PPJC event

Reminder ... Wednesday
Peter Beinart
The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris
Wednesday, June 23, 7:30 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto
$5 ~ $15 suggested donation / Advance tix available
Complete program details here
Presented by the Commonwealth Club and Peninsula Peace and Justice Center

Senior Political Writer for The Daily Beast // Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science, City Univ. of New York // Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Some recent writings by and about Peter Beinart ...
Why American dominance must end by Peter Beinart (excerpts from The Icarus Synndrome)
At least The New York Times remembers that we're at war by Peter Beinart
The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment by Peter Beinart (6/10/10 edition of The New York Review of Books)
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Looking Past Appearances (article and audio from NPR. Beinart audio starts at approximately 5:15)
In Our Image (Book review, The New York Times)
"Energetically researched and entertainingly written, Peter Beinart's The Icarus Syndrome is both a fascinating intellectual history and an important coming-of-age parable about his generation's hard-learned lesson in the limits of American power."
Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side