Conflict & Peace
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From  Syria |
Chapter Ten focuses on Syria. Before the British and French divided Turkey’s West Asian possessions in 1920, Syria comprised territory covering today’s Palestine, Israel, Jordan, … | Stephen Gowans | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Syria: A Tale of Two PipelinesFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Analyzes the Syrian conflict, in which Big Powers (US, Russia) and regional powers (Iran, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) clash over Sunni-Shia divisions, terrorism, and petroleum. Initial … | John Foster | 31 | 2018 | $3.10 Add |
 Targeting LibyaHow Canada went from building public works to bombing an oil-rich country and creating chaos for its citizens |
In Targeting Libya, investigative journalist Owen Schalk examines how Canadian business and government actors influenced Libya’s fate, from the rise and fall of Muammar Qadhafi to the … | Owen Schalk | 258 | 2025 | View |
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From  Tax CutsPart of the Problem, Not the Solution From: Canada after Harper |
Trish Hennessy relates how the obsession with tax cuts promoted by neoliberal governments has served as a convenient excuse for slashing social programs. | Trish Hennessy | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From Taxes, Austerity, and What Trickles DownFrom: Canada after Harper |
Alex Himelfarb concludes by relating how tax cuts and other austerity measures have led to a loss of public awareness of the need for adequate tax revenue to maintain essential services — … | Alex Himelfarb | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The 2011 Distemper |
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 |
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From  The American Power Elite and FascismFrom: The Myth of the Good War |
Analyzes how before and even after the outbreak of war in Europe Hitler and his National Socialism, and fascism in general, enjoyed a disproportionate amount of sympathy within the ranks of the … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Anti-Communist Police State |
Chapter ten, Anti-Communist Police State After 1953 focuses on Washington’s commitment to rolling back communism in Korea. From the very first moments that Koreans had fought for freedom … | Stephen Gowans | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Arbenz and the Fruit CompanyFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
This chapter deals with the importance of the Arbenz period through the presidency of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán and the agrarian issues that arose. | W. George Lovell | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From The Ba’athists’ Islamic Ally |
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 |
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From  The Bogeyman is ComingCeuta and Melilla From: Walls |
This chapter discusses the wall that stands between Spain and Morocco and the plight of those migrants that try to cross into Spain, and into Europe. | Marcello Di Cintio | 21 | 2013 | $2.10 Add |
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From The Campaign of 1950-1953 |
Chapter nine, The Campaign of 1950-1953 provides a Korean perspective on the Korean War. From the perspective of the Republic of Korea, the movement of its military forces north of the 38th … | Stephen Gowans | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! The Canada-Libya thawFrom: Targeting Libya |
In this chapter Canadian prime minister Paul Martin’s 2004 tent meeting with Qadhafi symbolized how Canadian diplomacy, corporate interests (especially SNC-Lavalin and oil firms), and … | Owen Schalk | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From The Colonial ExperienceFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
This chapter details the colonial experience in Guatemala and ethnic division. | W. George Lovell | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From Pérez Molina (2012-2015) and the End of the LineFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
This chapter discusses the presidency of Perez Molina, which became synonymous with corruption and scandals. | W. George Lovell | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From The Daily NewsFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
In this chapter, Lovell discusses his visit to Guatemala in 1990 and gives social, political, and economic context to the state of the country at that time. | W. George Lovell | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
