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In 'declassifying' Bush's Empire, Landau dissects a post 9\/11 world where deference to patriotism obliterates debate in Congress and the media. How can the notion of empire happily co-exist with the notion of a republic? In times like these, as dissenting voices are stifled and the public are denied access to the facts about their own security, Landau shows how democracy itself is under threat. 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Eschewing nostalgia for a simpler time--a less-interconnected world that can never return-The Business of America shows how we as citizens can regain our identities, stripping away the plastic overlay of consumerism.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52476263366929,"sku":"NLS9780415944694","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53108457832721,"sku":"NIN9780415944694","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780415944694.jpg?v=1759843780"},{"product_id":"bush-and-botox-world-book-saul-landau-9781904859611","title":"A Bush And Botox World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Read Saul Landau.\"--Barbara Ehrenreich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBotox promoters promise to wipe away wrinkles, the signs of aging--the signs of time passing. Such \"eternal youth\" potions metaphorically help erase the very notion of time itself. 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