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  The Wretched of the Earth

  by Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox

  A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new... (more)
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  The World Since 1945: Third Edition

  by Thomas E. Vadney

  Fully updated and revised, this is an authoritative history of global change from 1945 to the end of the twentieth century. The world since 1945 has witnessed fundamental changes, notably the increasing influence of the West--particularly the United States--in a variety of spheres, the emergence and collapse of the U.S.S.R., the end of colonial empires in Asia and Africa, and the escalation of wars and other... (more)
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  How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed

  by Slavenka Drakulic

  Hailed by feminists as one of the most important contributions to women's studies in the last decade, this gripping, beautifully written account describes the daily struggles of women under the Marxist regime in the former republic of Yugoslavia.
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  Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence

  by Martha Minow

  "Skillfully explores what steps can be taken in the wake of mass atrocities. . . . Incisive and insightful." —Jane Lampman, The Christian Science Monitor The rise of collective violence and genocide is the twentieth century's most terrible legacy. Martha Minow, a Harvard law professor and one of our most brilliant and humane legal minds, offers a landmark book on our attempts to heal after such large-scale... (more)
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  Global Rift: The Third World Comes of Age

  by Leften Stavros Stavrianos