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Robert Scheer
(Writer)
[1936 - ]

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• The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America (2008)
  In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex.
  
  Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president General Dwight Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. In George W. Bush's America, politicians like Ike and Richard Nixon seem like prudent centrists.
  
  The views of libertarians, liberals, and pacifists are often overlooked or ignored by America's mainstream media. The Pornography of Power is the culmination of a respected journalist's efforts to change the terms of debate. At a time when many are exploiting fears of terrorist attacks and only a few national leaders are willing to advocate cuts in defense spending, nuclear disarmament, and restrained use of American force, Robert Scheer has written a manifesto for enlightened reform.

• Playing President: My Close Ecounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton-and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush (2006)
  Robert Scheer's interviews with and profiles of US presidents have shaped journalism history. Scheer developed close journalistic relationships with Presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush I. His reporting on them had a tangible impact on national debate, such as the eminent 1976 Playboy interview in which Jimmy Carter, the then-presidential candidate, admitted to have lusted in his heart; and the 1980 interview with the L.A. Times, during which Bush I confessed to Scheer his dream of a "winnable nuclear war."
  
  In Playing President, Robert Scheer offers an unparalleled insight into the presidential mind. He analyses each administration since Nixon, and including George W. Bush, offering insights that will surprise the reader-particularly those with rigid preconceptions about the decision-making processes of our leaders. The volume will also include reprints of Scheer's famous presidential interviews, along with previously unpublished interview transcripts and select previous writings.

• The Cosmetic Surgery Revolution: An Objective Guide to Understanding Your Cosmetic Surgery Choices (1992) by Kathleen O'Connor and Robert Scheer

• Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death Essays on the Pornography of Power (1988)

• America after Nixon: The Age of the Multinationals (1974)

• With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush, and Nuclear War (1982)

• Eldridge Cleaver: Post-Prison Writings and Speeches by the Author of "Soul on Ice" (1969), Robert Scheer, ed.

• The Diary of Che Guevara (1968), Robert Scheer, ed.

• How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam: A Report to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1966)

• Ramparts Vietnam Primer (1966)

• Cuba: An American Tragedy (1964)
   

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