Compiling a list of books I’d without reservations recommend is tough, but I’m working on it. I’ll get back to you.
Meanwhile, here’s a partial list of books to get you started if you’re looking for some information about how the world works — other than the utter horseshit you’re subjected to by the mainstream media.
Lost History; Contras, Cocaine, the Press, and Project Truth
, by Robert Parry. The Reagan Administration lied about everything in perpetrating its illegal war against Nicaragua. Parry chronicles and sources all the sleazy stuff Bob Woodward omitted in Veil; The Secret Wars of the CIA. A terrific book, as are all of Parry's. Go to his Amazon page and browse (then consider buying from your nearest independant bookstore).Th
Exception to the Rulers, by Amy Goodman. Among other atrocities, Goodman chronicles the history of the worst continuing genocide of the last 30 years, and the role of four U.S. presidents played in it;
The New Pearl Harbor, by David Ray Griffith. The Bush Administration lied about virtually all the facts and backstory behind 9/11. Impeccably researched and sourced, this one, which was completely ignored by the mainstream media, will shake you up. The 9/11 Commission Report, Omissions and Distortions, by David Ray Griffith. Griffin’s follow up of The New Pearl Harbor shows the 9/11 Commission for the travesty that it was. Their outright lies and deceptions fit any definition of treason you care to use. The War on Truth, by Nafeez Ahmed is another good one on 9/11. Also see the books by Thierry Meyssan and Michael Chossudovsky.
Overthrow, America’s Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq, by Stephen Kinzer. Sums up the U.S. history of overthrowing other governments.
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, by Stephen Kinzer. By overthrowing Iran’s secular, democratically elected government in 1953 (at the behest of an oil company) and installing “a monstrous dictator” in its stead, the U.S. government directly caused the Iranian revolution of 1979, which in turn caused the powder keg situation in the headlines today.
Bitter Fruit, The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, by Stephen Kinzer. In 1954, the U.S. government overthrew the democratically elected government of Guatemala at the behest of a fruit company. Over the next four decades over 200,000 people were slaughtered as a direct result.
The above three books by Steven Kinzer define the history of U.S. foreign policy regarding democracy subversion for the last hundred years.
The Case for Impeachment, by Dave Linderff and Barbara Olshansky. A reasoned an dimpeccably sourced analysis of the crimes of our sitting president.
Hegemony or Survival, by Noam Chomsky. Chomsky is the best source of perspective on world affairs. His books are too numerous to list; this one is a good place to start.
The most important book of our time is Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent. If you read this book and pay attention while doing so, all the books I’ve listed before it will be put in perspective — you’ll know the main reason why the world is so fucked up.
As I say, I’ll get back to you on my list of fiction. (Or, if you can’t wait for fiction, try any of Bob Woodward’s books after All the President’s Men.)
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