Al Gore: A User's Manual

Cockburn, Alexander; St. Clair, Jeffrey

ISBN 10: 1859848036 / ISBN 13: 9781859848036

Published by Verso (edition First Edition), 2000

With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Seller Inventory # 1859848036-11-1-29

Synopsis:

What's his real political record? This is the first unsparing look at the man whom his parents raised from birth to be president of the United States. Inside these pages, you will find:

. How Al Gore and his father got on the payroll of one of America's most ruthless tycoons, Armand Hammer
. How Al Gore has relentlessly exploited his sister's death and son's accident for personal political advantage
. How Al Gore violated the most basic journalistic ethics by helping the cops run a sting operation on a black politician in Nashville
. How Al Gore played midwife to the MX missile
. How Al Gore became a soul brother of Newt Gingrich
. How Al Gore race-baited Jesse Jackson and introduced George Bush to Willie Horton
. How Al Gore shopped his vote in support of the Gulf War to get prime-time coverage for his speech
. How Al Gore pushed Clinton into destroying the New Deal
. How Al Gore plotted to stop Democrats from recapturing Congress in 1996 in order to keep his rival Dick Gephard from becoming Speaker of the House
. How Al Gore leached campaign from nearly every corporate lobbyist in DC, and broke pledge after pledge to protect the environment

About the Authors: Alexander Cockburn (1941-2012) was the coeditor of CounterPunch and the author of a number of titles, including Corruptions of Empire, The Golden Age Is in Us, Washington Babylon (with Ken Silverstein) and Imperial Crusades. One of three brothers, all journalists, he is the son of the journalist and author Claud Cockburn. Born in Ireland and educated in Scotland and England, he moved to America in 1972, soon establishing himself as a radical reporter and commentator, writing for the Village Voice, the New York Review of Books, Esquire and Harpers. He also wrote regular columns for the Nation, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New Statesman, and his influential newsletter CounterPunch. In 1991 he settled in Petrolia, a rural hamlet in Humboldt County, Northern California, where he remained until his death.

Jeffrey St. Clair co-edits CounterPunch with Alexander Cockburn. Together they have written Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press and A Dime's Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Al Gore: A User's Manual
Publisher: Verso (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.