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Some of the most recognized voices in American writing and academia contribute to this provocative forum concerning the terrorist crisis and its causes. Moderated by Lewis Lapham, this timely debate features conversations with Gore Vidal; historian Barton Bernstein; economist and historian Robert Higgs; and Thomas Gale Moore of the Hoover Institution.
Gore Vidal is never less than stimulating. —Los Angles Times
Gore Vidal is the author of 23 novels, five plays, numerous screenplays, and more than 200 essays. Among his best-known novels are Burr; Lincoln, 1876; and Smithsonian. His book United States, Essays 1952-92 won the National Book Award. His recent bestsellers include Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace and Dreaming War. Lewis H. Lapham is the author of Theater of War and the editor of Harper's Magazine. He lives in New York City.