Armed Madhouse

US: Penguin, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Razor sharp research shows why every US citizen should be quaking in their boots Metro, Books of the Year Bill Hicks with a press pass The List Award-winning guerrilla journalist Greg Palast has gone where most have bee n too scared to unearth the ugly truth about the haves and have-mores who r ule our world America. Here he reports from behind enemy lines to reveal just how bad it s got in a dangerous regime: how elections are bought and free speech comes at a pri ce. How citizens are ruled by fear. And how our brave new globalized world means the poor get hammered, while corporations silently buy up the planet. It s not pretty but it s all true Palast is one of the few journalists writing who has both the anger and the wit to offer himself up as a persuasive and more importantly, readable voi ce of the left Observer A rollercoaster ride from Baghdad to New Orleans and Osama bin Laden s cave to the back rooms of the Pentagon Big Issue Very funny For anyone who thinks that no-one from the US knows what s going on, Palast is the perfect riposte Guardian.