02485cam a2200457 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002900069035001300098040001800111041000800129042000800137043001200145050002600157082002200183100005600205240002400261245011900285264003400404300002900438520077900467600002501246650004001271650003801311650004101349650003401390650003401424650004001458650004401498650003201542651005501574651005501629651005501684651004401739651005501783651005301838651005301891651004801944856003501992BJBSDDR20230411085940.0ta130522s2013    nyu           001 0deng    a9781781681190 (hardback)  a17749130  aDLCbengcDLC  aEng  apcc  an-us---14a002 E 885bC665c 201300a320.0973/09052231 aCockburn, Alexander d1941-2012q(Alexander Claud),10aEssays.kSelections12aA colossal wreck :ba road trip through political scandal, corruption, and American culture /cAlexander Cockburn. 1aBrooklyn, NY :bVerso,c2013.  axiii, 586 pages ;c25 cm  a"Alexander Cockburn was one of the most influential journalists of his generation. As the Atlantic noted, he was a towering figure who 'would say all the outrageous things his bland counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater-spirit to utter on their own.' In A Colossal Wreck, written prior to his death in July 2012, Cockburn reveals his great literary spirit, incisive reading of the situation, and campaigning vim into a single volume that will undoubtedly be seen as his masterpiece. Whether ruthlessly exposing the hypocrisy of Washington from Clinton to Obama, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed or silenced, Cockburn was the most gifted contrarian of his generation"--cProvided by publisher.10aCockburn, Alexander. 0aPolitics, PracticalzUnited States. 0aPolitical culturezUnited States. 0aPolitical corruptionzUnited States. 0aWorld politicsy20th century. 0aWorld politicsy21st century. 4aCultura política zEstados Unidos 4aCorrupción PolíticazEstados Unidos 4aPolitica mundialySiglo XXI 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1993-2001. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2001-2009. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2009-2017. 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditionsy1980- 4aEstados Unidos xPolítica y gobiernoy1993-2001  4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy2001-2009 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy2009-2017 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones socialesy1980-423Cover imageu9781781681190.jpg