Episode · The Tucker Carlson Show · 2025-07-03
Books mentioned on Scott Horton: Coups, WMDs, & CIA – A Deep Dive Into What Led to the US/Israeli War With Iran
How did we wind up at war with Iran? Scott Horton explains.
Tucker Carlson recommended Provoked by Scott Horton and others, and discussed Enough Already by Scott Horton and Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. Buchanan. Scott Horton discussed 1000 Years for Revenge by Peter Lance, The Secret History of Al Qaeda by Abdel Bari Atwan, Treacherous alliance by Trita Parsi, Manufactured Crisis by Gareth Porter, Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer, Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War by Gary Vogler, and Syria Crucified by Zachary Wingerd and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Enough Already
Enough Already by Scott Horton is a comprehensive political history and critique of the global war on terrorism spanning from the Jimmy Carter administration through the tenure of Donald Trump.
Discussed“You've written a a book on it enough already.”
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1000 Years for Revenge
Discussed“And there's a book called A Thousand Years for Revenge um by a journalist named Peter Lance where he really goes through um the FBI's failings all through the '90s as tracing these these terrorists inside especially in New York City uh during that time.”
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The Secret History of Al Qaeda
Discussed“Plus, Osama bin Laden himself took credit for it to the British journalist Abdelbari Atwan in his book, The Secret History of Al Qaeda and in articles that he wrote for the Guardian. You can read all about that. And said, 'Yeah, these are our guys and they're our heroes and our martyrs and whatever.' And took total credit for”
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Treacherous alliance
Treacherous Alliance by Trita Parsi is a political analysis examining the complex, shifting diplomatic and covert relations between Israel, Iran, and the United States.
Discussed“And as I believe Tree Parsey shows in his book Treacherous Alliance and Gareth Porter in his book Manufactured Crisis, it was the um the Iranians only turned on the uh Israelis after the Israelis had turned on them.”
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Manufactured Crisis
Manufactured Crisis by Gareth Porter is a historical non-fiction work examining the geopolitical tensions surrounding Iranian nuclear ambitions and foreign policy interventions.
Discussed“And as I believe Tree Parsey shows in his book Treacherous Alliance and Gareth Porter in his book Manufactured Crisis, it was the um the Iranians only turned on the uh Israelis after the Israelis had turned on them.”
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Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
Discussed“And look, have you ever read Papy Buchanan's book, Churchill, Hitler, and the I was and I was there when they tried to basically send Pat into exile and destroy his life and called him a Nazi, which he It's completely crazy.”
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Provoked
Provoked by Scott Horton is a detailed historical analysis examining the complex geopolitical dynamics and relations between the United States and Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a primary focus on the origins of the war in Ukraine.
Recommended“I think you've written the definitive book on that called Provoked. And I would just want to recommend it to our audience.”
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Imperial Hubris
Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer is a critical geopolitical analysis written by the former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit, examining the motivations behind anti-American terrorism and U.S.
Discussed“His book Imperial Hubris is bar known the best book on terror wars from smart.”
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Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War
Gary Vogler's critical political analysis, published by the Libertarian Institute, examines the complex geopolitical motivations, intelligence failures, and underlying economic factors that drove the invasion of Iraq.
Discussed“It's called Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War by Gary Voggler where he explains that this is exactly right and how Michael Maloof, the same guy from the policy counterterrorism evaluation group, was on the phone with him bugging him about the uh pipeline...”
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Syria Crucified
Discussed“My friend Brad Hoff, I should have brought you this. I have extra copy of this. My friend Brad Hoff wrote a great book called Syria Crucified, which is all stories of Syrian Christians going through the hell of Obama's dirty war there.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And I have a bit on this in enough already, but I found much more in my latest book, Provoked, because a lot of it has to do with the wars in the Balkans, of course, and wars against the Russians.”