Foreign Correspondents

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The Next Big Thing Goose Lane Editions	Canadian journalist and political insider Dalton Camp left behind a powerful legacy, including books, essays, and newspaper columns on Canadian politics and public policy. To both celebrate his …	Philip Lee	208	2014	View
Washington’s Long War on Syria Baraka Books	When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The …	Stephen Gowans	280	2017	View
From Introduction From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	From 1963 onward, Syrian governments in which Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party members Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar played principal roles, were committed to the Arab nationalist values of …	Stephen Gowans	28	2017	$2.80 Add
From The Den of Arabism From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	The constitution of the Ba’ath Party made a proclamation in its very first line which Washington could have only regarded with deep hostility: “The Arabs are one nation which has its …	Stephen Gowans	55	2017	$5.50 Add
From Regime Change From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	Two forces sought to topple the secular Arab nationalists of Ba’athist Syria, each for its own, and separate reasons. Both forces were equally determined to end the influence of secular …	Stephen Gowans	31	2017	$3.10 Add
From The Fog of Journalism From: The Next Big Thing View Goose Lane Editions	"In the fall of 2003, we called in from the field Canada’s most senior foreign correspondent. Joe Schlesinger was nearing the end of a distinguished career covering the world for the …	Joe Schlesinger	18	2014	$1.80 Add
From NEW! The Velocity of Perception From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma View ECW Press	Through the intersectionality of multiple crises such as the near-civil war following the 2007 Kenya election, the Covid-19 pandemic, global economic collaspe, the Black Lives Matter movement, …	Arno Kopecky	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From Baghdad Year Zero From: The Next Big Thing View Goose Lane Editions	"When we invited journalist and activist Naomi Klein to campus in the fall of 2004, five years after the international success of her bestselling first book, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand …	Naomi Klein	26	2014	$2.60 Add
From The 2011 Distemper From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	There are three views on the origins of the 2011 uprising in Syria whose wide circulation is inversely proportional to the degree to which the views have been critically examined. All are highly …	Stephen Gowans	28	2017	$2.80 Add
From The Myth of the Modernate Rebel From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	When the Daraa riot broke out in mid-March, 2011, two armed Islamist groups, which would play a lead role in the war against the Syrian government, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, had already …	Stephen Gowans	26	2017	$2.60 Add
From The Ba’athists’ Islamic Ally From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	There were two officially recognized Islamic states in the Middle East which played key roles in the conflict in Syria. One, Saudi Arabia, an important regional satellite of the United States, …	Stephen Gowans	10	2017	$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 Divide et Impera From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	Mass movements can be organized around different aspects of personal identity such as race, class, religion, sect, ethnicity, language, sex, and position within the international division of …	Stephen Gowans	15	2017	$1.50 Add
From The Changing Media Landscape From: The Next Big Thing View Goose Lane Editions	"This talk was a homecoming of sorts for Sue Gardner, who began her career at CBC Radio in Fredericton before becoming one of the world’s most influential media figures. When she …	Sue Gardner	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Echoes of Hitler From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	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
From Shrapnel, Snakes, and Blistering Rage: On the Occupational Hazards of a Foreign Correspondent From: The Next Big Thing View Goose Lane Editions	"Stephanie Nolen came in from the field with her five rules for success as a foreign correspondent. She’s been doing that job and doing it well for two decades, filing memorable …	Stephanie Nolen	19	2014	$1.90 Add