Recommended Books
Non-Fiction Books
Faces of the Enemy "Are humans capable of lasting peace? How do ordinary people bring themselves to kill? Who is the enemy? Sam Keen's classic inquiry into the cause of war is ever more vital." Enemies of Freedom Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Prize for Behavioral Science Research. "Altemeyer, a research psychologist, takes us into the psyche of the right-wing authoritarian, revealing the psychological forces that shape the authoritarian personality — such as a need to submit to authorities and a readiness to use violence against others who are "different." He examines the factors that lead to such attitudes, explores their connection to religion and politics, and — more importantly — shows what we can do to mitigate the effects of these forces and so protect democracy from the enemies of freedom." One World, Ready or Not "Greider explains the dynamics of the global economy in terms of human struggle — of diverse peoples and nations, rich and poor alike, facing a multiplicity of opportunities and dangers." Beyond Power "Brilliantly conceived, lucid, compellingly argued, and deeply controversial, Beyond Power presents a major challenge to current social and political assumptions." Our Criminal Society "Outraged cries for 'law and order'and hysterical demands for harsh punishment of criminals will never stop crime, says the author of this eye-opening book. Until Americans realize that the roots of crime lie deep in our social structure and dominant values, he charges, crime will rage unabated." The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness "If any single work could bring mankind to its senses, this book might qualify for that miracle…This book is the product of one of the most penetrating, most mature minds of our time." — Lewis Mumford United States Winner of the National Book Award. "An essential book." The Origins of Totalitarianism Recognized as the "definitive account of its subject." The Denial of Death Pulitzer Prize Winner The Arrogance of Power and the Price of Empire The Peace to End All Peace Shattered Peace The Epic Quest for Oil Power and Money Escape from Freedom "If man cannot live with freedom, he will probably turn to authoritarianism — this is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time." The Sane Society This book is a continuation of Escape from Freedom. In The Sane Society, Erich Fromm tries to show "that life in twentieth-century Democracy constitutes in many ways another escape from freedom, and the analysis of this particular escape, centered around the concept of alienation, constitutes a good part of this book." Double-Speak From "Revenue Enhancement" to "Terminal Living" — how government, business, advertisers, and others use language to deceive you. People of the Lie "A daring study of evil…This is a deeply penetrating book." (Washington Times) The Fire This Time: US War Crimes in the Gulf The Gulf War Reader: History, Documents and Opinions Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Rouge State New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, The Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction Project Censored 1990 - 2005 The Turning Point: Science, Society and the Rising Culture A History of Capitalism 1500-1980 The World as I See It Einstein on Humanism The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More War: A Force that Gives Us Meaning What Every Person Should Know about War Silencing Political Dissent Washington on $10 Million Dollars a Day Hell, Healing and Resistance: Veterans Speak Bloody Hell On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War & Society An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in 20th Century Warfare Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam War |
Spiritual Warfare The most comprehensive treatment available, Spiritual Warfare exposes the enduring political clout of the Christian Right, from its control of a multibillion dollar broadcast industry to its counterinsurgent "missionary work" in the Third World. A History of Bombing "Ingenious and timely…deserves to be read by all who wish to understand militarism in its many guises." — John Pilger Exterminate All the Brutes "One man's odyssey into the heart of darkness and the origins of European genocide." The Spitting Image: The Myth, Memory and Legacy of Vietnam The Iron Heel Does Khaki Become You Bananas, Beaches and Bases Women on War: An International Anthology of Writings from Antiquity to the Present The Women and War Reader Citizenship Rites: Feminist Soldiers and Feminist Antimilitarists An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire The God of Small Things Power Politics A History of Women in America: From Founding Mothers to Feminists: How Women Shaped the Life and Culture of America The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History Treasury of Women's Quotations, Wit and Wisdom from Women Through the Centuries Militarism Verses Feminism, Writings on Women and War War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam Home by Morning: Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam The Vietnam Reader: The Definitive Collection of American Fiction and Nonfiction on the War The Things They Carried The Exception to the Rulers Gulf War Syndrome: Legacy of a Perfect War Bringing the War Home Gassed in the Gulf: The Inside Story of the Pentagon-CIA Cover-Up of Gulf War Syndrome Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century Education as Enforcement: The Militarization and Corporatization of Schools Against Empire America Besieged The Pentagon Papers Guns, Germs and Steel Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the Flag Dreaming War It's a Free Country: Personal Freedom in America After Sept. 11 American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush Why Bush Must Go Bush at War The War Prayer The Courage for Peace: Daring to Crate Harmony in Ourselves and in the World War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century All of One Peace I'd Rather Teach Peace Doing Democracy The Power of Non-Violence Writings by Advocates of Peace Searching for Peace: The Road to Transcend Gandi on Non-Violence The Peace Pilgram: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Being Peace Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities War at Home, Covert Action Against US Activists and What We Can Do About It Hideous Dream: A Soldier's Memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti Terrorism and War People's History of the United States Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Angles Don't Play This HARP Blinded by the Right The Republican Noise Machine World Orders: Old and New Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State How Much are You Making on the War Daddy? Private Warriors |
