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Imperialism & War

  • Shell Shocked

    by Mohammed Omer
    Gripping eye-witness account of Operation Protective Edge by only Palestinian reporting in English from Gaza during Israel's 2014 assault.

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

  • The Changing Face of Empire

    by Nick Turse
    The Changing Face of Empire is a devastating anatomy of the U.S. military’s new six-point program for twenty-first-century war.

  • Vietnam

    by Howard Zinn
    Zinn’s compelling case against the Vietnam War

  • Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire

    by Deepa Kumar
    Islamophobia examines the origins of the ongoing assault on Muslims and Arabs in the U.S., and the "war on terror"

  • American Insurgents

    by Richard Seymour
    From Mark Twain to the movement against the war in Vietnam, this is the story of ordinary Americans challenging empire.

  • The United States of Fear

    by Tom Engelhardt
    With piercing wit and brutal insight, Tom Engelhardt tours the future ruins of the American empire.

  • Hopes and Prospects (unabridged audiobook)

    by Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky examines political prospects in the Americas, North and South, in a new era.

  • The Will to Resist

    by Dahr Jamail
    An award-winning journalist tells the hidden story of American soldiers turning against an unjust war.

  • The American Way of War

    by Tom Engelhardt
    The creator of TomDispatch takes a scalpel to the American urge to dominate the globe.