Report from Iron Mountain is a book published in 1967 (during Johnson's Reign) by Dial Press which sets itself up as a report from a government panel. This book covers claims written by the Special Study Group of fifteen men whose identities are kept secret and that they are not intended to be published. It details governmental panel analyzes that conclude that a war, or a reliable substitute for war, is necessary if the government has to retain power. The book is a bestselling book of the New York Times and has been translated into fifteen languages. The controversy is still revolving about whether the book is a joke about the logic of think-tanks and writing styles or products from the government's secret panel. This document became a favorite among conspiracy theorists, who rejected the statement made in 1972 by satirist Leonard Lewin that the book was spoof and that he was the author.
Video The Report from Iron Mountain
Publish history
The book was first published in 1967 by Dial Press, and out of print in 1980. EL Doctorow, then an editor in Dial, and Dial president Richard Baron agrees with Lewin and Victor Navasky to make the book list as nonfiction and to rule out the question about its authenticity by quoting footnotes.
Liberty Lobby issue edition c. 1990, claiming that it was a US government document, and therefore inherently in the public domain; Lewin sued them for copyright infringement, which resulted in a settlement. According to The New York Times , "No side will disclose complete completion terms, but Lewin receives over a thousand copies of the bootlegged version."
Likewise, the edition was issued in 1993 by Buccaneer Books, a small publisher reprinting a political classic print. It is unclear whether this is authorized by the author.
In response to bootleg edition, Simon & amp; Schuster issued a new hardcover edition in 1996 under their Free Press article, authorized by Lewin, with a new introduction by Navasky and a closing remark by Lewin insisting that the book was fiction and satire, and discussing the original controversy over this book and later. attracted by conspiracy theorists.
The new paperback edition was published in 2008.
Maps The Report from Iron Mountain
Contents
According to the report, a 15-member panel, called the Special Study Group, was established in 1963 to examine what would happen if the United States entered a state of everlasting peace. They meet in an underground nuclear bunker called Iron Mountain (as well as other locations around the world) and work for the next two years. A panel member, one "John Doe", a professor at a college in the Midwest, decided to release a report to the public.
Reports with heavy footnotes conclude that peace is not for the benefit of a stable society, that even if lasting peace "is achievable, it almost certainly will not be in the best interest of the community to achieve it." War is part of the economy. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the state of war for a stable economy. The government, the theorizing group, will not exist without war, and the nation states exist to fight. The war serves a vital function to divert collective aggression. They recommend a "credible substitute" and pay "blood price" to imitate the economic function of war. The government-designed alternative to war includes reports of alien life forms, the reintroduction of the "soft form" of slavery "consistent with modern technology and the political process", and - which is considered very promising in gaining soft mass attention - the threat of "gross pollution of the environment".
Reactions by Lyndon Johnson
US. News & amp; World Report claimed in its November 20, 1967 edition to confirm the reality of reports from unnamed government officials, adding that when President Johnson reads the report, he 'hits the roof' and orders him to be pressed for all time. In addition, sources said to have revealed that orders were sent to the US embassy, ​​instructing them to emphasize that the book had nothing to do with US Government policy.
Lies or real?
When it was first published, the controversy surrounded the book about the question of whether it was deceptive or real. In an article in the March 19, 1972 edition of The New York Times Book Review, Lewin said he had written a book.
The book is listed in the World Records Record Book as "The Most Successful Literature Lie." Some people claim that the book is genuine and is simply called a hoax as a means of damage control. Trans-Action devotes a problem to the debate about this book. Esquire published a quote of 28,000 words.
In the anniversary of EL Doctorow published in 2015 at The Nation, Victor Navasky confirmed his involvement in creating Iron Mountain's Report, calling Leonard Lewin the lead author with "input" from economists John Kenneth Galbraith, two editors of the Monocle satirical magazine (Marvin Kitman and Richard Lingeman) and himself.
Statement made by John Kenneth Galbraith to support authenticity
On November 26, 1967, the report was reviewed in the book section of The Washington Post by Herschel McLandress, who is suspected of a pen name for Harvard professor John Kenneth Galbraith. McLandress writes that he knows firsthand the authenticity of the report because he was invited to participate in the making; that although he could not be part of an official group, he was consulted from time to time and asked to keep the project secret; and that while he doubts the wisdom of letting the public know about the report, he fully agrees with his conclusions.
He writes: "Since I will place my personal reputation behind the authenticity of this document, I shall testify to the validity of its conclusion." My reservation is only related to the wisdom of releasing it to an unconditioned public. "
Six weeks later, in the sending of the Associated Press from London, Galbraith went further and jokingly admitted that he was a member of the conspiracy. The next day, Galbraith retreated. When asked about his 'conspiracy' statement, he replied: "For the first time since Charles II The Times has been guilty of misquoting... There is no point in my belief that it was written by Dean Rusk or Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce ".
The original reporter reported the following six days: "False quotes seem to be a danger that Professor Galbraith opposes.The latest issue of Cambridge Varsity newspaper quotes the following (exchange recordings) exchange: Interviewer: 'Do you know the identity of the report writer of Iron Mountain?' Galbraith: "I am generally a member of a conspiracy, but I am not the author. I always assume that it was the person who wrote the preface - Mr. Lewin '. "
See also
- Advanced Operations
References
External links
- Freedom from War: United States Program (under UN auspices) for Disarmament and Complete in a Peaceful World
- Videos on YouTube
- Report From Iron Mountain , by Leonard Lewin
- "An explanation of the circumstances and motivations involved in making the Report ," by Victor Navasky (backup of the web page at archive.org)
- Disclaimer of the scene at JFK where the hoax was cited by Kennedy Assassination researcher, Dave Reitzes
- Articles from the Hoaxes Museum
- Commentary on "Reports from the Iron Mountain" is taken from Ch. 24 of The Creature from Jekyll Island , by G. Edward Griffin (PDF)
- L. C. Lewin, Author Satir Pilar Government, Dies at Age 82, The New York Times , January 30, 1999
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