore Bermuda Triangle of injustice from Guantamano to the CIA “black sites,” not to speak of extraordinary rendition, the response to Hurricane Katrina, global warming, Iraq’s black gold and the energy crisis, and, above all, the Bush administration’s misbegotten “smash of civilizations.”
But don’t take my word that it is worth reading, here’s what Howard Zinn had to say:
“TomDispatch is one of the wonders of the electronic age. A touch of the finger and you get the juiciest, meatiest information and analysis, so rich a feast of intelligence and insight I often felt short of breath. Now, Tom Engelhardt has assembled some of the best of his dispatches, from some of the boldest and most astute commentators in the country. So take a deep breath and read.” [TD]
And in case you’re a watcher and not a reader you can watch a video of Tom himself talking about the book by clicking here >>
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