7 posts tagged

war

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'

Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'

Youthfully sprawled but too free, a somewhat interesting portrait of Vonnegut's masterpiece.

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