Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:• A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction• A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •

Noam Chomsky. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This seminal work on political economy and the foundation of the modern market economy was originally published in 1776. Rich in historical background and acute observations of the 18th-century scene, Adam Smith's masterpiece of economic analysis is also an insightful work of political philosophy. Its revolutionary concepts, including the notion that self-interest stimulates the healthiest economic conditions for all, remain influential with politicians and economists alike.

Kevin Kelly. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 475-500) And Index.

"Richard Wolff is the leading socialist economist in the country. This book is required reading for anyone concerned about a fundamental transformation of the ailing capitalist economy."—Cornel West “Richard Wolff’s constructive and innovative ideas suggest new and promising foundations for a much more authentic democracy and sustainable and equitable development, ideas that can be implemented directly and carried forward. A very valuable contribution in troubled times.”—Noam Chomsky "Probably America's most prominent Marxist economist."—The New York Times Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve. One key cause for this intolerable state of affairs is the lack of genuine democracy in our economy as well as in our politics. The solution requires the institution of genuine economic democracy, starting with workers directing their own workplaces, as the basis for a genuine political democracy. Here Richard D. Wolff lays out a hopeful and concrete vision of how to make that possible, addressing the many people who have concluded economic inequality and politics as usual can no longer be tolerated and are looking for a concrete program of action. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a visiting professor at the New School for Social Research in New York. Wolff is the author of many books, including Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It. He hosts the weekly hour-long radio program Economic Update on WBAI (Pacifica Radio) and writes regularly for The Guardian, Truthout.org, and MRZine.

A candid memoir of global statecraft during one of the most consequential eras of recent history INTERVENTIONS is the inside story of a world at the brink. After forty years of service in the United Nations, former Secretary-General Kofi Annan shares his unique perspective of the terrorist attacks of September 11; the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan; the wars among Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon; the humanitarian tragedies of Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia; and the geopolitical transformations following the Cold War. With eloquence and unprecedented candor, Annan finally reveals his unique role and unparalleled perspective on decades of global politics.   The first sub-Saharan African national to hold the position of secretary-general, Annan has led an incredible life, an amazing story in its own right. Annan’s idealism and personal politics were forged in the Ghana independence movements of his adolescence, when all of Africa seemed to be waking from centuries of imperial slumber. Schooled in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Europe, Annan ultimately joined the United Nations in Geneva as the lowest level civil servant in the still young organization. Yet Annan rose rapidly through the ranks, and by the end of the Cold War he was prominently placed in the rapidly changing department of peacekeeping.   As Annan shows the successes of the United Nations around the world, he also reveals the organization’s missed opportunities and ongoing challenges—thwarted actions in the Rwanda genocide, continuing violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the endurance of endemic poverty, and much else. Yet Annan’s great strength in this book is his ability to embed these tragedies within the context of global politics; demonstrating how, time and again, the nations of the world have retreated from the UN’s radical mandate. Ultimately, Annan shows readers a world in which solutions are always available, in which all we lack is the will and courage to see them through.   A personal biography of global statecraft, Annan’s INTERVENTIONS is as much a memoir as it is a guide to world order—past, present, and future.

William Stivers. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 200-203.

Pt. 1. Cold War And Special Warfare: Interest, Intervention, And Containment ; Toward A Doctrine Of Special Warfare ; The Legacy Of World War Ii ; Toward A New Counterinsurgency : Philippines, Laos, And Vietnam ; Waging Unconventional Warfare : Guatemala, The Congo, And The Cubans -- Pt. 2. Camelot And Counterinsurgency: The Kennedy Crusade ; The Apparatus In The Field ; Edward Geary Lansdale And The New Counterinsurgency ; The Heart Of Doctrine ; Counterterror And Counterorganization ; Tactical Totalitarianism ; The Problem Of Ideology -- Pt. 3. Special Warfare And Low-intensity Conflict: The Carter Years ; Morning In America And The Special Warfare Revival ; The Special Forces' Buildup ; The Middle East Calls The Shots ; Watching The Neighbors : Low-intensity Conflict In Central America ; An Un-american Way Of War -- Epilogue. Michael Mcclintock. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Robert Pastor was a major participant in U.S. policy making toward Nicaragua in the critical period leading up to and following the revolution. In a balanced and analytical search for answers to what happened between the two nations, he presents a wealth of original material from his own experience, classified government documents, and interviews with nearly 100 policy makers from the United States, Nicaragua, and throughout Latin America. Pastor shows how America has repeated many of the same actions in Nicragua as it did in Cuba.

"Walzer's discussion about war and ethics are always provocative, well argued, and insightful. He is able to transform complex issues into readable, understandable, and persuasive prose."—Jean Bethke Elshtain, author of Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent WorldAuthor Biography: Michael Walzer is UPS Foundation Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of more than a dozen books, including On Toleration, The Jewish Political Tradition, Volumes I and II, and 50 Years of Dissent, all published by Yale University Press. Also available by Michael Walzer: On Toleration Publishers Weekly Walzer (Just and Unjust Wars) collects previously published pieces from the last 15 years that dramatize and discuss the ethical dilemmas of military intervention in emergency situations, after terrorism and during foreign civil wars. Walzer's consideration of pros and cons can be so theoretically oriented that it is difficult to tell where he stands precisely, but it is clear that he believes officers must require risk-taking in battle and soldiers should undertake it. He does not have anything good to say about pacifists and works to refute arguments on the left claiming that the terrorism originating in the developing world should be thought of differently than that originating elsewhere. Rwanda's ethnic cleansing, the Gulf War and Kosovo's bloody move toward independence all serve as case studies, often as facts on the ground were developing or before they developed; writing before the Iraq War, Walzer weighs military occupation in Iraq against the possibility of a better political regime and follows that with a provocative, counterintuitive argument that France, in particular, but also Germany and Russia, bear a heavy responsibility for the United States' decision to preemptively attack. Events are outpacing some of Walzer's deliberations, but his case studies put the issues at stake in relief, regardless of whether one accepts his conclusions. (Aug.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

In conjunction with the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in New Delhi, Oxford proudly announces the reissue of Glimpses of World History and The Discovery of India, two famous works by Jawaharlal Nehru. One of modern day's most articulate statesmen, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a on a wide variety of subjects. Describing himself as "a dabbler in many things," he committed his life not only to politics but also to nature and wild life, drama, poetry, history, and science, as well as many other fields. These two volumes help to illuminate the depth of his interests and knowledge and the skill and elegance with which he treated the written word.

The closest most of us will ever come to being inside the Oval Office at a moment of crisis. For sheer drama, this work of history may never be duplicated. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis unfold in the actual words of President John F. Kennedy and his top advisers. Now available in a new, concise edition, this book retains its gripping sense of history in the making. "[A] splendid achievement, as powerful and exciting a book as one is likely to read this year...."—Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review "Gripping history."—Richard J. Tofel, Wall Street Journal "[M]esmerizing. I was utterly fascinated....the best, fullest account of crisis yet and will remain so for decades to come."—Stephen E. Ambrose "[A]s close as most people will ever get to being a fly on the wall during the discussions of leaders."—Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, James G. Blight

The Uses of Haiti tells the truth about uncomfortable matters—uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the US role in its bitter fate.—Noam Chomsky, from the introductionIn this third edition of the classic The Uses of Haiti, Paul Farmer looks at what has happened to the health of the poor in Haiti since the coup.Winner of a McArthur Genius Award, Paul Farmer is a physician and anthropologist who has worked for 25 years in Haiti, where he serves as medical director of a hospital serving the rural poor. He is the subject of the Tracy Kidder biography, Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Holly Sklar. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 405-410.

This anthology includes original research and in-depth analysis of U.S. foreign policy and its domestic repercussions. The contributors look at the war abroad and at home, addressing race, gender, geopolitics, ecology, economics, and the movement for peace and justice.

over The Centuries, Societies Have Gradually Developed Constraints On The Use Of Armed Force In The Conduct Of Foreign Relations. The Crowning Achievement Of These Efforts Occurred In The Midtwentieth Century With The General Acceptance Among The States Of The World That The Use Of Military Force For Territorial Expansion Was Unacceptable. A Central Challenge For The Twenty-first Century Rests In Reconciling These Constraints With The Increasing Desire To Protect Innocent Persons From Human Rights Deprivations That Often Take Place During Civil War Or Result From Persecution By Autocratic Governments. humanitarian Intervention Is A Detailed Look At The Historical Development Of Constraints On The Use Of Force And At Incidents Of Humanitarian Intervention Prior To, During, And After The Cold War. booknews a Remarkably Trenchant And Well Written Legal Analysis Of Humanitarian Military Intervention, Following The Evolution Of International Law And Its Present Day Ramifications In Situations Such As Iraq's Aggression Toward Kuwait And Rwanda's Internal Conflicts. Us State Department Attorney Murphy Clearly Highlights The Theoretical, Legal, And Moral Implications Of Intervention Policy, Reaching Into The History Of Legal Traditions To Arrive At An Understanding Of The Present United Nations Charter Governing International Intervention Policies. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

A Quarter Century After He Left Office As Us Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Remains A Household Name - A Tribute Both To His Outstanding Diplomatic Successes And To The Continuing Controversy Over His Less Laudable Policies, Such As The Backing He Gave To Pinochet. Introduction : A Prize-winning Performance? -- The Aspiring Statesman -- Kissinger, Nixon, And The Challenges Of '69 -- Bombs And Back Channels -- Progress And Promise -- Negotiating In The Shadow Of War -- Crises And Opportunities -- Breakthroughs -- The First Test : Triangular Diplomacy And The Indo-pakistani War -- The Week That Changed The World -- High Stakes : Triangulation, Moscow, And Vietnam -- Exiting Vietnam -- Highs And Lows -- Secretary Of State -- Unilateral Advantage : The October War And Shuttle Diplomacy -- Nixon's Farewell : Watergate, Kissinger And Foreign Policy --renewal? Ford, Vladivostok, And Kissinger -- Not Our Loss : Exit From Vietnam -- The Worst Hour : Angola And East Timor -- Worse Than In The Days Of Mccarthy : Kissinger And The Marathon Of 1976 -- The Chairman 'on Trial' -- Conclusion : The Flawed Architect. Jussi Hanhimäki. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [535]-539) And Index.

The first volume of a political treatise that changed the worldOne of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would cause an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Capital rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties, particularly in Russia in Germany, and ultimately throughout the world, to become a work described by Marx friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as “the Bible of the working class.”For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Foreword By Noam Chomsky -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction By Andrew Lohrey -- Pt.i. Closing The American Mind -- The Origins Of American Propaganda -- The Early Years -- The First Americanization Movement -- The Mccarthy Crusade -- Reshaping The Truth -- Pt. Ii. Exporting Free-enterprise Persuasion -- Grassroots And Treetops Propaganda -- Exporting Persuasion -- The Orwell Diversion -- Pt. Iii. Propaganda In The Social Sciences -- The Human Relations Approach -- The Industrial Preachers -- The Hawthorne Studies: A Criticism. Alex Carey ; Edited By Andrew Lohrey ; Foreword By Noam Chomsky. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [199]-208) And Index.

With an introduction by Harrison Salisbury and a new foreword for the 1990 edition, the authors have written a history which reads like a thriller, detailing the dirty tricks, the manipulation of public opinion, and the corrupt foreign policy which characterized U.S. involvement in Guatemala. They show that this covert action became a blueprint for later incursions by the U.S. into Central America.

The idea that the United States can and should help Latin America achieve democracy has been a recurrent theme in U.S. foreign policy throughout the twentieth century. By the 1990s, it had become virtually unchallenged doctrine, broadly supported on a bipartisan basis. Yet no systematic and comparative study of U.S. attempts to promote Latin American democracy has ever been published — and the policy community often seems unaware of this history. In Exporting Democracy, Abraham F. Lowenthal and fourteen other noted scholars from the United States, Latin America, and Europe explore the motives, methods, and results of U.S. efforts to nurture Latin American democracy. Contributors focus on four periods when such efforts were most intense: the years from World War I to the Great Depression, the period immediately following World War II, the 1960s, and the Reagan years. The book tells a cautionary tale — revealing that U.S. efforts to export democracy in the Americas have met with little enduring success and often have had counterproductive effects. Exporting Democracy is available in two paperback volumes, each introduced by Abraham Lowenthal and organized for convenient course use. In the first paperback volume, Themes and Issues, contributors and their topics are Paul W. Drake, From Good Men to Good Neighbors: 1912-1932; Leslie Bethell, From the Second World War to the Cold War: 1944-1954; Tony Smith, the Alliance for Progress: The 1960s; Thomas Carothers:,The Reagan Years: The 1980s; Elizabeth A. Cobbs, U.S. Business: Self-Interest and Neutrality; Paul G. Buchanan, The Impact of U.S. Labor; John Sheahan, Economic Forces and U.S. Policies; Laurence Whitehead, The Imposition of Democracy; Abraham F. Lowenthal, The United States and Latin American Democracy: Learning from History. In the second paperback volume, Case Studies, the contributors and their topics are: Carlos Escude, Argentina: The Costs of Contradiction; Heraldo Munoz, Chile: The Limits of "Success"; Jonathan Hartlyn, The Dominican Republic: The Legacy of Intermittent Engagement; Lorenzo Meyer, Mexico: The Exception and the Rule; Joseph Tulchin and Knut Walter, Nicaragua: The Limits of Intervention; Elizabeth A. Cobbs, U.S. Business: Self-Interest and Neutrality; Paul G. Buchanan, The Impact of U.S. Labor; John Sheahan, Economic Forces and U.S. Policies; Laurence Whitehead, The Imposition of Democracy; Abraham F. Lowenthal, The United States and Latin American Democracy: Learning from History.

Baruch Kimmerling. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Thomas Carothers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 287-299) And Index.

A bracing account of a war that lingers in our collective memory as both ambiguous and unjustly ignored For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953 that has long been overshadowed by World War II, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. But as Bruce Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight that still haunts contemporary events. And in a very real way, although its true roots and repercussions continue to be either misunderstood, forgotten, or willfully ignored, it is the war that helped form modern America’s relationship to the world.With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, Cumings reveals the war as it was actually fought. He describes its start as a civil war, preordained long before the first shots were fired in June 1950 by lingering fury over Japan’s occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Cumings then shares the neglected history of America’s post–World War II occupation of Korea, the untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, and the powerful militaries organized and equipped by America and the Soviet Union in that divided land. He tells of the United States officially entering the action on the side of the South, and exposes as never before the appalling massacres and atrocities committed on all sides and the “oceans of napalm” dropped on the North by U.S. forces in a remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.In sobering detail, The Korean War chronicles a U.S. home front agitated by Joseph McCarthy, where absolutist conformity discouraged open inquiry and citizen dissent. Cumings incisively ties our current foreign policy back to Korea: an America with hundreds of permanent military bases abroad, a large standing army, and a permanent national security state at home, the ultimate result of a judicious and limited policy of containment evolving into an ongoing and seemingly endless global crusade.Elegantly written and blisteringly honest, The Korean War is, like the war it illuminates, brief, devastating, and essential. The New York Times Book Review - Jacob Heilbrunn …Cumings has done a lot of research over the years, has a superb grasp of his material and is never less than stimulating…

"...not only a model of what the study of revolution should be, but one of the best books ever published on Spain."—Gerald Brenan. "Borkenau went to see the Spanish Civil War with his own eyes and consulted nobody but his own integrity when he wrote what he saw."—Dame Rebecca West. 5 7/16 X 8 1/2.

Michael Hogan shows how The Marshall Plan was more than an effort to put American aid behind the economic reconstruction of Europe. American officials hoped to refashion Western Europe into a smaller version of the integrated single-market and mixed capitalist economy that existed in the United States. Professor Hogan's emphasis on integration is part of a major reinterpretation that sees the Marshall Plan as an extension of American domestic and foreign-policy developments stretching back through the interwar period to the Progressive Era. Michael Hogan is Professor of History at Ohio State University and editor of Diplomatic History.

this Ground-breaking Book Probes The Way That Two Capitalist Superpowers, Great Britain And The United States, Responded To The Momentous Challenge Of Revolution That Emerged During The Early Years Of This Century. Focusing On Two Key Figures—woodrow Wilson And David Lloyd George—the Book Explores The Collective Impact On The Western Democracies Of The Revolutions That Swept Mexico In 1910, China In 1911, And, Especially, Russia In 1917.

Nur Masalha. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The original 1972 edition of this book, which focused almost exclusively on Southeast Asia, has long been recognized as a classic of its kind by observers of U.S. foreign policy. In this new edition, McCoy (Southeast Asian history, U. of Wisconsin at Madison) has moved beyond his original intent of simply exposing the CIA's role in politically protecting drug lords in order to advance their covert operations objectives. He now attempts to explain the wider political and economic dynamics of the global trade in narcotics, paying as much attention to the failed policies of drug prohibition as to the continuing habit of the U.S. government to work with drug traffickers when it finds it convenient for its geostrategic or other political interests. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Publishers Weekly Nearly 20 years ago, McCoy wrote The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia , which stirred up considerable controversy, alleging that the CIA was intimately involved in the Vietnamese opium trade. In the current volume, a substantially updated and longer work, he argues that the situation basically hasn't changed over the past two decades; however the numbers have gotten bigger. McCoy writes, ``Although the drug pandemic of the 1980s had complex causes, the growth in global heroin supply could be traced in large part to two key aspects of U.S. policy: the failure of the DEA's interdiction efforts and the CIA's covert operations.'' He readily admits that the CIA's role in the heroin trade was an ``inadvertent'' byproduct of ``its cold war tactics,'' but he limns convincingly the path by which the agency and its forebears helped Corsican and Sicilian mobsters reestablish the heroin trade after WW II and, most recently, ``transformed southern Asia from a self-contained opium zone into a major supplier of heroin.'' Scrupulously documented, almost numbingly so at times, this is a valuable corrective to the misinformation being peddled by anti-drug zealots on both sides of the aisle. First serial to the Progressive. (July)

Foreword / Roane Carey -- Introduction / Noam Chomsky -- Palestinians Under Siege / Edward W. Said -- Under The Gun: A Palestinian Journey / Ahdaf Soueif -- A Smorgasbord Of Failure: Oslo And The Al-aqsa Intifada / Mouin Rabbani -- Decline And Disfigurement: The Palestinian Economy After Oslo / Sara Roy -- The Peace Of The Powerful / Glenn E. Robinson -- The Agony Of Beit Jala / Nidal Barham And The Students Of Talitha Kumi Lutheran School -- The Palestinians Of Israel / An Interview With Azmi Bishara -- Gaza: A Report From The Front / Alison Weir -- Palestine's Tell-tale Heart / Omar Barghouti -- Flouting Convention: The Oslo Agreements / Allegra Pacheco -- A Comparative Study Of Intifada 1987 And Intifada 2000 / Ghassan Andoni -- Notes From Dheisheh / Muna Hamzeh -- The Us Media And The New Intifada / Ali Abunimah And Hussein Ibish -- America's Last Taboo / Edward W. Said -- Banishment: The Palestinian Refugees Of Lebanon / Jennifer Loewenstein -- Life In The Camps / Mayssoun Sukarieh -- This Is The Place Of Filth And Blood... / Robert Fisk -- The Implementation Of The Right Of Return / Salman Abu Sitta -- The Israeli Peace Movement Since The Al-aqsa Intifada / Gila Svirsky -- Rebuilding Our Activism / Nancy Murray. Edited By Roane Carey ; Foreword By Noam Chomsky. Includes Bibliographical References.

Without Facts Or Law : The Us Invades Iraq -- The Liberal Hawks On Iraq : A Pretense Of Sophistication -- Editorial Policy And Iraq : A Fortune-500 Company Positions Its Product -- A Crime Against Peace : Iraq And The Nuremberg Precedent -- The Torture Overture : Human Rights, Harvard, And Iraq -- Interventionism And Due Diligence : Overthrowing Venezuela's President -- A Dodgy Dissent : Nicaragua V. United States At The World Court -- The Vietnam Syndrome : From The Gulf Of Tonkin To Iraq. Howard Friel And Richard Falk. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [257]-292) And Index.

Peter Kornbluh. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [223]-268.

What did "freedom of the press" really mean to the framers of the First Amendment and their contemporaries? This masterful book by a Pulitzer Prize–winning constitutional historian answers that question. In Emergence of a Free Press (a greatly revised and enlarged edition of his landmark Legacy of Suppression), Leonard W. Levy argues that the First Amendment was not designed to be the bulwark of a free press that many thought, nor had the amendment's framers intended to overturn the common law of seditious libel that was the principal means of stifling political dissent. Yet he notes how robust and rambunctious the early press was, and he takes that paradox into account in tracing the succession of cases and reforms that figured in the genesis of a free press. Mr. Levy's brilliant account offers a new generation of readers a penetrating look into the origins of one of America's most cherished freedoms.

Vietnam was America's most divisive and unsuccessful foreign war. It was also the first to be televised and the first of the modern era fought without military censorship. From the earliest days of the Kennedy-Johnson escalation right up to the American withdrawal, and even today, the media's role in Vietnam has continued to be intensely controversial. The "Uncensored War" gives a richly detailed account of what Americans read and watched about Vietnam. Hallin draws on the complete body of the New York Times coverage from 1961 to 1965, a sample of hundreds of television reports from 1965-73, including television coverage filmed by the Defense Department in the early years of the war, and interviews with many of the journalists who reported it, to give a powerful critique of the conventional wisdom, both conservative and liberal, about the media and Vietnam. Far from being a consistent adversary of government policy in Vietnam, Hallin shows, the media were closely tied to official perspectives throughout the war, though divisions in the government itself and contradictions in its public relations policies caused every administration, at certain times, to lose its ability to "manage" the news effectively. As for television, it neither showed the "literal horror of war," nor did it play a leading role in the collapse of support: it presented a highly idealized picture of the war in the early years, and shifted toward a more critical view only after public unhappiness and elite divisions over the war were well advanced. The "Uncensored War" is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Vietnam war or the role of the media in contemporary Americanpolitics. A groundbreaking study of the media's influence on the Vietnam War Overturns the conventional notions about the media's role in the war Draws directly on a huge body of newspaper and TV coverage "A first-rate book which throws new light on the topic...based on scholarly analysis of what actually was published and broadcast, judged in the context of historical events.... The first serious revisionist history of the role of the press in Vietnam."--The Washington Post Book World. "The value of Hallin's study lies not only in his research but also in his grasp of the real failure of American journalism in Vietnam--a failure to give its readers or viewers even the most rudimentary understanding of the real issues and true nature of the war."--The Philadelphia Inquirer. "This splendid study of the way the media actually covered the war is among the best and most important books published on the war in Vietnam."--History Book Review

Mark Curtis ; With A Foreword By John Pilger. A Vintage Original-cover. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The #1 national bestseller—an indispensable document for anyone interested in the Vietnam War. McNamara's controversial book tells the inside and personal story of America's descent into Vietnam from a unique point of view, and is one of the most enlightening books about government ever written. This new edition features a new Foreword by McNamara. of photos. (Military History)

Benny Morris. Edition Statement From Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [446]-454) And Index.

William Blum. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 345-409.

Nur Masalha. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Tells The Story Of The Unusual And Highly Secret Relationship Between Abdullah, The Hashemite Ruler Of Jordan, And The Zionist Movement. It Spans Three Decades From 1921 To 1951 And Focuses In Particular On The Clandestine Dilomacy And The Poliltical And Military Processes Which Determined The Fate Of Palestine Between 1947 And 1950, And Which Left The Palestinian Arabs Without A Homeland. Avi Shlaim. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [643]-651.

An engrossing and reflective eyewitness account of one of the most significant events of our century. In 1945, the Allied nations agreed on a judicial process, rather than summary execution, to determine the fate of the Nazis following the end of World War II. Held in Nuremberg, the ceremonial birthplace of the Nazi Party, the British, American, French, and Soviet leaders contributed both judges and prosecutors to the series of trials that would prosecute some of the most prominent politicians, military leaders and businessmen in Nazi Germany. This is the definitive history of the Nuremberg crimes trials by one of the key participants, Telford Taylor, the distinguished lawyer who was a member of the American prosecution staff and eventually became chief counsel. In vivid detail, Taylor portrays the unfolding events as he “saw, heard, and otherwise sensed them at the time, and not as a detached historian working from the documents might picture them.” Taylor describes personal vendettas among the Allied representatives and the negotiations that preceded the handing down of sentences. The revelations have not lost their power over the decades: The chamber is reduced to silence when an SS officer recounts impassively that his troops rounded up and killed 90,000 Jews, and panic overcomes the head of the German State Bank as it becomes clear that he knew his institution was receiving jewels and other valuables taken from the bodies of concentration camp inmates. The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials has proven to be a defining piece of World War II literature, an engrossing and reflective eyewitness account of one of the most significant events of our century. The definitive historical account of one of the most significant events of our century--the Nuremberg war crimes trials--as told by the American prosecution's chief counsel. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1992. "Should become a standard record of what happened and why."--Wall Street Journal. Photos.

Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are five small countries, and yet no other part of the world is more important to the US. This book explains the history of US/Central American relations, explaining why these countries have remained so overpopulated, illiterate and violent; and why US government notions of economic and military security combine to keep in place a system of Central American dependency. This second edition is updated to include new material covering the Reagan and Bush years, and the Iran/Contra affair.

American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism. In his reinterpretation of winning the West, Drinnon links racism with colonialism and traces this interrelationship from the Pequot War in New England, through American expansion westward to the Pacific, and beyond to the Phillippines and Vietnam. He cites parrallels between the slaughter of bison on the Great Plains and the defoliation of Vietnam and notes similarities in the language of aggression used in the American West, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia. Drinnon examines the eerie similarities of attitudes and actions on the part of three centuries of Americans.

The first English translation of Guérin’s monumental anthology of anarchism, published here in one volume. It details a vast array of unpublished documents, letters, debates, manifestos, reports, impassioned calls-to-arms and reasoned analysis; the history, organization and practice of the movement—its theorists, advocates and activists; the great names and the obscure, towering legends and unsung heroes. This definitive anthology portrays anarchism as a sophisticated ideology whose nuances and complexities highlight the natural desire for freedom in all of us. The classical texts will re-establish anarchism as both an intellectual and practical force to be reckoned with. Includes writings by Emma Goldman, Kropotkin, Berkman, Bakunin, Proudhon, and Malatesta. Daniel Guérin was the author of Anarchism: From Theory to Practice.

1. In Phnom Penh -- 2. In Cambodia -- 3. Views From Outside -- 4. A Liberation -- 5. Fears Of Famine -- 6. Joint Mission -- 7. Washing Of Hands -- 8. Other Aid -- 9. The Program -- 10. Sa Kaeo -- 11. Pledges -- 12. Confusions -- 13. On The Border -- 14. Samaki -- 15. Seed -- 16. Refuge -- 17. Feeding The Kmer Rouge -- 18. Food -- 19. A Balance -- 20. Out Of Phnom Penh William Shawcross. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [434]-448.

This is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses's fast-paced narrative takes the reader from Cuba's first steps to assist Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the secret war between Havana and Washington in Zaire in 1964-65—where 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara clashed with 1,000 mercenaries controlled by the CIA—and, finally, to the dramatic dispatch of 30,000 Cubans to Angola in 1975-76, which stopped the South African advance on Luanda and doomed Henry Kissinger's major covert operation there. Based on unprecedented archival research and firsthand interviews in virtually all of the countries involved—Gleijeses was even able to gain extensive access to closed Cuban archives—this comprehensive and balanced work sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations. It revolutionizes our view of Cuba's international role, challenges conventional U.S. beliefs about the influence of the Soviet Union in directing Cuba's actions in Africa, and provides, for the first time ever, a look from the inside at Cuba's foreign policy during the Cold War.

Edited By Thomas W. Walker. Includes Bibliographies And Index.

The Limits Of State Action, By Germany's Greatest Philosopher Of Freedom, As F. A. Hayek Called Him, Has An Exuberance And Attention To Principle That Makes It A Valuable Introduction To Classical Liberal Political Thought. Humboldt Uniquely Combines The Ancient Concern For Human Excellence And The Modern Concern For What Has Come To Be Known As Negative Liberty. Neither Natural Rights-based (as The Term Is Usually Understood) Nor Explicitly Utilitarian, Humboldt's Argument Holds That Individual Self-development Can Flower To The Maximum Extent Only When Governmental Activity Is Limited To Providing Security (i.e., Preventing Harm To Others). He Discusses Criteria For Permitting The State To Limit Individual Actions And Suggests Ways Of Confining The State To Its Proper Bounds. In A Time When Scholars Throughout The World Are Reexamining The Basis Of Political And Social Structure, Humboldt's Arguments Against State Promotion Of Citizen Welfare And State Interference With Private Acts Make This Book Especially Relevant. -- From Back Cover. Introduction -- Of The Individual Man, And The Highest Ends Of His Existence -- On The Solicitude Of The State For The Positive Welfare Of The Citizen -- Of The Solicitude Of The State For The Negative Welfare Of The Citizen -- For His Security -- On The Solicitude Of The State For Security Against Foreign Enemies -- On The Solicitude Of The State For The Mutual Security Of The Citizens -- Means For Attaining This End -- Institutions For Reforming The Mind And Character Of The Citizen -- National Education -- Religion -- Amelioration Of Morals -- The Solicitude Of The State For Security More Accurately And Positively Define -- Further Development Of The Idea Of Security -- On The Solicitude Of The State For Security With Respect To Actions Which Directly Relate To The Agent Only (police Laws) -- On The Solicitude Of The State For Security With Respect To Such Of The Citizens' Actions As Relate Directly To Others (civil Laws) -- On The Solicitude Of The State For Security As Manifested In The Juridical Decision Of Disputes Among The Citizens -- On The Solicitude For Security As Manifested In The Punishment Of Transgressions Of The State's Laws (criminal Laws) -- On The Solicitude Of The State For The Welfare Of Minors, Lunatics, And Idiots -- Measures For The Maintenance Of The State -- Completion Of The Theory -- Practical Application Of The Theory Proposed. Wilhelm Von Humboldt ; Edited By J.w. Burrow. A Liberty Classics Edition--prelim. P. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

How Has It Happened That The United States And The Soviet Union Have Managed To Get Through More Than Four Decades Of Cold War Confrontation Without Going To War With One Another? Historian John Lewis Gaddis Suggests Answers To This And Other Vital Questions About Postwar Diplomacy In His New Book, The Long Peace: Inquiries Into The History Of The Cold War. Gaddis Uses Recently-declassified American And British Documents To Explore Several Key Issues In Cold War History That Remain Unresolved: Precisely What Was It About The Soviet Union's Behavior After World War Ii That American Leaders Found So Threatening? Did The United States Really Want A Sphere Of Influence In Postwar Europe? What Led The Truman Administration First To Endorse, But Then Immediately To Back Away From, A Strategy Designed To Avoid American Military Involvement On The Mainland Of Asia? Why Did The United States Not Use Nuclear Weapons During The Decade In Which It Had An Effective Monopoly Over Them? Did American Leaders Really Believe In The Existence Of An International Communist Monolith? How Did Russians And Americans Fall Into The Habit Of Not Shooting Down Each Other's Reconnaissance Satellites? Relating These Questions To The Current Status Of Soviet-american Relations, Gaddis Makes A Strong Case For The Relative Stability Of The Postwar International System, A Stability Whose Components Include--and Go Well Beyond --nuclear Deterrence. The Result Is A Provocative Exercise In Contemporary History, Certain To Generate Interest, Discussion, And, In The End, Important New Insights On Both Past And Present Aspects Of The Age In Which We Live.--publisher Description. Legacies: Russian-american Relations Before The Cold War -- The Insecurities Of Victory: The United States And The Perception Of The Soviet Threat After World War Ii -- Spheres Of Influences: The United States And Europe, 1945-1949 -- Drawing Lines: The Defensive Perimeter Strategy In East Asia, 1947-1951 -- The Origins Of Self-deterrence: The United States And The Non-use Of Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1958 -- Dividing Adversaries: The United States And International Communism, 1945-1958 -- Learning To Live With Transparency: The Emergence Of A Reconnaissance Satellite Regime -- The Long Peace: Elements Of Stability In The Postwar International System. John Lewis Gaddis. Bibliography: P. 303-320. Includes Index.

By Jonathan Marshall, Peter Dale Scott, Jane Hunter. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 234-303.

Rudolf Rockerb's classic survey of anarcho-syndicalism was written during the Spanish Civil War to explain to the wider reading public the ideology which inspired the social revolution in Spain. It remains unsurpassed as a general introduction to anarchist thought and an authoritative account of the early history of international anarchism by one of the movement's leading figures.

A devastating expose of U.S. foreign policy which separates the myth of an "international terrorist conspiracy" from the reality.

V.g. Kiernan. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 255-269.

Raymond L. Garthoff. Includes Bibliographical References.

The first major reassessment of John F. Kennedy's foreign policy since his death, this volume of original essays compels new thinking about the 1960s. Basing their analysis on extensive research in archival documents and oral histories, twelve accomplished historians explore the primary foreign policy assumptions and objectives of Kennedy and his advisers. The contributors examine the Cold War, global crisis, domestic politics, decision-making, personality and style, and historical lessons in shaping Kennedy's diplomacy. This provocative volume explores such key issues as the Atlantic alliance, nuclear arms, United States economic hegemony, the Cuban missile crisis and the covert war against Fidel Castro, Third World neutralism, the Peace Corps, and the Vietnam War. The contributors also examine the Kennedy Administration's policies towards Latin America, Canada, the Middle East, South Asia, China, and Africa, and assess the costs and consequences of Kennedy's record. The Kennedy legacy included a deepening war in Vietnam, an accelerated nuclear arms race, excessive activism in the Third World, greater factionalism in the Atlantic community, and a globalism of overcommitment. These well-researched essays challenge us to reckon with a past that has not always matched the selfless and self-satisfying image Americans have of their foreign policy and of Kennedy as their young, fallen hero who never had a chance to fulfill his goals. Identifying arrogance, ignorance, impatience, and exaggerations of the Communist threat as the factors that actually denied Kennedy the victory he craved, this study reveals that he had his chance—and he failed.

Adam Przeworski. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 207-226 Pages) And Index.

Bringing together an outstanding group of thinkers, Worlds in Collision is the essential book for understanding the debate about the future of global order in the wake of international terrorism and the war in Afghanistan. When the victim of such horrific terror attacks happens to be the world's only superpower, the agenda is set for the future global order. This book will help readers understand the ways in which our worlds collided on September 11, 2001. Not only does it comprehensively address the first phase of the war against international terrorism, the book also looks at the wider regional and global ramifications. Worlds in Collision is ultimately about more than the war on terrorism, it concerns itself with the possibilities for re-shaping global order on the basis of new kinds of politics. Contributers: Ken Booth & Tim Dunne • Francis Fukuyama • Lawrence Freedman • Steve Smith • Desmond Ball • Thomas J. Bierstekker • Barry Buzan • Immanuel Wallerstein • James Der Derian • Michael Byers • Noam Chomsky • Robert O. Keohane • Michael Cox • Abdullahi A. An-Na'im • Avi Shlaim • William Maley • Amitav Acharya • C. Raja Mohan • Paul Rogers • Colin Gray • Fred Halliday • Benjamin Barber • Jean Bethke Elshtain • Bhikhu Parekh • Sissela Bok • Chris Brown • Andrew Linklater • Saskia Sassen • Richard Falk • Patricia Williams • Kenneth N. Waltz

September 11 marked the beginning of a new era- an age of terror in which counter-terrorism will be one of the highest priorities of national governments and international institutions. While the resolve to do whatever necessary to combat terrorism will remain undiminished, a great debate has already begun: What exactly is to be done? The answer will depend, in large measure, on the answer to a prior question: What happened here and why? In The Age of Terror, an agenda-setting team of experts begins to answer this question and examines the considerations and objectives of policy decisions in post-September 11 America. In pondering the dilemmas that burst into our lives on September 11, a knowledge of history helps. Clear thinking about what lies ahead means, among other things, rethinking what has gone before, since there was obviously plenty that we had misunderstood or missed altogether. Hence the participation of four historians along with a career diplomat, a professor of law, a political scientist and a molecular biologist in this book. John Lewis Gaddis asserts that the collapse of the World Trade Center towers will prove to be as consequential as the fall of the Berlin Wall twelve years earlier. He finds in the U.S.'s conduct of the cold war and its nameless sequel ("the post-cold war era") guidelines for waging the struggle ahead. Paul Kennedy appraises the long-term prospects for American power. Abbas Amanat traces the roots of Islamic extremism to the Muslim experience with colonialism and its aftermath. Charles Hill puts the onus for the instability in the Middle East on the backward and autocratic ruling structures in the region, and on what he believes to be a decade of American vacillation and neglect. Niall Ferguson assesses America's role as the sole economic and military superpower, a mature Empire, facing a crucial test of its will and leadership. Harold Hongju Koh sees September 11 as a test of America's commitment to democracy, rule of law and human rights, both at home and abroad. Paul Bracken focuses on the failure of the U.S. intelligence and defense establishments, urging that the new Office of Homeland Security adopt some of the management techniques of corporate America to fix a system that was broken even before September 11. Maxine Singer looks for a model of how the U.S. should mobilize the nation's scientific, technological and medical expertise to battle terrorism. The book's working premise is that the unforgivable is not necessarily incomprehensible or inexplicable. The purpose here is to capture what eight cutting edge thinkers think happened that day, and what each of them believes are the principal lessons, goals and caveats that should guide us as we recover. Author Biography: Nayan Chanda is the director of publications at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. He was editor and editor-at-large of the Far Eastern Economic Review from 1996 until 2001, and for 22 years before that he was a correspondent of the magazine. He is the author of Brother Enemy: The War After the War and co-author of over a dozen books on Asian politics, security and foreign policy. Strobe Talbott is the director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. He was Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 until 2001. Before joining government, he was a journalist for twenty-one years at Time magazine. He is the author of six books on arms control and U.S.-Soviet relations, and his The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy will be published in the spring.

Contents Foreword by Jeremy Brecher Introduction Chapter 1 The Bloom off the Boom Chapter 2 Deconstructing the Neoliberal Myth Chapter 3 The Latest Bust Chapter 4 Understanding the Crisis Chapter 5 How Asia Caught the Flu Chapter 6 The IMF to the Rescue Chapter 7 What Should We Want? What Should We Fear? Chapter 8 Mainstream Reform Proposals Chapter 9 Progressive Reform Proposals Conclusion Lilliputian Luddites Until Globalization Can Be Built from Below An Excerpt from Panic Rules! By Robin Hahnel Boom and Bust Among economic systems, capitalism is the manic-depressive patient. Exuberance, unbridled optimism, and euphoria are followed by gloom, listlessness, and depression. But no matter how often the cycle is repeated the patient always believes the latest boom will last forever, only to feel foolish again when the bubble bursts. And no matter how often the patient reverts to manic behavior when taken off medication, the economic "psychiatric" establishment eventually succumbs to the patient's pleas to be taken off medication during the "ups"-freeing the exuberant economy from policy restraints-only to insist on placing the patient back on meds-re-application of necessary policy protections-when the unmedicated patient "crashes." The Latest Boom The truth is that neither part of capitalism's manic-depressive boom-and-bust cycle is "healthy." Like most capitalist booms, the benefits of global liberalization during the 1980s and 1990s were not all they were made out to be. In fact, most people in the world were worse off economically at the end of the latest boom than they had been when it began-thatis, even before the over-hyped boom metamorphosed into the global economic crisis of 1997-98. How is this possible, you ask? We were told "the world economy grew at 3 percent a year in the 1980s and 2 percent in the first half of the 1990s," and that "low- and middle-income economies grew more rapidly, averaging 3.4 percent growth in the 1980s and 5 percent in the 1990s." We were assured that "growth in trade from increased trade liberalization that has gone hand-in-hand with increased private capital flows and financial integration,"

The Trust Of Events In Mcdougall's Highly Charged Narrative Brings Alive The Key Figures On This Stage. The Unions Four Most Successful Generals Served Together In Only This One Campaign, Which Was The Last For The Controversial Braxton Bragg. The Dead Lie So Thickly -- War Between The Generals -- Stunned, Like A Duck Hit On The Head -- Rebels All Around -- Brown's Ferry And Wauhatchie -- Our Position, It Strikes Me, Is Objectionable -- The Perfect Order Of A Holiday Parade -- Tell Cleburne We Are To Fight -- This Feat Will Be Celebrated -- Whiskey Was Not Enough -- All Hell Can't Stop Them -- We Will Carry The Line! -- The Whole Army Is In Retreat -- I Fear We Both Erred. James Lee Mcdonough. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 282-290.

Cambodia 1975-1982 presents a unique and carefully researched analysis of the Democratic Kampuchea regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (1975-79) and the early years of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-89). When it was first published in 1984, the book provided one of the few balanced and reasoned voices in a world shocked by media reports of incredible brutality. Now, 15 years later, the book remains unsurpassed as an original historical document bringing a new interpretation based on the earliest primary sources - interviews with the Khmer people themselves. "The most comprehensive and definitive political history to date of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. . . . Overall a balanced, judicious account." -Choice

In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how the shifting views of private law became a dynamic element in the economic growth of the United States. Horwitz's subtle and sophisticated explanation of societal change begins with the common law, which was intended to provide justice for all. The great breakpoint came after 1790 when the law was slowly transformed to favor economic growth and development. The courts spurred economic competition instead of circumscribing it. This new instrumental law flourished as the legal profession and the mercantile elite forged a mutually beneficial alliance to gain wealth and power. The evolving law of the early republic interacted with political philosophy, Horwitz shows. The doctrine of laissez-faire, long considered the cloak for competition, is here seen as a shield for the newly rich. By the 1840s the overarching reach of the doctrine prevented further distribution of wealth and protected entrenched classes by disallowing the courts very much power to intervene in economic life. This searching interpretation, which connects law and the courts to the real world, will engage historians in a new debate. For to view the law as an engine of vast economic transformation is to challenge in a stunning way previous interpretations of the eras of revolution and reform.

1. The 1980 And 1984 Elections And The New Deal: An Alternative Interpretation. Political Events In The United States In The Reagan Era: The Hegemonic Explanations. The Class Behavior Of The Republicans And The Nonclass Behavior Of The Democrats. Social Expenditures And The Deficit: The Ideological Debate -- 2. Class Politics And Social Movements In The United States. The Dismissal Of Class. Social Movements Rather Than Class -- 3. The 1988 Democratic Party Primary Elections: The Rediscovery Of A National Health Program. A Chronicle Of The Jesse Jackson Campaign. Dukakis's Call For A Universal Health Program. The Need For Specificity: The Jackson Budget. The Battle Of The Party Platform: The Call For A National Health Program -- 4. The 1988 Presidential Election. The Message Before Atlanta. Dukakis's Message During And After Atlanta. Lessons Of The 1988 Election: The Future Of The Democratic Party -- 5. The Welfare State And Its Redistributive Effects: Part Of The Problem Or Part Of The Solution? Why The Welfare State Is A Problem The End Of Keynesianism? The Neoliberalism Of The Reagan Administration. A Progressive Alternative To The Anti-welfare State Policies -- 6. Production And The Welfare State: The Political Context Of Reforms. The Dominant Interpretation Of Reformism In The United States. The Working Class As The Agency Of Change After World War Ii. The Disappearance Of Class In Politics -- 7. Why Some Countries Have National Health Insurance, Others Have National Health Services, And The United States Has Neither. Prevalent Theoretical Positions. Class Power As An Explanatory Variable For The Funding And Organization Of Health Services. Developments In The Health Sector After World War Ii. Will The United States Have A National Health Program? -- 8. The 1992 Presidential Election And The Clinton Administration Policies: The Politics Of Health Care Reform. The 1992 Presidential Election. The Health Care Situation In The United States. The Clinton Administration Policies: Health Care Reform. Vicente Navarro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

[w]hat Is Al-qaeda? Is It A Disciplined, Motivated, Structured Terrorist Group Led By A Single Criminal Mastermind Or Something Far More Complex, Diffuse And Sinister? Bin Laden's Aim To Provoke Conflict Between Militant Islam And The West Appears Closer To Fulfilment Than Ever. But Is Al-queda The Catalyst For This Conflict, Or Merely A Symbol Of It? Jason Burke Shows How The Threat From Islamic Terrorism Comes Not From One Man, Nor Even One Group, But From A Broad Movement With Profound Roots In The Politics, Societies And History Of The Islamic World. Using Hundreds Of Interviews And Thousands Of Documents, He Demonstrates That 'al-qaeda' Is A Convenient Label Applied Misleadingly To A Broad, Diverse And Disorganised Global Movement Dedicated To Fighting A Cosmic Battle With The West, And That Osama Bin Laden, Far From Being The World's Most Dangerous Criminal, Is, In Practical Terms, A Peripheral Figure In Modern Islamic Militancy. Eradicating Any Single Terrorist Or Terrorist Group Will Do Little To End The Threat. The Volunteers And Terrorists Who Sought Out Bin Laden And His Associates Wanted Help In Realising Their Own Dreams Of Destruction. The Reasons They Did So Persist Throughout The Islamic World. Failing To Understand Al-qaeda Means Failing To Address Those Reasons. We Do So At Our Peril.--book Jacket. Introduction: The Shadow Of Terror -- 1. What Is Al-qaeda? -- 2. September 11[superscript Th], Terror And Islam -- 3. Radicals -- 4. Mujahideen -- 5. Heroes -- 6. Militants -- 7. Terror -- 8. Seekers -- 9. Home -- 10. Flight -- 11. Struggle -- 12. Global Jihad -- 13. The Millennium Plot -- 14. The Holy War Foundation -- 15. September 11[superscript Th] -- 16. The War On Terror. Jason Burke. Originally Published As Al-qaeda: Casting A Shadow Of Terror By I.b. Tauris, 2003. Revised Edition Originally Published By Penguin Books, 2004. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 339-343) And Index.

From The Publisher: In This Path Breaking Work, Now With A New Introduction, Edward S. Herman And Noam Chomsky Show That, Contrary To The Usual Image Of The News Media As Cantankerous, Obstinate, And Ubiquitous In Their Search For Truth And Defense Of Justice, In Their Actual Practice They Defend The Economic, Social, And Political Agendas Of The Privileged Groups That Dominate Domestic Society, The State, And The Global Order. Based On A Series Of Case Studies-including The Media's Dichotomous Treatment Of Worthy Versus Unworthy Victims, Legitimizing And Meaningless Third World Elections, And Devastating Critiques Of Media Coverage Of The U.s. Wars Against Indochina-herman And Chomsky Draw On Decades Of Criticism And Research To Propose A Propaganda Model To Explain The Media's Behavior And Performance. Their New Introduction Updates The Propaganda Model And The Earlier Case Studies, And It Discusses Several Other Applications. These Include The Manner In Which The Media Covered The Passage Of The North American Free Trade Agreement And Subsequent Mexican Financial Meltdown Of 1994-1995, The Media's Handling Of The Protests Against The World Trade Organization, World Bank, And International Monetary Fund In 1999 And 2000, And The Media's Treatment Of The Chemical Industry And Its Regulation. What Emerges From This Work Is A Powerful Assessment Of How Propagandistic The U.s. Mass Media Are, How They Systematically Fail To Live Up To Their Self-image As Providers Of The Kind Of Information That People Need To Make Sense Of The World, And How We Can Understand Their Function In A Radically New Way. Introduction -- Preface -- 1: Propaganda Model -- 2: Worthy And Unworthy Victims -- 3: Legitimizing Versus Meaningless Third World Elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, And Nicaragua -- 4: Kgb-bulgarian Plot To Kill The Pope: Free-market Disinformation As News -- 5: Indochina Wars (i): Vietnam -- 6: Indochina Wars (ii): Laos And Cambodia -- 7: Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Us Official Observers In Guatemala, July 1-2, 1984 -- Appendix 2: Tagliabue's Finale On The Bulgarian Connection: A Case Study In Bias -- Appendix 3: Braestrup's Big Story: Some Freedom House Exclusives -- Notes -- Index. Edward S. Herman And Noam Chomsky ; With A New Introduction By The Authors. Updated Ed. Of: Manufacturing Consent. 1st Ed. C1988. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [331]-393) And Index.

A New York Times Bestseller! In His First Major Book On The Subject Of Income Inequality, Noam Chomsky Skewers The Fundamental Tenets Of Neoliberalism And Casts A Clear, Cold, Patient Eye On The Economic Facts Of Life. What Are The Ten Principles Of Concentration Of Wealth And Power At Work In America Today? They're Simple Enough: Reduce Democracy, Shape Ideology, Redesign The Economy, Shift The Burden Onto The Poor And Middle Classes, Attack The Solidarity Of The People, Let Special Interests Run The Regulators, Engineer Election Results, Use Fear And The Power Of The State To Keep The Rabble In Line, Manufacture Consent, Marginalize The Population. In Requiem For The American Dream, Chomsky Devotes A Chapter To Each Of These Ten Principles, And Adds Readings From Some Of The Core Texts That Have Influenced His Thinking To Bolster His Argument. To Create Requiem For The American Dream, Chomsky And His Editors, The Filmmakers Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, And Jared P. Scott, Spent Countless Hours Together Over The Course Of Five Years, From 2011 To 2016. After The Release Of The Film Version, Chomsky And The Editors Returned To The Many Hours Of Tape And Transcript And Created A Document That Included Three Times As Much Text As Was Used In The Film. The Book That Has Resulted Is Nonetheless Arguably The Most Succinct And Tightly Woven Of Chomsky's Long Career, A Beautiful Vessel--including Old-fashioned Ligatures In The Typeface--in Which To Carry Chomsky's Bold And Uncompromising Vision, His Perspective On The Economic Reality And Its Impact On Our Political And Moral Well-being As A Nation. -- Publisher Description Principle #1. Reduce Democracy -- Secret Proceeding And Debates Of The Convention Assembled At Philadelphia, In The Year 1787, And Other Sources -- Principle #2. Shape Ideology -- Powell Memorandum, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., 1971, And Other Sources -- Principle #3. Redesign The Economy -- An End To The Focus On Short Term Urged, Wall Street Journal, Justin Lahart, September 9, 2009, And Other Sources -- Principle #4. Shift The Burden -- Henry Ford On Why He Doubled The Minimum Wage He Paid His Employees, And Other Sources -- Principle #5. Attack Solidarity -- The Theory Of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759, And Other Sources -- Principle #6. Run The Regulators -- Prosperity Economics: Building An Economy For All, Jacob S. Hacker And Nate Loewentheil, 2012, And Other Sources -- Principle #7. Engineer Elections -- Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission, Supreme Court Of The United States, January 21, 2010, And Other Sources -- Principle #8. Keep The Rabble In Line -- Ford Men Beat And Rout Lewis Union Organizers; 80,000 Out In Steel Strike; 16 Hurt In Battle, New York Times, May 26, 1937, And Other Sources -- Principle #9. Manufacture Consent -- Essays, Moral, Political, Literary, David Hume, 1741, And Other Sources -- Principle #10. Marginalize The Population -- Testing Theories Of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, And Average Citizens, Martin Gilens And Benjamin I. Page, 2014, And Other Sources. Noam Chomsky ; Created And Edited By Peter Hutchinson, Kelly Nyks & Jared P. Scott. Based On The Film Requiem For The American Dream--front Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 159-164) And Index.

A New York Times BestsellerWith a New AfterwordThe world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights.In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the way that the United States, despite the rise of Europe and Asia, still largely sets the terms of global discourse. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from the sordid history of U.S. involvement with Cuba to the sanctions on Iran, he details how America’s rhetoric of freedom and human rights so often diverges from its actions. He delves deep into the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel-Palestine, providing unexpected and nuanced insights into the workings of imperial power on our increasingly chaotic planet. And, in a new afterword, he addresses the election of Donald Trump and what it shows about American society.Fierce, unsparing, and meticulously documented, Who Rules the World? delivers the indispensable understanding of the central issues of our time that we have come to expect from Chomsky.An American Empire Project