{"product_id":"the-betrayal-of-dissent-9780745321974","title":"The Betrayal of Dissent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScathing attack on those who have used Orwell to justify reactionary responses to the 'war on terror'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e'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?\u003cbr\u003e'This is an angry book. It is also well researched, carefully footnoted and coherently argued' -- Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e  1   Orwell, Policeman of the 'Left'\u003cbr\u003e  2   The Canonisation of St. George\u003cbr\u003e  3   Christopher Hitchens: Becoming George\u003cbr\u003e  4   9-11\u003cbr\u003e  5   Beyond the Spirit of '68\u003cbr\u003e  6   Our Friends in America\u003cbr\u003e  7   How We Dissent: On Bushmen and the 'Preponderance of Power'\u003cbr\u003e  8   On the Eve of War: March 2003\u003cbr\u003e  9   Dissent and 'Liberation'\u003cbr\u003e  EPILOGUE   Beyond Orwell in Our New American Century","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404290105687,"sku":"9780745321974","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-betrayal-of-dissent-9780745321974","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}