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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Taking Lives Taking Lives Irving Horowitz "Taking Lives is a pivotal effort to reconstruct the social and political contexts of twentieth-century, state-inspired mass murder. Irving Louis Horowitz re-examines genocide from a new perspective … OL157671W
Iron Wolf Iron Wolf Dale Brown In the spring of 2017, the U.S. economy is rebounding under President Stacy Anne Barbeau, the country's first female president. But her leadership is about to be severely tested: Russian president Ge… OL17867601W
Dancing with the devil Dancing with the devil Michael Rubin Traces the history of American diplomacy with rogue regimes, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan, to consider why the strategy of dialogue as a first resort has been flawed and whether basic as… OL19976000W
The setting sun The setting sun B. J. Moore-Gilbert "Setting Sun is the story of the dying days of an Empire, combined with gripping family history, in an extraordinary literary voyage across India. When a letter from an Indian historian arrives out o… OL19980139W
The killing compartments The killing compartments Abram de Swaan The twentieth century was among the bloodiest in the history of humanity. Untold millions were slaughtered. How people are enrolled in the service of evil is a question that continues to bedevil. In … OL20012583W
Ni vivos ni muertos Ni vivos ni muertos Federico Mastrogiovanni "Ni vivos ni muertos es una investigación que revela los alcances de la desaparición forzada en México. A partir de un extenso trabajo, así como de entrevistas a familiares de desaparecidos, historia… OL20048002W
The Dark Side of Democracy The Dark Side of Democracy Michael Mann A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, co… OL3943758W
The Condor years The Condor years John Dinges "The Condor Years is the underground history of the international Dirty Wars by U.S. allies in South America. For much of a decade, six allied governments engaged in secret warfare intended to wipe o… OL4125845W