March 2008 Politics
The Angel Of Grozny: Inside Chechnya
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Virago )
In the early hours of New Year's Eve, 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into a prolonged and bloody conflict that continues to this day. Asne Seierstad was a foreign corresponden... More »
Dear Mr Rudd: Ideas For A Better Australia
$29.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
With the election of the Rudd government, there is revived interest in the nation’s future – both the challenges and the opportunities. What kind of future can we imagine for Australia?
Dear Mr Rudd offers new essays... More »
Blood And Soil: Modern Genocide 1500- 2000
$55.00 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
For 30 years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing confidential documentation of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. Hi... More »
Blood And Rage: A Cultural History Of Terrorism
$60.00 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )
A far-reaching history of terrorism across the world from its beginnings to the modern-day, from the highly acclaimed author of Sacred Causes and Earthly Powers. Basing his study on a wide range of sources and key player... More »
Bring On The Apocalypse
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Atlantic Books )
We are sitting on a time-bomb. The planet is in disarray and we are not doing enough to stop its destruction. In this explosive collection George Monbiot sets out exactly what he believes can and must be done and establi... More »
The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost Of The War In Iraq
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Allen Lane )
The $3 Trillion War will be a devastating reckoning of the true cost of the Iraq war - quite apart from its tragic human toll - which the Bush administration has estimated at $50 billion, but which Stiglitz and Bilmes wi... More »
What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics
$27.00 (Paperback book / Basic Books )
A passionate, thought-provoking, sometimes incendiary look at the role of propaganda in America today. Propaganda, manipulation, spin, control. It has ever been thus - or has it? On the eve of the 60th anniversary of Geo... More »
The New Rome: The Fall Of An Empire and the Fate Of America
$27.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )
The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of their republic. Today Americans focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place. Depending on who's doing the tal... More »