{"product_id":"2026100012931-secondhand-report-from-iron-mountain","title":"Report From Iron Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew documents have ignited as much controversy and paranoia as Report from Iron Mountain, a purported secret government study that shook America to its core upon its unauthorised release in 1967. Presented as the findings of a top-level Special Study Group convened during the Kennedy administration, the report argues with chilling bureaucratic logic that war is not merely a necessary evil, but an indispensable institution — the very foundation upon which social order, economic stability, and political power rest. With the cool detachment of a classified briefing, it presents a systematic case for why peace, however desirable in the abstract, would pose an existential threat to the structures that govern modern society.\n\nWhether received as a genuine leaked document or a brilliantly constructed political satire, Report from Iron Mountain remains one of the most unsettling and intellectually provocative texts of the twentieth century. Its author, ultimately revealed to be Leonard Lewin, crafted a work of devastating irony that holds a mirror up to the machinery of state power, forcing readers to confront the uncomfortable logic underpinning militarism and governance. Decades after its first publication, its sardonic critique of institutionalised warfare and political cynicism retains a razor-sharp edge — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the satire was, in fact, the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948317053147,"sku":"2026100012931-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0a1b80b1-3411-44a0-9a70-7030ccbc1b12.png?v=1793104659","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012931-secondhand-report-from-iron-mountain","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}