- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Seven Stories Press (May 6 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1583225846
- ISBN-13: 978-1583225844
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 0.7 x 22.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,263,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Former Army Ranger turned antiwar comic book artist Wright had what he calls a moment of clarity after participating in the U.S.'s 1989 invasion of Panama. Feeling that media coverage was blatantly pro-war, but that the post-invasion results for Panama were far from positive, he offers this as a (belated) warning against war on Iraq. Reworking American propaganda posters from WWI and WWII, Wright reveals his satiric take on current events: one poster reads, "Millions of troops are on the move...All To Protect Your Oil Supply! Is your SUV really worth their lives?" In another, a girl sitting in her father's lap asks, "Daddy, why don't YOU or any of your friends from ENRON have to go to war?" And many are messages from the Orwellian-sounding "Ministry of Homeland Security": The Statue of Liberty points to the onlooker and commands, "You! Stop Asking Questions! You're Either With U.S. or You're With The TERRORISTS!" The antiwar contingent will read these and weep, rather than laugh. 40 pages of color illus.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
This stunning, hilarious, and politically incendiary full-color poster book by U.S. Airborne Ranger-turned-dissident-comic-book-artist Micah Wright reworks classic American World War I and II propaganda into biting commentaries on war and pariotism for the post-September 11 era.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wright and Davie offer scary and timely messages,
By John Hanson (Holland, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda (Paperback)
Perhaps the scariest message in Wright's book is its very theme: The expectation of the American government that civilized nations everywhere should blindly and unthinkingly endorse U.S. attacks on other nations, no matter how thin or non-existent the justification.This mindset is also explored to great effect by Michael B. Davie in his landmark book Bushwhacked (ISBN: 0973195614) and Davie's book makes for an insightful companion read to Attack. Both authors present some disturbing evidence of an unpopular president's willingness to run roughshod over other nations in a selfish bid to shore up domestic support. Here's an idea: Why don't we focus our attention on fighting actual terrorists who do in fact pose an immediate and significant threat, instead of wasting time and lives in Iraq?
1.0 out of 5 stars
Steal this book!,
This review is from: You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda (Paperback)
The ex-Conservative Micah Ian Wright bring us this excellent book of posters created by others (Are they paid? Who Cares?) and then change by Micah Ian Wright.I especially loved his commentary in the beginning where he tells us how he became a liberal after going to Panama because of that evil evil Bush Sr. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the truth about how loony people like Micah Ian Wright are. Thanks. Hey....you do know the sequal will never come out because of his lying to the publisher about his past? Too funny.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Posters Are Still Funny,
By A Customer
This review is from: You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda (Paperback)
These posters are still hilarious. The essays by the Center for Constitutional Rights are still illuminating and insightful. The introductions by Howard Zinn and Kurt Vonnegut are both great reads. The Fake Ranger introduction that all of these people are boo-hoo-hooing about is 5 pages out of 130! Get over it! The book is all about Propaganda and how people shouldn't believe anything they read or see... I think it's perfectly ironic that the introduction is also a brilliant piece of Propaganda.
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