HISTORICAL

The Grand Chess Board - Brzezinski Zbigniew
These are the very first words in the book: "Ever since the continents started interacting politically, some five hundred years ago, Eurasia has been the center of world power."- p. xiii. Eurasia is all of the territory east of Germany and Poland, stretching all the way through Russia and China to the Pacific Ocean. It includes the Middle East and most of the Indian subcontinent. The key to controlling Eurasia, says Brzezinski, is controlling the Central Asian Republics. And the key to controlling the Central Asian republics is Uzbekistan. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Uzbekistan was forcefully mentioned by President George W. Bush in his address to a joint session of Congress, just days after the attacks of September 11, as the very first place that the U.S. military would be deployed.

War is a Racket , by Maj. General Smedley Butler
Description Chapter 1: War Is A Racket Chapter 2: Who Makes the Profits? Chapter 3: Who Pays the Bills? Chapter 4: How To Smash This Racket! Chapter 5: To Hell With War! Smedley Darlington Butler • Born: West Chester, Pa., July 30, 1881 • Educated: Haverford School • Married: Ethel C. Peters, of Philadelphia, June 30, 1905 • Awarded two congressional medals of honor: 1. capture of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914 2. capture of Ft. Riviere, Haiti, 1917 • Distinguished service medal, 1919 • Major General - United States Marine Corps • Retired Oct. 1, 1931 • On leave of absence to act as director of Dept. of Safety, Philadelphia, 1932 • Lecturer -- 1930's • Republican Candidate for Senate, 1932 • Died at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, June 21, 1940 • For more information about Major General Butler, contact the US Marine Corps

A People's History of United States - 1492-Present by Howard Zinn
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Zinn, History, American people, United States, USA, Slavery, Liberation, Revolution, Women, War, Emancipation, Freedom, Labor, Native, Amerindians, Repression, Ethnocide, Resistance, Civil Rights, Desegregation, Government, Human progress, Tyranny, Health, Poverty, Economy, Policy, Vietnam, Humanism, Humanity, Black people, Immigration

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
In The Prince, Machiavelli offered a monarchical ruler advice designed to keep that ruler in power. He recommended policies that would discourage mass political activism, and channel subjects' energies into private pursuits. Machiavelli wanted to persuade the monarch that he could best preserve his power by the judicious use of violence, by respecting private property and the traditions of his subjects, and by promoting material prosperity. Machiavelli held that political life cannot be governed by a single set of moral or religious absolutes, and that the monarch may sometimes be excused for performing acts of violence and deception that would be ethically indefensible in private life.


Tragedy & Hope, A History of the World in Our Time by Carroll Quigley
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"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences"