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Since he was first under FBI surveillance at age 14 in the mid-1960s, Norman Solomon has been on a collision course with what he calls "the warfare state." In recent years -- with his books War Made Easy and Target Iraq and with frequent appearances on TV and radio --Solomon has cemented his reputation as (in the words of the Los Angeles Times) "a formidable thinker and activist."
His new book, MADE LOVE, GOT WAR: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State is a more personal account of the author's four decades of trying to stop his country's march to one war after another.

Solomon's columns, books and DVD "War Made Easy" are frequently on BuzzFlash.

As a founder of FAIR and the Institute for Public Accuracy, Solomon is an unrelenting activist who hasn't sacrificed his principles for the rewards of cashing in on the fast track to financial comfort.

Solomon's memoir, ironically, remind us, in a positive way, that being an advocate for the common good is, well, "hard work."

This is a personal account of decades of taking the Constitution to heart and fighting against injustice.

With a foreward by Daniel Ellsberg, "Made Love, Got War" reminds us that the easiest and worst thing to do is give up on democracy.

That's what the right wing wishes of us.

But Norman Solomon hasn't thrown in the towel -- and won't.

We should all be so determined.

"Here is a book with a thousand memories for those of us who came of political age while living through urban riots, the Vietnam War, and the Nixon years. Norman Solomon, one of America’s most respected progressive voices, gets personal in this account of living through the age of Vietnam, Nixon, tie-dye T-shirts, girlfriends, and even the music that will forever waft through the minds of those of us who were there. Those of us who, like journalist Solomon, will never forget it."
PHIL DONAHUE

“Norman Solomon has consistently done all he can to be a public voice for those who have no voice: those who fight and those who die in war. And he does it with excellent, interesting and intelligent style, something terribly lacking in today’s media. Everything he does brings nourishment to America’s modern literary wasteland.”
JOE MCDONALD, Country Joe and the Fish

“A kaleidoscope of personal adventures and political insights sprinkled with cultural icons from Bob Dylan to James Baldwin, Made Love, Got War is an enthralling journey from the Cold War to the war on terror. With great flair, Solomon evolves from a teenage hippie drop-out arrested for spray-painting into a top-notch journalist who travels to war zones with Congressmen and Hollywood stars—without ever giving up his thirst for peace, love and social justice. A fascinating read!”
MEDEA BENJAMIN, co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace

“Norman Solomon’s latest book combines his customary expert dissection of the role of the media and the military establishment in America with his own personalized account of growing up and growing radicalized. From the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the debacle in Iraq 50 years later, Norman’s descriptions of key events are a perfect backdrop to his critique of our country’s increasingly militaristic development of the science of death and of the media’s failure to question. We should all heed his call to activism, or our children’s future could be in doubt.”
CONGRESSWOMAN LYNN WOOLSEY

“A great contribution to the people’s history of the Iraq War.”
TOM HAYDEN, author of Ending the War in Iraq



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