Craig Unger believes that the intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq were actually intelligence successes--part of a deliberate campaign of disinformation. He explains why on today’s show. Later on, Dada at MoMA. And a war correspondent shares his new novel. Plus, we’ll hear about a new biography of the great muckraking writer, Upton Sinclair.
Craig Unger on Inaccurate Intelligence
According to Craig Unger, the intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq were part of a deliberate campaign of disinformation. He investigates the sources of the inaccurate information, and the effect they had on US foreign policy, in an article for Vanity Fair: “The War ...
Dada at MoMA
Curator Anne Umland tells us about MoMA's major Dada exhibition.
Journalist and Novelist
War correspondent Scott Anderson shares his new novel, set in a Middle East kingdom in the early 1980s: Moonlight Hotel.
Events: Scott Anderson will be reading and signing books
Monday, June 19 at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas, at 8th ...
Events: Scott Anderson will be reading and signing books
Monday, June 19 at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas, at 8th ...
The Life of Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle offered a horrifying portrait of the meatpacking industry, and helped lead to reforms like the Pure Food and Drug Act. In Radical Innocent, Anthony Arthur presents a behind-the-scenes look at Sinclair himself.
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