Certain book seems to be unavailable in the US right now

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Some times it is licensing issued djf

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From: Richard Pauli <rpauli () speakeasy net>
Date: November 12, 2004 12:22:55 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Certain book seems to be unavailable in the US right now

Dave,

For IP - Last week I purchased a book in Canada:  Gwynne Dyer's  
"Future: Tense, The Coming World Order?"   Excellent analysis.

This renown military historian makes some serious statements - that for  
the good of the world the US should lose in Iraq - and soon.

A contentious statement to be sure.  But I was disturbed that no US  
bookstores are carrying the book.  No Seattle bookstores can even find  
a listing for it.  But it seems to be available in the UK and Canada.   
Not even listed on Amazon US.

But UK Amazon offers this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0771029780/qid=1100235753/ 
sr=1-16/ref=sr_1_2_16/202-3143854-9194255

I would expect the US Amazon to list it for a pre-order, they have  
nothing.

I am a fan of Dyer's ever since he did the 1983 documentary "WAR"

?  Would anyone know why it is hard to get in the US ?

From  http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?0771029780

Here is the publisher's blurb

===============================================

Future: Tense
The Coming World Order?

Written by Gwynne Dyer

Current Affairs; Current Affairs - International; Current Affairs -  
Military | McClelland & Stewart | Trade Paperback | November 2004 |  
$19.99 | 0-7710-2978-0 | 264 pages
        
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The foundations of World War III are being laid today.

American defeat in Iraq is only a matter of time, but how long it takes  
matters a lot. The fate of Iraq is a sideshow, the terrorist threat is  
a red herring, and the radical Islamists' dream of a worldwide jihad  
against the West is a fantasy, but the attempt to revive Pax Americana  
is real. No matter what the outcome of the election in November, 2004,  
the enterprise is likely to continue. It is bound to fail eventually,  
but we need it to fail soon.

American military power is not limitless, and the other big powers will  
not stand for US military domination of the world. They don't buy the  
cover story about the 'terrorist threat,' but they don't want a fight  
either. They are all on hold for the moment, hoping that America will  
remember its commitment to the United Nations, the rule of law and  
multilateralism. If it does not, then the drift back into alliances,  
balance-of-power politics and military confrontations will begin. Ten  
years from now, an American-led alliance that includes India and  
occupies much of the Middle East could be facing a European alliance  
led by France, Germany and Russia AND a hostile, heavily armed China.

In Future Tense, Gwynne Dyer's brilliant follow up to last year's  
bestselling Ignorant Armies, he analyzes how the world made its way to  
the brink of disaster, and describes how we may all slide over the  
edge. It was fringe groups of extremists - Islamist fanatics and  
American neo-conservatives - who set the process in motion, but it has  
gone well beyond that now. It is not too late, but the clock is  
running.


AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Gwynne Dyer has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist,  
broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than twenty  
years. His twice-weekly column on international affairs is published by  
175 papers in some forty-five countries and is translated into more  
than a dozen languages.

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