Imperialism

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Part V: Catastrophe and Collapse
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Part V: Catastrophe and Collapse

From: Cobalt

Part V contains Chapter 16: Fire, Racial Backlash, and Epidemic, Chapter 17: The War Comes Home, and Chapter 18: The Final Battle. 55 $5.50 Add
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Part VI: Cobalt Goes Global
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Part VI: Cobalt Goes Global

From: Cobalt

Part VI contains Chapter 19: Exporting Hinterland, Chapter 20: The Family Business, and Chapter 21: The Return to Cobalt. 29 $2.90 Add
Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Patriots, Traitors and Empires

The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom

“In the night of our ignorance, North Korea confirms all stereotypes.”—Bruce Cumings Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the … 272 View
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Petroleum and Geopolitics

Petroleum and Geopolitics

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses petroleum, the most valuable commodity in world trade, and its ties to politics and power. Introduces the links between governments and oil corporations, the history of petrodollars in … 30 $3.00 Add
Postcards from Congo
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Postcards from Congo

A Graphic History

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and … 176 View
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Power to Those Who Have It!

Power to Those Who Have It!

Phillip Gourevitch

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Preface
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Preface

From: Postcards from Congo

Preface by author Edmond Trueman explaining his motivations behind the book and the choice to make it an illustrated history. 6 $0.60 Add
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Preface: The Demon Metal
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Preface: The Demon Metal

From: Cobalt

In the Preface author Charlie Angus provides a brief history of cobalt and its importance to digital technology, clean energy, and electric vehicles. He also discusses the darker side of cobalt … 4 $0.40 Add
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Regime Change

Regime Change

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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 … 31 $3.10 Add
Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction

“… essential reading.” Edward S. Herman An accepted narrative holds that horrible Rwandan Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly a million Tutsis after a … 276 View
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Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order

Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter thirteen, Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order focuses on a north Korean reunification. The DPRK defines itself as “a revolutionary State” originating … 29 $2.90 Add
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Scouts at her Majesty's Service

Scouts at her Majesty’s Service

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 4, Philpot critiques and highlights the fact that a commission comprising of mainly American, Canadian, and French nationals– six of ten members of whom admitted that they knew … 12 $1.20 Add
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Sunday at the Cesspool

Sunday at the Cesspool

Gil Courtemanche

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 11, Philpot critiques Gil Courtemanche’s novel Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, in which Courtemanche describes himself as “an eye-witness report,” even though he was … 9 $0.90 Add
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Supressing a Worldwide Movement of Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind

Supressing a Worldwide Movement of Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter seven, Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality, and the Unity of Humankind focuses on the ideology of the communist movements growing in number across the colonial world, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Syria: A Tale of Two Pipelines

Syria: A Tale of Two Pipelines

From: 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 … 31 $3.10 Add
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The 2011 Distemper

The 2011 Distemper

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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 … 28 $2.80 Add