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Oliver Stone books: every book Oliver Stone wrote and recommended
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Oliver Stone appears on, in one place — not just one.
Books by Oliver Stone
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JFK
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Scarface
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Salvador
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A child's night dream
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Oliver Stone
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The Untold History of the United States, Volume 1
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The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2
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Chasing the Light
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Putin Interviews
Oliver Stone’s most recommended books
- Platoon by Dale Dye
- National Security Cinema by Matthew Alford
- Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
- A Bright Future by Joshua S. Goldstein
- Chaos by Tom O'Neill
William Oliver Stone is an American filmmaker. An acclaimed director who tackled subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas, Stone has received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy, a Satellite Award, a Sant Jordi Award, three Jupiter Awards, three Independent Spirit Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Throughout his appearances on podcasts including The Tucker Carlson Show, The Jordan Harbinger Show, and The Joe Rogan Experience, Stone has recommended and discussed several consequential books. On The Tucker Carlson Show, he strongly recommended Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War, emphasizing its importance in illustrating the terrifying realities and unavoidable chain reactions of a nuclear conflict. On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Stone recommended Matthew Alford and Tom Secker's National Security Cinema to expose government influence on Hollywood films. During conversations with Joe Rogan, Stone discussed reading Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist's A Bright Future after reviewing a New York Times article, noting how its practical approach to nuclear energy inspired his documentary. He also talked about reading Tom O'Neill's Chaos regarding the CIA and Charles Manson in the 1960s, and he extensively referenced his own book in connection with Platoon to discuss real-life inspirations, friendly fire issues, and the false military body counts and propaganda propagated during the Vietnam War.
Books recommended by Oliver Stone
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Platoon
Platoon is a classic Vietnam War film written and directed by Oliver Stone, drawing heavily from his personal combat experiences as a United States infantryman.
Discussed“it's in the book”
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National Security Cinema
National Security Cinema by Matthew Alford and Tom Secker is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the extensive covert influence, collaboration, and censorship exercised by the United States military and intelligence agencies over Hollywood film and television productions.
Recommended“did you read this book uh 19 2017 matt matthew alford and he's a co-writer he's a co-writer it's called national security cinema read it”
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Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen's nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario provides a chilling, unsparing countdown and thorough examination of what a global nuclear exchange would actually look like.
Recommended“well that's why you should read this book is very important because there is this Annie Jacobson's book there no partial there's no partial victory in this book it's impossible once it gets it's a chain reaction once this thing starts there are so many different aspects to it it's a bureaucracy beyond belief the names all the names of”
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A Bright Future
A Bright Future by Joshua S.
Discussed“oh I I read a book I read a review of book review in the in the New York Times of all things in about uh Joshua goldstein's book with Stephen cavist the Swedish nuclear Zionist and it was called bright future I bought the book read it it's very practical it's simple and it goes into the truth which”
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Chaos
Chaos by Tom O'Neill is a deeply researched investigative non-fiction book that exposes startling connections between the CIA's MKUltra mind control experiments, COINTEL Pro, and the infamous Charles Manson murders of the 1960s.
Discussed“and i just read a book called uh chaos by tom o'neill”
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Appearances
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
“With Peter we were talking last night and uh Peter's my co-author on Untold History of the United States and we've been talk he he taught me a lot of of this history because he specializes in it for many years”
“I remember that speech he made; it's in my documentary, a four-hour documentary with four different conversations.”
“it's called uh chasing the light about the professor leahy”
“It's called 'Chasing the Light', about Professor Leahy and what he did to me.”
“well yeah a lot of this is in the book we're trying to sort of get people to get really interested and then go out and buy it yeah the name of it is chasing the light”
“yeah a lot of this is in the book We're trying to sort of get people to get really interested and then go out and buy it yeah the name of it is chasing the light”
“uh i learned a lot wrote a book It was not successful It was not accepted for publication but i had my heart in it”
“uh uh making a thing called untold history of the united states I really did study hard with the history professional historians uh the history of the united states”
“He writes a book writes his first book about his experiences I did this before back in 1966 I was 19 years old didn't work out It was rejected It was ultimately published about 1997 It's called a child's night dream So I was a writer from the beginning”