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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	Chapter eleven, Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific focuses on the shift in shift in politics in South Korea by 1993. The Berlin Wall had fallen, the German Democratic …	Stephen Gowans	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Washington’s State Islamic Allies From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that …	Stephen Gowans	15	2017	$1.50 Add
From "Watch out for Africa!" Closing in on the Congo From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View Baraka Books	In Chapter 15, Philpot explores the end of the Rwandan crisis and what it evolved into in the Congo. Philpot examines what happened to the 1,300,000 Rwandan refugees who remained displaced in …	Robin Philpot	20	2013	$2.00 Add
From NEW! "We Hired Hitler!" From: Myths of Modern History View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores the rise of fascism in Europe, highlighting the fact that Europe’s upper class used its wealth and influence to create fascist movements everywhere and to bring …	Jacques R. Pauwels	45	2022	$4.50 Add
From Wei Jingsheng’s Awakening From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the story of Wei Jingsheng, a former Red Guard under Mao who became China’s most famous dissident and now runs a foundation in Washington D.C. The chapter goes on …	Michael Cormier	22	2013	$2.20 Add
From What Survival Means From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, the author reflects on their time in Los Angeles in the 1990s, and her friendship with someone who was dying of AIDS.	Keiko Lane	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Women’s Work From: Up the Coast View NeWest Press	Chapter Nine focuses on women’s work, food orders, defending the camp and children from bears when the men are away, the authors stash of nanaimo bars attracting bears, laundry and the …	Kathryn Willcock	37	2022	$3.70 Add
From NEW! Working for Belgium, Fighting for Belgium 1930–1945 From: Postcards from Congo View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter explores labour relations in Congo and the resource extraction of resources and physical bodies for Belgium up until the end of the Second World War.	Edmund Trueman	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Xi Jingping’s China From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Collection: The Rise of 21st Century Fascism Goose Lane Editions	The book ends with an exploration of Xi Jingping’s China, including a brief overview of the country’s current conflicts, and looks at the future of democracy in China in the context …	Michael Cormier	17	2013	$1.70 Add
From Zionism From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East View bar	Chapter Two focuses on the roots of political Zionism. Since its creation by Theodor Herzl, Zionism has envisaged a return to an imagined glorious past. The distinguishing feature of political …	Stephen Gowans	11	2019	$1.10 Add