This bibliography is being refined and revised. A new more concise and revised version with commentary and specific recommendations may be presented at a later date.
BOOKS-US: Dissecting the Perpetual War Machine
November 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Nov 8, 2010 (IPS) – Andrew J. Bacevich emerged in the first decade of the century as this country’s most widely read and widely respected critic of U.S. militarism and empire. He has addressed this issue with an intensity that is unprecedented for an [...]
Churchill Denied Relief to Bengal Famine Victims, Book Says
October 25, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Sananda Sahoo WASHINGTON, Oct 25, 2010 (IPS) – A new book on the Indian famine of 1943, also known as the Bengal famine named after the specific region where it occurred, has squarely put the responsibility for the famine on then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The [...]
Book: What if We Took Economics Seriously?
April 30, 2010 By
Dean Baker’s new book strips away the ideology and applies the basics of economics to some of the most pressing issues of the day. For Immediate Release: April 30, 2010 Contact: Alan Barber 202-293-5380 x115 Washington, D.C.- What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics and applied them consistently? What [...]
BOOKS-US: Soldiers Who Just Say No
August 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Jon Letman KAUAI, Hawaii, Aug 17 (IPS) – Six months into Barack Obama’s presidency, the U.S. public’s display of antiwar sentiment has faded to barely a whisper. Despite Obama’s vow to withdraw all combat forces from Iraq before September 2011, he plans to leave up to 50,000 troops [...]
BOOKS-US: When Neocons Ruled Washington
December 16, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Michael Flynn GENEVA, Dec 16 (IPS) – In the first two pages of his book on the neoconservative movement, historian Stephen Sniegoski tells us that U.S. Mideast policy during the George W. Bush presidency has been ”colossally erroneous” and ”disastrous to U.S. interests”, that the Iraq War is a [...]
POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: Disappointed But Not Defeated
November 20, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics News / IPS Michael Chebsi ADDIS ABABA, Nov 20 (IPS) – She fought alongside men in the Ethiopian liberation struggle. She fought for a free and fair society. But today, Yewubmar Asfaw feels that Ethiopia’s revolution has failed to deliver a fair share of political power to women. In her book, published this [...]
BOOKS-US: ”A Policy of Deliberate Cruelty”
September 10, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Wednesday, September 10, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Mark Weisenmiller TAMPA, Florida, Sep 10 (IPS) – Perhaps the most thorough and informative book about the George W. Bush administration’s approval of the use of torture and ”extraordinary renditions” of alleged terrorists to third countries has continued to [...]
BOOKS: ‘Descent Into Chaos’
August 7, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Thursday, August 07, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Daniel Luban WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (IPS) – News coming out of Afghanistan and Pakistan in recent months has unsettled many assumptions about the U.S. war on terror. To most casual observers of the [...]
POLITICS-US: Swiftboating Obama on the Cheap
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, September 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Bill Berkowitz* OAKLAND, California, Sep 25 (IPS) – In 2004, the so-called Swiftboating of Sen. John Kerry’s U.S. presidential campaign changed the course of history by helping defeat the Massachusetts senator, and the tactic [...]