Six essays on the theme of empire and republic, with particular focus on the national security state and the failure of the U.S. economic system./P&gt;

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (The Real Story Series)

History

VIDAL,GORE

Americas

Odonian Press

A brilliant distillation of the real motivations behind U.S. foreign policy, compiled from talks and interviews completed between 1986 and 1991, with particular attention to Central America.

What Uncle Sam Really Wants (The Real Story Series)

CHOMSKY, Noam.

These interviews, conducted in 1993 and 1994, touch on a range of domestic and international topics from corporate welfare and free trade to gun control and religious fundamentalism

Secrets, Lies and Democracy (The Real Story Series)

Business & Money

Economics

This illusion-shattering masterpiece discusses Aristotle, the U.S. left, postmodernism and everything in between, based on interviews conducted in 1996 and 1997. Includes a list of 160 progressive organizations worth supporting.

The Common Good (Real Story)

Examining everything from who hated Kennedy to all the evidence from The Warren Commission and subsequent investigations, Oglesby shows that the U.S. government has been-and still is-involved in covering up the true story.

Who Killed JFK? (The Real Story Series)

OGLESBY, CARL

Melanson draws on intelligence community sources and interviews with key witnesses (including James Earl Ray) to point out glaring oversights and illogical conclusions in the official explanation of King's assassination.

Who Killed Martin Luther King? (The Real Story Series)

Melanson, Philip

An entertaining, insightful history of the men who've held the office, from the division between Jefferson and Hamilton through Bill Clinton's campaign for national health care.

The American Presidency (The Real Story Series)

South End Press is honored to be publishing the The Real Story Series of Odonian Press. The Real Story Series is based on a simple idea-political books don't have to be boring. This collection of interviews and talks by Noam Chomsky is an ideal introduction to the man the New York Times called "arguably the most important intellectual alive."
In a lively conversational style, Chomsky discusses all the important political issues facing America at the turn of the century. From Central America to the Mideast, from Aristotle to postmodernism, Chomsky argues the cause of democracy and freedom with great clarity and passion. This handsome quartet comes shrink-wrapped in a 4-color case suitable for display.
Includes the titles: Secret Lies and Democracy; The Prosperous Few and Restless Many; What Uncle Sam Really Wants; and The Common Good.

The Chomsky Quartet (The Real Story Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Details the island nation's struggle to survive a brutal invasion by Indonesia, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 200,000 East Timorese since 1975

East Timor: Genocide in Paradise (The Real Story)

Matthew Jardine

Asia

Foreword by the Dalai Lama 
This emotionally gripping book tells the story of Burma's struggle for independence and democracy, based on interviews with hundreds of Burmese from ordinary citizens to freedom fighters in the jungle.

Burma: The Next Killing Fields? (The Real Story Series)

Clements, Alan

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