This is by no means comprehensive, just some works that have contributed to my overall understanding of our increasingly complex global community. Suggestions/recommendations greatly appreciated.
Updated: 08-12-13
- Drone Warfare – Killing by Remote Control – Medea Benjamin
- Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields – Charles Bowden
- Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy – Noam Chomsky
- Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda – Noam Chomsky
- Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force – Noam Chomsky
- Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order – Noam Chomsky
- Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians – Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappe
- The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality – His Holiness The Dalai Lama
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures – Anne Fadiman
- We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families – Philip Gourevitch
- With Liberty and Justice for Some – Glenn Greenwald
- The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State – Shane Harris
- War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning – Chris Hedges
- Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt – Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco
- Brave New World – Aldous Huxley **
- Blowback: The Costs an Consequences of American Empire – Chalmers Johnson
- Dismantling the Empire: America’s Last Hope – Chalmers Johnson
- No Logo – Naomi Klein
- The Passion of Bradley Manning – Chase Madar
- 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created – Charles C. Mann
- The Shock of the News: Media Coverage and the Making of 9/11 – Brian A. Monahan
- 1984 – George Orwell **
- The Face of Imperialism – Michael Parenti
- Confessions of an Economic Hitman – John Perkins
- The Secret History of the American Empire – John Perkins
- Economic Hitmen, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption – John Perkins
- None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture – Joshua E. S. Phillips
- The New Rulers of the World – John Pilger
- Arab Spring, Libyan Winter – Vijay Prashad
- The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us – Joshua Cooper Ramo
- Target Iran: The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change – Scott Ritter
- Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army – Jeremy Scahill
- Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield – Jeremy Scahill
- Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History – Matt Taibbi
- God is Not a Christian and Other Provocations – Desmond Tutu
- Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets – Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
- A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn
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