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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The rise of militarism in the Progressive Era, 1900-1914	Roger Possner	"The era, from the turn of the century to the beginning of World War I, saw an American attitude shift toward structure, social duty, and middle class manly values. The federal government sponsored m…	OL13781972W
Crusade	James Carroll	Publisher's description: With the words "this Crusade, this war on terror," George W. Bush defined the purpose of his presidency. And just as promptly, James Carroll-Boston Globe columnist, son of a …	OL15835588W
Organizing for war	Rachel Chrastil	By the end of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), Germany occupied one-third of French territory, thousands of Alsatians and Lorrainers had flooded into France, and 140,000 French soldiers had died. F…	OL15909126W
American militarism and anti-militarism in popular media, 1945-1970	Lisa M. Mundey	"This study explores military images in television, film, and comic books from 1945 to 1970 to understand how popular culture made it possible for a public to embrace more militaristic national secur…	OL16471467W
Stop North Korea!	Shepherd Iverson	256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm	OL17765394W
Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1	中沢啓治	Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan. Spring 1945. Six-year-old Gen Nakaoka lives with his father—who is adamantly opposed to the war that is claiming the lives of so many of his fellow countrymen—his mo…	OL19664617W
Gabriele d'Annunzio	Lucy Hughes-Hallett	A profile of the controversial Italian poet and nationalist is set against a backdrop of Italy's transition from Romantic idealism to fascism and war and includes coverage of such topics as his contr…	OL19968597W
The new Brazil	Raúl Zibechi	Once upon a time, Lula's election in Brazil offered a pretense of hope to the international left. In the midst of a rapidly shifting global economy, Brazil has since emerged as a powerful new player …	OL20048184W
Addicted to war	Joel Andreas	Explains why the United States economy is dependent on foreign wars and condemns the success of the military-industrial complex.	OL20050470W
Critical theology against US militarism in Asia	Wonhee Anne Joh,Nami Kim	Drawing on cultural studies scholar Kuan-Hsing Chen's threefold notion of decolonization, deimperialization, and de-cold-war, this book provides analyses of the interrelated issues concerning the rel…	OL20974797W
Rule by fear	Ammar Ali Jan	"Why have democratic institutions and norms not taken root in Pakistan? In these polemical essays, Ammar Jan presents eight theses to explain the political, economic and social roots of authoritarian…	OL31925862W
The new imperialism	David Harvey,David Harvey	People around the world are confused and concerned. Is it a sign of strength or of weakness that the US has suddenly shifted from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage? What w…	OL3232627W
Militarization, internal repression, and social welfare in the Third World	Miles D. Wolpin	247 p. : 23 cm	OL3907467W
A social basis for prewar Japanese militarism	Richard J. Smethurst	"The major part of this study will be based on data collected in a number of rural communities ? Discussions of the activities of the army?s organizations in these communities will be presented as ca…	OL5114769W
Plutarch on Sparta	Plutarch	Plutarch here provides a fascinating account of the everyday lives and customs of the Spartan people, the famous warriors who gave their name to a way of life. A life of constant and rigorous trainin…	OL723337W
Manliness and Militarism	Mark Moss	"Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. Young men rushed to volunteer for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and close to 50 per cent of the half-million Cana…	OL8006065W