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1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War IIAt a crucial point in the twentieth century, as Nazi Germany prepared for war, negotiations between Britain, France, and the Soviet Union became the last chance to halt Hitler's aggression. Incredibly, the French and British governments dallied, talks failed, and in August 1939 the...
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Rendezvous with DestinyHere, back in print in paperback, is one of the most brilliant and dramatic historical narratives ever written about the American experience. Eric Goldman tells a story of the wise and the shortsighted, the bold and the timid, the generous and the grasping men...
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From the Secret Files of J. Edgar HooverDuring his forty-eight years as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover scrupulously maintained secret office files and arranged for special filing procedures to safeguard "sensitive" information. None of the documents in five separate files was intended ever to be disclosed....
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Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do about ItA BREATHTAKINGLY CLEAR ANALYSIS OF TODAY'S ONGOING ECONOMIC CRISIS In this updated edition of Capitalism Hits the Fan, Professor Wolff explains why capitalism's global crisis persists, why bank bailouts and austerity policies fail, and why deepening economic inequality now generates historic social tensions and...
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Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th CrisisAmericans were uniformly shocked by the lethal ferocity of the September 11 attacks. Around the world, people and governments were appalled at the human carnage and extended unstinting sympathy--but many made it clear that their sympathy for the victims did not equal support for...
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The U.S. Army War College: Military Education in a DemocracyThe US Army War College is where the Army's elite career officers go for advanced training in strategy, national security policy and military-government policy-making. This is an inside look at the College with the author's view on its ability to fulfill these tasks in...
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Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious TimesAn updated edition of the "penetrating study" examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television?...
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North Korea: Another CountryDepicted as an insular and forbidding police state with an insane dictator at its helm, North Korea--charter member of Bush's Axis of Evil--is a country the U.S. loves to hate. Now the CIA says it possesses nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, as well as...
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Objectivity and Liberal ScholarshipNoam Chomsky's classic critique of the ideology of liberalism that justified American imperialist foreign policy during the 1960s--a critique that remains relevant to this day "Provocative . . . Chomsky establishes the premise that the U.S. presence in Southeast Asia was little more than...
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Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell LecturesThe first work to connect Noam Chomsky's linguistic and political thought, offering important insight into the philosophical foundations of his worldview "A subtle and scrupulous look at some of the most interesting work done in our time on language and mind." --George Steiner, The...
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Chinatown, New York: Labor and Politics, 1930-1950Now back in print, the groundbreaking history of the rise and fall of labor movements in New York's Chinatown, updated with a new introduction and epilogue.Author: Peter KwongPublisher: New PressPublished: 03/01/2001Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.49w x 0.58dISBN: 9781565846401
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The End of PrivacyThis work examines how vast amounts of personal information are finding their way into corporate hands. It argues that once there, this data can be combined and used to develope electronic profiles of individuals and groups that are potentially more detailed and intrusive.Author: Reginald...
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The Politics of Culture: Policy Perspectives for Individuals, Institutions, and CommunitiesA collection of key works in the emerging field of cultural policy.Author: Center for Arts and CulturePublisher: New PressPublished: 01/01/2000Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.59w x 0.61dISBN: 9781565845725This title is not returnable
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Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of CubaFor decades, the CIA's top secret postmortem on the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion has been the holy grail of historians, students, and survivors of the failed invasion of Cuba. But the scathing internal report on the worst foreign policy debacle of the...
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After LiberalismIn After Liberalism, the distinguished historian and political scientist Immanuel Wallerstein examines the process of disintegration of our modern world-system and speculates on the changes that may occur during the next few decades. He explores the historical choices before us and suggests paths for...
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The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error: Over 100 Outrageously False and Foolish Statements from America's Most Powerful RadioRecently, the media watch organization FAIR had a novel idea for a stinging response to Rush Limbaugh's reign of error: the truth. The Way Things Aren't documents and corrects over 100 whoppers told by The Lyin' King, pitting Limbaugh versus Reality in areas ranging...
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Generation of VipersPerhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living--from politicians to professors to businessmen to Mom to sexual mores to religion--Generation of Vipers?ranks with the works of De Tocqueville and Emerson in defining the American character and malaise.Author: Philip WyliePublisher:...
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Francken Manuscript 1783This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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Hope Is the Last to Die: A Coming of Age Under Nazi TerrorThis book is an important work in Holocaust literature and was originally published in Poland in 1967. Covering the years 1939-1945, it is the author's account of her experience growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her eventual deportation to, imprisonment in, and survival...
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The Hijacking of Jesus: How the Religious Right Distorts Christianity and Promotes Prejudice and HateChristianity in America has become almost synonymous with right-wing fanaticism, conservative politics and -- thanks to Mel Gibson -- a brutally sadistic version of the religious experience. Millions of devout Christians, like Dan Wakefield, are appalled by this distortion of their faith that stands...
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