''Dude, Where's My Country?'' is a 2003 book by Michael Moore dealing with corporate and political events in the United States. The title is a satirical reworking of the 2000 film ''

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''. The book covers many topics and is written in a heavily satirical fashion, in common with much of Moore's work.

Outline

In the book, Moore attacks corporate America and President

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, whom he accuses of destroying "my America of tolerance and peace". He lashes out against the

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in particular. The

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, and particularly Chairman

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, also received a lot of attention. Moore is also critical of the post 9/11 security measures implemented by the Bush administration and Congress, especially the

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. The frontispiece reads in part: Topics covered range from who the Democrats should put up for the presidency (Moore proposes Oprah Winfrey or General

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, once the Supreme Allied Commander of

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) right through to 'How to talk to your conservative brother-in-law', a guide on how to avoid interpersonal conflicts at Thanksgiving dinner with the family. On page 87 Moore praises Oprah Winfrey for being the only mainstream media to show antiwar footage two months before the war that no other U.S. media would show. Breaking from some on the left, Moore at one point in his book says that "Mumia probably killed that guy". Activists supporting the Black Panther Party's

Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death ...

demanded that Moore substantiate this claim. Moore in a later interview stated that he did not believe that Mumia Abu Jamal killed the police officer, and that he would change the passage for the paperback release. After publishing ''

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'', an earlier work, Michael Moore was accused of not providing references to back up his statements. As a response to this, ''Dude, Where's My Country?'' includes thorough references.

References

External links

Sample chapter''Booknotes'' interview with Moore on ''Dude, Where's My Country'', November 16, 2003.
{{Authority control 2003 non-fiction books Books by Michael Moore Books about George W. Bush Books about politics of the United States American political books Books about the 2003 invasion of Iraq