Description
This political satire that took the world by storm under the guise of a "secret government report" was a bestselling novel of the late 1960s. After journalists and scholars debated for years over its disturbing claims, the truth revealed that the perplexing, ingenious, and ceaselessly curious Report from Iron Mountain was not filled with contents of a top-secret document, but rather made up of writer/editor Leonard Lewis's own fictional predictions.
Lewis claims that the condition of permanent peace at the end of the Cold War would threaten the nation's economic and social stability, in addition to his controversial examination of how political leadership reflects on the nation's ability to go to war.
Though proven to be a false claim of nonfiction, Lewin and the consortium of peace movement intellectuals that conceived and launched the concept went on to publish a book that would take on a life of its own, far from what was intended.
About the Author
Leonard C. Lewin is an American author best known for his bestselling book Report From Iron Mountain. Lewin studied at Harvard University. He passed away in January 1999.
Book Information
ISBN 9781439123119
Author Leonard C. Lewin
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint The Free Press
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 165g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 15mm