Give War a Chance

In the spirit of his savagely funny and national bestseller Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance is P.J. O'Rourke's #1 New York Times best-selling follow-up. O'Rourke runs hilariously amok by tackling the death of Communism, sanctimonious liberals, along with America's perennial bad guy Saddam Hussein in a series of classic dispatches from his coverage of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Here is our most mordant and unnervingly funny political satirist on: Celebrity: "You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity... If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography." Kuwait City After the Gulf War: "It looked like all the worst rock bands in the world had stayed there at the same time." Saddam Hussein: "He's got chemical weapons filled with ... with ... chemicals. Maybe he's got The Bomb. And missiles that can reach Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Spokane. Stock up on non-perishable foodstuffs. Grab those Diet Coke cans you were supposed to take to the recycling center and fill them up with home heating oil. Bury the Hummel figurines in the yard. We're all going to die. Details at eleven." Book jacket.