All quiet on the western front - Erich Maria Remarque Paul Bäumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I.
The great war for civilisation: The conquest of the Middle East - Robert Fisk A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an…
Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence.
Dominion from sea to sea: Pacific ascendancy and American power - Bruce Cumings America is the first world power to inhabit an immense land mass open at both ends to the world’s…
Dancing in the glory of monsters: The collapse of the Congo and the great war of Africa - Jason K. Stearns At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering…
1967: Israel, the war, and the year that transformed the Middle East - Tom Segev Tom Segev's acclaimed works One Palestine, Complete and The Seventh Million overturned accepted…
Empire's workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the rise of the new imperialism - Greg Grandin The British and Roman empires are often invoked as precedents to the Bush…
IRA man: Talking with the rebels - Douglass McFerran This is the compelling story of a former Jesuit who traveled to Ireland in order to better understand the IRA, its widespread support among Irish…
To end all wars: A story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918 - Adam Hochschild World War I stands as one of history’s most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational…
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian history of the American West - Dee Brown Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic…
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and schizophrenia - Gille Deleuze and Felix Guttari Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (French: L'anti-Oedipe) is a 1972 book by the French…
Blowback: The costs and consequences of American empire - Chalmers Johnson The term “blowback,” invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended results of American actions…