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Imperialism & War

  • Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead

    by Nick Turse
    In fast-paced and dramatic fashion, Turse reveals the harsh reality of modern warfare in the developing world.

  • 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

  • Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

    by Angela Y. Davis
    Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson, Palestine, and prison abolition.

  • 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.

  • Empires and Walls

    by Mohammad A. Chaichian
    Usually viewed as a symbol of imperial might, Chaichian argues that Walls better fit as signs of an empire's decline.

  • 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.

  • Discovering Imperialism

    From 1898-1916 the leading lights of international marxism debated the nature of imperialism. This volume collects and translates these discussions.

  • Vietnam

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

  • European Bloc Imperialism

    by Dennis C. Canterbury
    Debates on contemporary imperialism have focused on the U.S., to the exclusion of E.U. countries, this book corrects these trends