Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans-Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild

from heather67

Massively well-informed in a gossipy kind of way. I hadn't come across Palast before and didn't know he was working on Newsnight. He is the kind of investigative journalist whose work can form the basis for activism - he leaves no stone unturned and no name uncalled. Good for links to other activ...

from jahn

This book has a documented revelation of criminal activity by the Bush gang on every other page, and this is a bit too many; I found it very difficult to follow the thread. - But it seems the world is run by the Saudi sheik's, mainly through their lawyer Jim Baker III, who has an office in the wh...

from addict

Palast (The Best Democracy Money can Buy) is a refreshing, fearless witness to the American political landscape-and he doesn't really care whether or not you like him for it: "I am not a nice man. You want something heartwarming ... buy a puppy." Though Palast comes right out and calls George Bus...

from iftyzaidi

I started this book somewhat sceptical about both its tone (snarky attempts at humour can often be plain irritating) and its content (was there really going to be anything substantially new here or just rehashing well known info with a good dollop of outrage?) But ultimately I was blown away by b...

from popejephei

Palast is a fairly amazing representative of a nearly dead breed; in fact he may well be the last real investigative reporter with a USA beat working today. Read with your sense of humor cranked way up, though, or the depressing implication of Palast's research will make you cry.