What a not at all uplifting experience! This short book by Joel Andreas is an illustrated exposé on the culture of militarism in the US. It is narrated by a rather evil/angry looking mother and child with the use of cartoon drawings of political figures throughout history and the occasional photo of dead people.
Toward the beginning, it uses actual political quotes, which are kindly referenced in the back of the book. It then gradually introduces more and more of Andreas' own statements through the mouths of the various political figures. Historical facts and figures give way to subjective comments like, "The real motive was" and "Almost everyone knows what it was really about". I was surprised that it lacks any comment about the Bush administrations search for weapons of mass destruction.
It would be interesting to see a similar book about world-wide military power and spending to put this all in perspective. Not that I'm naive to think it would make our situation look any more positive.
Throughout the whole book are words in bold that don't seem to indicate vocal inflection. I've no idea what the point is there. They're just sprinkled sporadically throughout.
I can't exactly say I'd recommend this book. 2
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