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Anti-war & Imperialism Books

 

A collection of books primarily about war, occupation, regime change and military interventions with a heavy focus on the actions (both modern and historical) of the American Pig Empire and its various “western” allies or client states (like Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)

Although the majority of these books are written from an anti-war perspective, our fascination with militarism in western “democratic” societies makes it impossible to completely filter out authors who insist that America is not an evil empire installing globalized capitalism at bayonet point, and is instead merely the victim of a series of tragic mistakes that somehow always benefit rich American corporations, but actively harm people living in the nations we attack. Please be advised to read volumes from this list with an vigilant eye towards pro-Pig Empire propaganda at all times.

Finally, please note that books in this section are primarily concerned with the subject of conventional warfare and as such readers looking to explore anti-war protest movements, or the economic imperialism of American foreign policy are advised to visit the Books About Injustice & Anti-colonialism, Marxism, Anarchism & Liberation Ideology Books or Books about Neoliberalism & Austerity pages, as appropriate.

 

 

America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History

Andrew BacevichReviewReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

William BlumReviewBlurb & ExcerptsObitBonus

 

Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower

William BlumReviewReviewBlurb & ExcerptsBonus

 

The 51 Day War: Ruin & Resistance in Gaza

Max Blumenthal (warning) – ReviewBlurb

 

The Management of Savagery

Max BlumenthalReviewBlurbBonus

 

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone

Rajiv ChandrasekaranReviewReviewBlurbBonusBonus

 

9-11 (1st Edition)

Noam ChomskyReviewBlurbBonusBonus

 

Because We Say So

Noam ChomskyReviewExcerptBonus

 

The Culture of Terrorism

Noam ChomskyBlurbBonusBonus

 

Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

Noam ChomskyReviewBlurbBonusBonus

 

The Fateful Triangle: Israel, the United States, and the Palestinians (1984) 

Noam ChomskyReviewBonusBonusPDF

 

Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance

Noam ChomskyReviewReviewWikiBonusBonus

 

Who Rules the World?

Noam ChomskyReviewReviewBlurbBonusBonusBonus

 

Year 501: The Conquest Continues

Noam ChomskyBlurbBonusPDF

 

On the Justice of Roosting Chickens

Ward Churchill (warning) – ReviewWikiBonusBonus

 

Imperial Crusades: Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia

Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. ClairBlurb

 

The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine

Alexander CockburnReviewObitBonus

 

Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai’i

Tom CoffmanReviewReviewBonusBonus Bio

 

Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War

Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

Canada in Africa: Three Hundred Years of Aid and Exploitation

Yves EnglerReviewReviewTeaserBlurbBonus

 

The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy

Yves EnglerReviewReviewReviewBonusBonusBonus

 

Ropes of Sand: America’s Failure in the Middle East

Wilbur C. EvelandReviewBlurbObit

 

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade

Andrew FeinsteinReviewReview – BlurbBonusBonus

 

China Tangle: American Effort in China from Pearl Harbor to the Marshall Mission 

Herbert FeisBlurb

 

Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the U. S. and the Rise of the New Imperialism

Greg GrandinReviewReviewCYR EssayBonusBonus

 

Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman

Greg GrandinReviewReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War

Greg GrandinReviewReviewReviewReviewBonus

 

The Best and the Brightest

David HalberstamReviewReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

David HalberstamReviewReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

Seymour HershReviewReview – BonusBonus

 

The Killing of Osama Bin Laden

Seymour Hersh (warning) – ReviewReviewBonusBonusBonus

 

The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House

Seymour HershReviewReviewBlurbCYR NoteBonus

 

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

Daniel ImmerwahrReviewReviewBlurbBonusBonus

 

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

Chalmers JohnsonReviewBlurbObitBonusPDF

 

In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines

Stanley KarnowReviewReviewObitExcerptBonus

 

Gangsters of Capitalism

Jonathan M. KatzReviewReviewInterview – BlurbBonusBonus

 

All the Shah’s Men

Stephen KinzerReviewReviewReviewBlurbBonus

 

Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

Stephen KinzerReviewReviewBlurbBonusBonusPDF

 

Hidden Terrors: The Truth about U.S. Police Operations in Latin America

A.J. LangguthReviewBlurbExcerptsBonus

 

Against Empire

Michael ParentiBonusBonusBonusBonusPDF

 

Dark Threats and White Knights

Sherene H. RazackReviewReviewBlurbBonus

 

The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine

Bernard ReganReviewReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005

Thomas E. RicksReviewReviewBonusBonus

 

War’s End: Profiles from Bosnia, 1995-1996

Joe SaccoShort ReviewBlurbBlurbBonusBonus

 

Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Jeremy ScahillReviewBlurbCYR EssayBonusBonusBonus

 

Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield

Jeremy ScahillReviewReviewInterviewBonusBonus

 

The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program

Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept StaffReviewReview – BonusBonus

 

The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America

Peter Dale ScottReviewBonusBonusBonus

 

The Liberal Defense of Murder

Richard SeymourReviewReviewReviewBlurbBlurbBonus

 

A Bright Shining Lie

Neil SheehanReviewReviewExcerptsBonusBonusBonus

 

The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War

Neil SheehanReview (Sorta) BonusBonus

 

Stilwell & the American Experience in China: 1911-1945

Barbara W. TuchmanReviewReviewBlurbBonus

 

The Guns of August/The Proud Tower

Barbara W. TuchmanReviewReviewReviewReviewBlurb

 

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

Nick TurseReviewReviewReviewInterviewExcerptBonus

 

The Phoenix Program

Douglas ValentineReviewBlurbBlurbBonusPDF

 

Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World

David VineReviewReviewReviewBlurbBonusBonus

 

Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism

Cornel WestReviewReviewReviewExcerptBonus

 

Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice

Howard ZinnBlurb – BonusBonus

 

Terrorism and War

Howard ZinnReviewReviewBonusBonusBonus

 

Below the Cut

In my experience, it is possible to at least learn something when reading even the worst non-fiction offerings. Specifically, these books taught me to wish I had not bought them, and to ponder the virtues of a rummage sale. As always, there’s a full “caveat emptor” policy in effect for books below the cut line.

 

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

Peter AckroydReview – Rejected: wankery and Empire apologia

 

1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder

Arthur HermanReview – Rejected: author is a reactionary conspiracist

 

The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich

D. Kinney, R.K. WittmanReview – Rejected: sensationalist, author is ex-Fed

 

Leningrad: Siege and Symphony

Brian MoynahanReview – Rejected: tortured metaphor central to theme

 

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew RobertsReview – Rejected: boring book, author is a total scumbag

 

Operation Long Jump

Bill YenneReview – Rejected: sensationalist, WWII pornography

 

 

 

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