A Political Odyssey

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Until the first Democratic presidential debate on 26 April 2007, former Alaskan senator Mike Gravel campaigned in almost total obscurity. All that changed with a few provocative remarks he made from the debate stand. The response to his performance from the media overwhelmed his shoestring campaign. In this candid, anecdotal portrait, presidential candidate Gravel expounds on his views of the military-industrial complex, the imperial presidency, post-war US foreign policy and corporate America.

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MIKE GRAVEL is most prominently known for releasing the Pentagon Papersthe secret official study revealing the manipulations of successive US administrations that misled the country into the Vietnam War. In 1971, he waged a successful one-man filibuster for five months that forced the Nixon administration to cut a deal, effectively ending the draft in the United States. His publications include The Senator Gravel Edition: The Pentagon Papers, Jobs and More Jobs, and Citizen Power.
JOE LAURIA is a New Yorkbased journalist. He has covered foreign policy at the United Nations for nearly two decades for numerous newspapers, including the Boston Globe, the Montreal Gazette, and the Johannesburg Star. His articles have also appeared in the Sunday Times of London as part of its investigative unit, the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, and the Huffington Post, among other publications.