The Report from Iron Mountain
Book about war, allegedly from the US government / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Report from Iron Mountain is a 1967 anti-war satire written by Leonard C. Lewin.[1] The book purports to be a leaked report authored by a Special Study Group tasked by the Kennedy Administration to plan the transition from a wartime economy and assess the potential social impacts of a "condition of general world peace."[1] It details the analyses of the panel, which concludes that world peace could cause the United States to collapse; war, or some alternative outside threat, is necessary for social stability, the Study Group finds, and recommends the establishment of "a permanent War/Peace Research Agency" to improve "the effectiveness of [war's] major stabilizing functions" and to plan substitutes for war should "a viable general peace" emerge.[1] The book became a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into fifteen languages.
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Language | English |
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Published | 1967 |
Publisher | Dial Press |
Publication place | United States |