{"product_id":"9781567512878","title":"Battle Babble: Selling War in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eEuphemisms sell war. From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Free-dom, and throughout the intervening years of deadly sanctions, a dense fog of rhetoric rose to hide the government’s imperialistic ambitions and our brutality. Blunt realities of war have been smothered under layers of language. This book will play a role in the evolution of an increased sensitivity towards the deceptive words of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Lee, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, biologist and pacifist, is also the author of books on the promises and perils of modern genetics, including \u003ci\u003eThe Human Genome Project: Cracking the Genetic Code of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConquering Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Latest Breakthroughs and Treatments\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Common Courage Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035895644400,"sku":"9781567512878","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781567512878","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}