Description
Book SynopsisScathing attack on those who have used Orwell to justify reactionary responses to the 'war on terror'.
Trade Review'Scott Lucas is the first writer to engage at length with the extraordinary split on the left created by the Iraq war. He does it brilliantly' -- Peter Wilby, Editor, New Statesman
'This is the compelling story of how self-constructed contrarians, whilst staking out the moral high ground, have acted to close down debate and stigmatise dissent' -- Frances Stonor Saunders, author of The Cultural Cold War and Who Paid the Piper?
'This is an angry book. It is also well researched, carefully footnoted and coherently argued' -- Tribune
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
1 Orwell, Policeman of the 'Left'
2 The Canonisation of St. George
3 Christopher Hitchens: Becoming George
4 9-11
5 Beyond the Spirit of '68
6 Our Friends in America
7 How We Dissent: On Bushmen and the 'Preponderance of Power'
8 On the Eve of War: March 2003
9 Dissent and 'Liberation'
EPILOGUE Beyond Orwell in Our New American Century
