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  • In the Shadows of the American Century

    by Alfred W. MCCoy
    Explores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.

  • Optimism over Despair

    by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou
    Wide-ranging interviews on war, power, and politics with Noam Chomsky, the world's leading critic of US foreign policy.

  • The Violent American Century

    by John W. Dower
    The Violent “American Century” addresses the U.S.-led transformations in war conduct and strategizing that followed 1945.

  • Concerning Violence

    Edited by Göran Olsson and Sophie Vukovic
    A beautiful photographic exploration of the revolutionary movements in Africa in the '60s and 70's.

  • Confronting Empire

    by Eqbal Ahmad and David Barsamian
    Brilliant and insightful political analyses of key political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century.

  • Things that Can and Cannot Be Said

    by John Cusack and Arundhati Roy
    In this rich dialogue on surveillance, empire, and power, Roy and Cusack describe meeting NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden in Moscow.

  • The End of Imagination

    by Arundhati Roy
    Brings together five of Arundhati Roy's acclaimed books of essays into one comprehensive volume for the first time.

  • Tomas Young's War

    by Mark Wilkerson
    An Iraq war veteran's powerful testament to the true cost of war.

  • Extractive Imperialism in the Americas

    by James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer
    In this wide-ranging volume two leading scholars of the region critically examine the new extractive-imperialism bearing down on the Americas

  • Turning the Tide

    by Noam Chomsky
    US Central American policies project broader US economic, military, and social aims, impacting millions in Central America.

  • Rogue States

    by Noam Chomsky
    Chomsky argues that the real 'rogue' states are the United States and its allies.

  • Culture of Terrorism

    by Noam Chomsky
    This scathing critique of US political culture is a brilliant analysis of the Iran-Contra scandal.

  • Dissent: Voices of Conscience

    by Susan Dixon and Ann Wright
    Stories of men and women, who risked careers, reputations, and even freedom for truth.

  • Tomorrow's Battlefield

    by Nick Turse
    Investigative journalist and bestselling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking expansion of the U.S. military’s covert wars in Africa.

  • Diary of Bergen-Belsen

    by Hanna Levy-Hass
    The sole surviving diary of a Holocaust resistance fighter, written from inside the Nazi concentration camps.

  • Year 501

    by Noam Chomsky
    Chomsky definitively shows how the United States developed into the world's most implacable and powerful empire.

  • Fateful Triangle

    by Noam Chomsky
    A comprehensive indictment of what Noam Chomsky calls the "disgraceful and extremely dangerous" policy the US has enacted towards Israel.

  • After the Cataclysm

    by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
    Dissects the aftermath of the war in Southeast Asia, the refugee problem, the Vietnam/Cambodia conflict and
    the Pol Pot regime.

  • The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism

    by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
    Analyzes U.S. policy in Latin America, Asia, and Africa media and the role of the media in misreporting these policies.

  • Worth Fighting For

    by Rory Fanning
    Former US Army Ranger walks across America for a fallen comrade and finds his voice as a war resister.

  • Shadow Government

    by Tom Engelhardt
    A powerful survey of a militarized America building a surveillance structure unparalleled in history.

  • Masters of Mankind

    by Noam Chomsky
    A brilliant indictment of US imperial power.

  • They Were Soldiers

    by Ann Jones
    A reporter’s first-hand, close-up-and-personal look at the impact of our recent wars on America’s unlucky soldiers.

  • Until My Freedom Has Come

    by Kak Sanjay
    A collection of authoritative essays mapping Kashmir's turbulent past, present, and possible futures.