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As you have read, Norman Mailer, in his book Why Are We at War?, suggests that the real reason for America’s current war with Iraq is to build a global empire. He writes: Behind the whole push to go to war with Iraq is the desire to have a huge military presence in the Middle [...]

After reading Norman Mailer’s essay Why Are We at War?, pick a point (out of many that the book argues) that you either agree with or disagree with. Choose any point that he makes that you can argue for or against based on your own understanding and experience — you should not have to cite [...]

This essay will require you to respond to Norman Mailer’s commentary Why Are We at War? in a three-page, formal essay. Since it is your essay reacting to Mailer’s book, your opinion is what matters here, using Mailer’s text as a resource. This is not a book report, so your job is not to summarize [...]

This assignment has you constructing an annotated bibliography on our novel, Norman Mailer’s An American Dream. First, go to the library and find at least three critical articles (from books or scholarly journals) or books that address Mailer’s novel. Your job will be to read and summarize each article or chapter in a paragraph after [...]