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  • How to Stage a Military Coup

    Analyzes the political, military, and social factors behind successful and failed coups worldwide.The coup remains the single most common form of power change throughout the world.How to Stage a Military Coup explores these violent and often bloody appropriations of authority, alongside the political, military, and social conditions out of which they arise. Taking into account factors such as ... Read more

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  • How to Stage a Military Coup

    From Planning to Execution

    Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebditch and Ken Connor examine, with a critical eye, successful as well as failed coup attempts throughout the twentieth century with the aim of showing their readers just what it takes to swiftly and soundly overthrow a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • How to Stage a Military Coup

    From Planning to Execution

    by Ken Connor ...
    Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebditch and Ken Connor examine, with a critical eye, successful as well as failed coup attempts throughout the twentieth century with the aim of showing their readers just what it takes to swiftly and soundly overthrow a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    Prize-winning work of investigative journalism by Glenn Greenwald, José Casado and Roberto Kaz revealed how the US intelligence services have spied on Brazilian authorities. Following huge amount of data released by Edward Snowden, they exposed how the NSA has tapped phones and infiltrated computer systems to gain access to crucial information from Brazil´s biggest companies, such as Petrobras, ... Read more

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  • Blackwater

    The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

    The “crackling exposé” (New York Times Book Review) of the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America's nameOn September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square, leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled "Baghdad's Bloody Sunday," was neither the work of Iraqi insurgents nor U.S. soldiers. ... Read more

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  • Presidents in Crisis

    Tough Decisions inside the White House from Truman to Obama

    Every American president, when faced with a crisis, longs to take bold and decisive action. When American lives or vital interests are at stake, the public-and especially the news media and political opponents-expect aggressive leadership. But, contrary to the dramatizations of Hollywood, rarely does a president have that option.In Presidents in Crisis, a former director of the Situation Room ... Read more

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  • Dictatorland

    The Men Who Stole Africa

    by Paul Kenyon ...
    A Financial Times Book of the Year'Jaw-dropping' Daily Express'Grimly fascinating' Financial Times'Humane, timely, accessible and well-researched' Irish TimesThe dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a perman... ... Read more

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  • Mercenaries

    Putting the World to Rights with Hired Guns

    by Al J. Venter ...
    An "in-depth [and] well-researched" look at soldiers-for-hire and their role in modern warfare around the globe—includes photos ( Portland Book Review).Mercenaries have been a part of warfare for centuries, and in today's world, these hired guns are an attractive alternative for Western governments reluctant to put their militaries at risk for obscure causes that would otherwise be difficult to ... Read more

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  • Days of the Generals

    The untold story of South Africa’s apartheid-era military generals

    by Hilton Hamann ...
    What really happened during South Africa’s military involvement in Angola? Did the military leaders always see eye to eye with the politicians – and with each other? Was South Africa responsible for the death of Mozambican President Samora Machel? What was the extent of South Africa’s nuclear programme? How did South Africa’s military machine deal with the end of apartheid? Based on interviews ... Read more

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  • Merchant of Death

    Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible

    Praise for Merchant of Death"A riveting investigation of the world's most notorious arms dealer--a page-turner that digs deep into the amazing, murky story of Viktor Bout. Farah and Braun have exposed the inner workings of one of the world's most secretive businesses--the international arms trade."—Peter L. Bergen, author of The Osama bin Laden I Know"Viktor Bout is like Osama bin Laden: a major ... Read more

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  • Tell Me No Lies

    Investigative Journalism and its Triumphs

    by John Pilger ...
    Tell Me No Lies is a celebration of the very best investigative journalism, and includes writing by some of the greatest practitioners of the craft: Seymour Hersh on the My Lai massacre; Paul Foot on the Lockerbie cover-up; Wilfred Burchett, the first Westerner to enter Hiroshima following the atomic bombing; Israeli journalist Amira Hass, reporting from the Gaza Strip in the 1990s; Gunter ... Read more

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  • The Shadow World

    Inside the Global Arms Trade

    The Shadow World presents the behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, exposing in forensic detail the deadly collusion that too often exists among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military--a situation that compromises our security and undermines our democracy.Now a major PBS documentary"An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, ... Read more

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