Publisher:New York : Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, c2002.
General Note: Some of the essays were previously published in publications such as The Nation, Times Literary Supplement, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair.
Formatted Contents Note: I. Democratic vistas -- Goat song: unanswered questions -- before, during, after 9/11. -- Meandering toward Armageddon. -- II. Three lies to rule by. -- Japanese intentions in the Second World War. -- How we missed the Saturday dance. -- The Last Empire. -- In the lair of the octopus. -- Mickey Mouse, historian. -- III. With extreme prejudice. -- The union of the state. -- The last defender of the American Republic? an interview with Gore Vidal / by Marc Cooper.