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The long-awaited final volume of Chalmers Johnson’s bestselling Blowback trilogy confronts the overreaching of the American empire and the threat it poses to the republic In his prophetic book Blowback , Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA’s clandestine activities abroad to disaster at home. In The Sorrows of Empire, he explored the ways in which the growth of American militarism and the garrisoning of the... (more)

Ghost Wars

The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

by Steve Coll

To what extent did America’s best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and... (more)

Blowback: Book 1

Blowback

The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

by Chalmers A. Johnson

The term 'blowback,' invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended results of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms. From a case of... (more)

11 de septiembre (9-11, Spanish-Language Edition)

11 de septiembre (9-11, Spanish-Language Edition)

by Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky comments on terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, Osama bin Laden, and the long-term implications of America’s military response.

Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World

Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World

by Jeremy Scahill

Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. With its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and twenty-thousand troops at the ready, Blackwater is the elite Praetorian Guard for the "global war on terror"-- yet most people have never heard of it. It was the moment the war turned: On March 31, 2004,... (more)

A People's History of the United States

1492 - Present

by Howard Zinn

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews,... (more)

All the President's Men

by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

THIS IS THE BOOK THAT CHANGED AMERICA Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing with headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward kept the tale of conspiracy and the trail of dirty tricks coming -- delivering the stunning revelations and pieces in the Watergate puzzle that brought about Nixon's scandalous downfall. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize... (more)

The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11

The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11

by David Ray Griffin

Taking to heart the classic idea that those who benefit from a crime ought to be investigated, here the eminent theologian David Ray Griffin sifts through the evidence about the attacks of 9/11--stories from the mainstream press, reports from abroad, the work of other researchers, and the contradictory words of members of the Bush administration themselves--and finds that, taken together, they cast serious... (more)

House of Bush, House of Saud

The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

by Craig Unger

Newsbreaking and controversial -- an award-winninginvestigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationshipbetween the Bush family and the House of Saud andexplains its impact on American foreign policy, business,and national security. House of Bush, House of Saud begins with a politicallyexplosive question: How is it that two days after 9/11,when U.S. air traffic was tightly restricted, 140 Saudis,many... (more)

Towers of Deception: The Media Cover-up of 9/11

Towers of Deception: The Media Cover-up of 9/11

by Barrie Zwicker

A dozen carefully researched books have exposed the official story of 9/11 to be a terror fraud. Yet the mainstream media have monolithically failed to ask elementary questions about anomalies in this story. So-called alternative media have been little better. Towers of Deception explains why and prescribes actions to break out the truth. Authored by a lifelong journalist who was for thirty-five years a... (more)

Deadly Secrets

by Warren Hinckle

The fantastic story of the U.S.'s undeclared war against Cuba, including an expanded section on the CIA's role in the assassination of JFK. "Deadly Secrets is a warning as well as terribly exciting reading".--Studs Terkel. National radio and TV coverage.

Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century

Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century

by James F. Petras

Globalization is the mantra of our times. Business executives, politicians, and intellectuals all seem to agree that it just happened, and that we must adapt to it. In this new book, the entire globalization project is subjected to a powerful blast from the left. James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer contend that globalization is not new—capitalism over the past 100 years has experienced periodic waxings and wanings of... (more)

The 9/11 Investigations: Staff Reports of the 9/11 Commission : Excerpts from the House-Senate Joint Inquiry Report on 9/11 : Testimony from fourteen Key Witnesses, Including (Publicaffairs Reports)

The 9/11 Investigations: Staff Reports of the 9/11 Commission : Excerpts from the House-Senate Joint Inquiry Report on 9/11 : Testimony from fourteen Key Witnesses, Including (Publicaffairs Reports)

by Stephen Strasser, Craig R. Whitney, STEVEN STRASSER

The 9/11 Investigations lifts the curtain on the top-secret investigations into the worst attack in American history. Here in one place is the most salient information from both the Joint House-Senate Inquiry and the 9/11 Commission investigation, distilled into a narrative that readers can understand. First, The 9/11 Investigations presents the most shocking discoveries to emerge in the course of the... (more)

In the Line of Fire

by Pervez Musharraf

Brainwash : the secret history of mind control

Brainwash : the secret history of mind control

by Dominic Streatfeild

What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber? How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda? With access to formerly classified documentation and interviews from the CIA, the U.S. Army, MI5, MI6, and the British Intelligence Corps, acclaimed journalist Dominic Streatfeild traces the history of the world's most secret psychological procedure. From the cold war to the height of today's war on... (more)

Lawless world : the whistle-blowing account of how Bush and Blair are taking the law into their own hands

Lawless world : the whistle-blowing account of how Bush and Blair are taking the law into their own hands

by Philippe Sands

Sixty years ago, the United States and Great Britain spearheaded efforts to create a new world order based on international rules. Today these same two nations are leading the charge to abandon many of the global safeguards they once fought to establish. Crisp, impassioned, and hard-hitting, Lawless World is an exposé and an indictment of a catastrophic realignment of the laws that govern international... (more)

A nation dividedClark Dougan, Samuel Lipsman

A nation divided

by Clark Dougan

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

Mythes re?volutionnaires du Tiers monde. (English)Gerard Chaliand

Mythes re?volutionnaires du Tiers monde. (English)

by Ge?rard Chaliand

Text: English, French (translation)

Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War Iiupdated Through 2003

Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War Iiupdated Through 2003

by William Blum

Is the United States a force for democracy? In this classic and unique volume that answers this question, William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. Remarks from the previous edition: "Far and away the best book on the topic."—Noam Chomsky "A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy."— Choice "I enjoyed it immensely."—Gore... (more)

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The Last Days of the American Republic

by Chalmers A. Johnson

The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

by Steve Coll

The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

by Chalmers A. Johnson

by Noam Chomsky

by Jeremy Scahill

1492 - Present

by Howard Zinn

by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

by David Ray Griffin

The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

by Craig Unger

by Barrie Zwicker

by Warren Hinckle

by James F. Petras

by Stephen Strasser, Craig R. Whitney, STEVEN STRASSER

by Pervez Musharraf

by Dominic Streatfeild

by Philippe Sands

by Clark Dougan

by John Perkins

by Ge?rard Chaliand

by William Blum