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The Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction, Second Edition
Gregory Harms, Todd M. Ferry
Pluto Press, 2008
An Excellent,Concise Overview
Harms and Ferry are to be congratulated on writing a book that concisely introduces a very complicated and controversial topic. The authors have skillfully put together a readable and brief account of the origins of the present conflict between Israel and the ...
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A Century Of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
F. William Engdahl
Pluto Press, 2004
Powerful and Convincing!!!
I was quite enmeshed in the first half of the book when Engdahl detailed how the 2 powers- the US and mostly the British sought to secure oil in the Middle East at the turn of the 20th century with the help of the House of Morgan- quite convincing. More surprising is ...
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The Credit Crunch: Housing Bubbles,Globalisation and the Worldwide Economic Crisis
Graham Turner
Pluto Press, 2008
Right culprit, wrong reason
Graham Turner rightly blames Alan Greenspan for the current financial mess. More than anything else, Greenspans rate cutting after the bursting of the it bubble, produced the housing and credit bubbles of the US, which now are bursting and unwinding.
However, ...
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Super Imperialism - New Edition: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
Michael Hudson
Pluto Press, 2003
Compelling Update
A remarkable work. It functions as both a novel theory of imperialism and a 20th century history of international finance. The two converge as Hudson shows how the former evolves from the latter, thereby elevating the US to a position economically and militarily ...
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A History of Modern Lebanon
Fawwaz Traboulsi
Pluto Press, 2007
Recommended for all audiences
There is something unique about this book. It does not only narrate Lebanon's historical events, it analyzes them from a socio-economic perspective. Traboulsi is not only a historian. He is a seasoned Lebanese political activist and partisan of the now-disbanded ...
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Race And Ethnicity In Latin America (Latin American Studies)
Peter Wade
Pluto Press, 1997
A useful resource for the study of race in Latin America
This is an excellent short book. I recommend it to all my students as it is cheap, readable and relatively well-argued. Wade discusses the ways in which racial and ethnic systems of classification have developed and work currently in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, ...
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Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine
Ghada Karmi
Pluto Press, 2007
Beautifully told with unfettering conviction
This book is a must read. The author begins speaking of the two rabbis who approached the so-called "land without a people" in 1898 and observed how beautiful a place it was but that it was 'married to another man'. Karmi focuses on the point that the 1948 'Nakba' has ...
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Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: The Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience
Alice Rothchild
Pluto Press, 2007
A Must Read For Anyone Who Cares About Justice in Palestine and Israel
If you are interested in understanding the stories of personal transformation of men and women who are fighting for justice in Israel and Palestine, this is the book for you. Dr. Rothchild shares her own personal journey as an American Jew who was raised to support ...
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The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution
Mobo Gao
Pluto Press, 2008
"A powerful mixture of political passion and original research, a brave polemic against the fashionable view on China. ... aims a knockout blow at Jung Chang's recent book on Mao, which Bush and the conservatives rave-reviewed." ---Gregor Benton, Professor of Chinese History, University of Cardiff "This important book opens a much needed window ...
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Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East
Jonathan Cook
Pluto Press, 2008
Important to know about this point of view
Amidst the flood of neo-conservative diatribe, I found this book a refreshing attempt to present an oppressed viewpoint that has no place in the mainstream American media (in print or on screen). No matter how you turn it, there is merit that the Bush Administration ...
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years (Pluto Middle Eastern Studies)
Israel Shahak
Pluto Press, 1997
A good read
Shahak apparently has a critical eye, sharp arguments and well-rounded knowledge of Judaism. Yet, his book should not be taken to denounce all the dominions of the Jewish faith. Like in all other religions, many groups skew some teachings to make them fit their ...
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Global Fracture: The New International Economic order
Michael Hudson
Pluto Press, 2005
"Hudson is one of the tiny handful of economic thinkers in today's world who are forcing us to look at old questions in startling new ways". Alvin Toffler, best-selling author of Future Shock and The Third Wave This new and updated edition of Michael Hudson's classic political economy text explores how and why the US came to achieve world ...
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Small Places, Large Issues - Second Edition: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology ...
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Pluto Press, 2001
Informative and thought-provoking; however not an easy read
"Small Places, Large Issues" is an introductory textbook on the topic of Social Anthropology: the comparative study of humans in a social and cultural context. Dr Eriksen is a professor of Social Anthropology, and therefore the book is written more or less on an ...
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The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
Nick Robins
Pluto Press, 2006
An intriguing discussion.
The British East India Company is one of the world's most famous: founded in 1600, it began as an Asian spice trading company and ended up running Britain's Indian empire. Given its importance it's amazing to consider that The Corporation That Changed the World: How ...
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The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 759 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison
Andy Worthington
Pluto Press, 2007
A "war" with no Geneva Conventions
British journalist Andy Worthington is perhaps the world's leading expert on Guantánamo Bay and its inmates. Basing his research mostly on the Pentagon's own documents, obtained under freedom of information legislation, Worthington has produced a unique compendium of ...
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