5. For some interesting critical reflections on McCain's "war hero" claims, see Tim Dickinson, "Make-Believe Maverick," Rolling Stone (October 16, 2008), pp.56-65. See especially the section titled "Violating the Code" (pp. 62-63), detailing McCain's decision to offer military information to his North Vietnamese captors.
6. See Fritz Fischer, German's Aims in the First World War (New York: WW. Norton, 1961)
7. See the excellent critique of the Republicans' ridiculous CRA claims in Daniel Gross, "Subprime Suspects," ZNet (from Slate), October 11, 2008, read at http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/19088.
8. See Robert Brenner, The Boom and the Bubble: the US in the World Economy (New York: Verso, 2002); Walden Bello, "Primer on Wall Street Meltdown," Foreign Policy in Focus (September 26, 2008), read at http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5560.
