[IP] Certain book seems to be unavailable in the US right now
Some times it is licensing issued djf
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From: Richard Pauli <rpauli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 12, 2004 12:22:55 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Certain book seems to be unavailable in the US right now
Dave,
For IP - Last week I purchased a book in Canada: Gwynne Dyer's
"Future: Tense, The Coming World Order?" Excellent analysis.
This renown military historian makes some serious statements - that for
the good of the world the US should lose in Iraq - and soon.
A contentious statement to be sure. But I was disturbed that no US
bookstores are carrying the book. No Seattle bookstores can even find
a listing for it. But it seems to be available in the UK and Canada.
Not even listed on Amazon US.
But UK Amazon offers this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0771029780/qid=1100235753/
sr=1-16/ref=sr_1_2_16/202-3143854-9194255
I would expect the US Amazon to list it for a pre-order, they have
nothing.
I am a fan of Dyer's ever since he did the 1983 documentary "WAR"
? Would anyone know why it is hard to get in the US ?
From http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?0771029780
Here is the publisher's blurb
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Future: Tense
The Coming World Order?
Written by Gwynne Dyer
Current Affairs; Current Affairs - International; Current Affairs -
Military | McClelland & Stewart | Trade Paperback | November 2004 |
$19.99 | 0-7710-2978-0 | 264 pages
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The foundations of World War III are being laid today.
American defeat in Iraq is only a matter of time, but how long it takes
matters a lot. The fate of Iraq is a sideshow, the terrorist threat is
a red herring, and the radical Islamists' dream of a worldwide jihad
against the West is a fantasy, but the attempt to revive Pax Americana
is real. No matter what the outcome of the election in November, 2004,
the enterprise is likely to continue. It is bound to fail eventually,
but we need it to fail soon.
American military power is not limitless, and the other big powers will
not stand for US military domination of the world. They don't buy the
cover story about the 'terrorist threat,' but they don't want a fight
either. They are all on hold for the moment, hoping that America will
remember its commitment to the United Nations, the rule of law and
multilateralism. If it does not, then the drift back into alliances,
balance-of-power politics and military confrontations will begin. Ten
years from now, an American-led alliance that includes India and
occupies much of the Middle East could be facing a European alliance
led by France, Germany and Russia AND a hostile, heavily armed China.
In Future Tense, Gwynne Dyer's brilliant follow up to last year's
bestselling Ignorant Armies, he analyzes how the world made its way to
the brink of disaster, and describes how we may all slide over the
edge. It was fringe groups of extremists - Islamist fanatics and
American neo-conservatives - who set the process in motion, but it has
gone well beyond that now. It is not too late, but the clock is
running.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Gwynne Dyer has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist,
broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than twenty
years. His twice-weekly column on international affairs is published by
175 papers in some forty-five countries and is translated into more
than a dozen languages.
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