The best description of this sharp-witted, lively commentary is the book itself. "The Politics of Provocation is the style of a petulant child.... It is forming opinions on the basis of whomwe might like or dislike rather than whatmight or might not work.... If we don't like the poor, we get even with them. If we don't like the Pentagon, we get even with it. Then we feel better because we have shown someone how angry we are.... "The Problem-Solving...