With Every Mistake

With Every Mistake is a collection of Gwynne Dyer's articles published between September 11, 2001 and the Iraqi election in 2005.

With Every Mistake

Author	Gwynne Dyer
Country	Canada
Genre	Non-fiction, Political
Publisher	Random House of Canada
Publication date	25 October 2005
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	405 (Hardcover 1st edition)
ISBN	0-679-31402-4 (Hardcover 1st edition)
OCLC	60797988

The articles are interspersed with commentary from Dyer which includes discussion of the issues, reflections on the Canadian publishing environment, and self-criticism for the things that he got wrong.

The title is taken from the Beatles' song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", by George Harrison: "With every mistake, we must surely be learning."

Contents

1. "A Long Way in a Short Time"
2. "Just Walking Down the Road, Minding My Own Business...2001, pre-9/11"
3. "The Suddenly...September 11-December 21, 2001"
4. "The Uslims: Malevolent, Mysterious and Probably Crazy"
5. "Meanwhile, in Another Part of the Forest..."
6. "Axis of Evil: The Subject Has Changed January–December 2002"
7. "Israel and Palestine: The Long Run"
8. "South Asia: Dangerous, But Getting Better"
9. "Invading Iraq: The Reason Why"
10. "The State of Europe"
11. "Miscellany I"
12. "Iraq: Vanishing WMD, Rising Resistance"
13. "Catastrophes Old and Pending"
14. "Africa's Travails"
15. "Iraq: Shia Pressure, American Abuse, Sunni Revolt"
16. "The Lost Continent"
17. "East Asian Games"
18. "Iraq and Terrorism: A Sense of Proportion"
19. "The Fate of Israel"
20. "The Rich and the Poor"
21. "Miscellany II"
22. "We Must Surely be Learning"

Release details

• 2005, Canada, Random House Canada ISBN 0-679-31402-4, Pub date 25 October 2005, Hardback
• 2006, Canada, Vintage Canada ISBN 0-679-31403-2, Pub date 10 October 2006, Paperback

Reviews

• Review by Nathan Whitlock

External links

• Full text available at Internet Archive