[.ca] An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror (ISBN 1400061946)

Informative and Interesting, But I'm Not Persuaded:
I am opposed to the U.S Invasion of Iraq. I remain opposed after reading this book. That's not to say there isn't value in this book. I picked it up looking for a fair presentation of a viewpoint contradictory to my own, and would recommend this book to others of my political persuasion. The book lays out clearly the intentions of the Bush Administration in their war, and contrary to what Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky have to say, oil is only a small component of the reason the United States invaded Iraq. Frum and Perle do well at explaining their reasoning behind an activist policy in the Middle East. I find them credible, and am convinced after reading the book that the Bush Administration was doing what it believed to be best in the War on Terror, not playing some game to enrich the oil barons. The book does not, however, bring me around to their way of thinking, because it does not adequately address my fundamental objection to the war, namely, would the Arab World leave the United States alone if our military stayed entirely out of the region, including the Israeli/Palestinian conflict? Near the end of the book, the authors address this question, but only tangentially, and with an air of righteousness that makes me suspect they are not confident in their own answer.

Empty Rant:
I bought this expecting a concise analysis of the neo-con world view on international affairs and the US's place in the world. What I got was a slim book that was almost unreadable. It's 277 pages, 3/4 sized, double spaced with 1 inch margins. They tried everything to make this book seem longer and fuller, everything that is except including an index. The absence of the index says worlds about its real content. The book is a clear rush job, with little editorial control. (The dust cover speaks of "the dangers around z ambitions of China". A dictated "the" escaped the editor as a "z"? I looked for an index to see if the "z ambitions" had some actual meaning". That's when I discovered they couldn't be bothered to make an index.) The book reads like a right-wing radio rant. The vast majority of the book is about the sloppy thinking, bleeding hearts, evil and supposed corrupt motives of those who disagree with them. If one removes all the rants about weak willed appeasers, the dastardly French, the corrupt UN, etc., etc., one is left with about 20 pages of dime store philosophy. As I said I was looking for a concise read on the neocon view of the US's place in the world. I have to say I hope there's a lot more depth to it than this. But I'm beginning to fear this may actually be it.

Logical Conclusions But Guaranteed To Bring Perpetual War:
carried to the extreme, the conclusions set forth in this book are entirely logical, if one believes in the precepts espoused by the authors... but one has got to think that there must be a better way...a third way if you will...otherwise, perpetual war will be a permanent state for the world-at-large...but perhaps we have already crossed the proverbial rubicon, in which case everything will indeed go as it has been written...

Disturbed:
I find that neoconservatives are generally disturbing, at least because they feel they are objectively right, but above all because they are totally wrong. This sloppy arrangement of thoughts espouses world domination and exhibits ethnocentrism at its deepest and most chilling levels. Feel free to read this book, but beware that Hitler could also convince the masses. Can we assume that Nazis were all stupid? Or were they were misled, cheated, hateful and taught to fear? This book needs more than a grain of salt.

this is rather a no win book:
Haveing not just read but rather studied very hard. all this author had to offer I found very little on HOW TO WIN THIS WAR. Rather it drones on and on in long explanations of how we can not win with old war tatics. I expected much more.