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From  Echoes of Hitler |
There were echoes of Hitler in Syria’s conflict, but they had nothing whatever to do with Bashar al-Assad, who, as we have seen, was falsely depicted as a dictator in order to manufacture … | Stephen Gowans | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Han Dongfang’s Perseverance |
The chapter begins by describing the author’s encounter with activist Han Dongfang. The chapter goes on to discuss Han Dongfang’s experiences during the Tiananmen Square Protests and … | Michael Cormier | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Independence and Chaos1960–1961 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the creation of the independent Republic of Congo and the ensuing political fall out between 1960 and 1961. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Progress |
Chapter Eight focuses on the progress being made by Third World countries in the United Nations General Assembly as they began to overthrow the virtual monopoly of First World countries with … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  The Heart of Dark Imaginations |
In Chapter 8, Philpot offers a post-colonial critique of how Africa has been portrayed in the Western imagination. Using Dorothy Hammond’s and Alta Jablow’s in-depth study “The … | Robin Philpot | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Political Partician of Korea |
Chapter eight, The Political Partition of Korea focuses on Washington and Moscow’s agreement regarding Korea, which decided that the post-war zonal division of the peninsula would be … | Stephen Gowans | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Tide of War Turns in Front of MoscowFrom: Myths of Modern History |
Pauwels explores the popular idea that the tide of war turned in June 1944, when the Americans and their allies landed in Normandy; he proposes instead that the tide had turned in the second half … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Truth About LoggersFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Eight focuses on the truth about loggers, entertainment at logging camps, calls in and out of the camps, sport at the camps, animals visitors, the star loggers Erik and Olaf Nyström, life … | Kathryn Willcock | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  To Make a Whore Of |
In this chapter, the author describes her mother’s ailing health and eventual death from AIDS. | Emily Stern | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! A Struggle for Power: The Congo Crisis1961–1965 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter explores the Congo Crisis between 1961 and 1965. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From Andy Bell Made Me Gay |
This chapter concerns the author’s youthful sexual experiences, and how he felt that he was going to die because he was gay. | Dan Cullinane | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Author’s UpdateFrom: The Einstein File |
The author discusses the aftermath of the first publication of this book in 2002. He critiques Genius, the 2017 ten-part series on Einstein that aired on the National Geographic cable channel. He … | Fred Jerome | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapters 46-50From: My Road from Damascus |
Includes the chapters "The President Welcomed War", "A Checkpoint by Barada River", "Telephones Ringing, People Dying", and "My Family Almost Kidnapped". … | Jamal Saeed | 44 | 2022 | $4.40 Add |
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From NEW! Pearl Harbour, a Surprise Attack?From: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter examines the myth surrounding that “day of infamy” when America presumably crashed into the war as a result of the Japanese “surprise attack” at Pearl … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From Power to Those Who Have It!Phillip Gourevitch |
In Chapter 9, Philpot explores the notion of the chosen “good” chiefs who the Europeans used during their imperial and colonial pursuits in Africa. Philpot discusses two African … | Robin Philpot | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From Saddam |
Chapter Nine focuses on Saddam Hussian. During the 1970s, Saddam used Iraq’s oil wealth to pursue ambitious programs of social reform and economic uplift, earning him the plaudits of the … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
