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The New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9/11, the Cover-Up, and the Expose (History & Current Affairs)
David Ray Griffin

Olive Branch Press, 2008

In 2004, David Ray Griffin published his landmark book The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 , which became a founding text of the 9/11 truth movement, presenting what was then the most thorough critique of the official story available. As new developments occurred, Griffin continually brought the discussion up to date in his subsequent books. Now The New Pearl Harbor Revisited synthesizes the most ...

Hamas: A History from Within

1 review
Azzam Tamimi

Olive Branch Press, 2007

An important perspective.
Mr. Tamimi has given readers an excellent perspective from within Hamas. The author used his access to this group and its leadership to create a work that gives the reader the Hamas story as seen by Hamas. There is no filter but instead the reader hears the Hamas perspective from their own mouths as they see themselves. This is a very important distinction because too often we get the Hamas ...

Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory

72 reviews
David Ray Griffin

Olive Branch Press, 2007

Crime of the Century
On the morning of 9/11 I heard of the first plane hitting the tower while listening to NPR in the early morning hours near San Francisco. I woke our son and the three of us sat in bed watching this event unfold, wanting to know more. When the second plane hit, we knew this was some sort of attack, but as the information came in about terrorists with box-cutters, and no military response at the ...

Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11

5 reviews
Jack G. Shaheen

Olive Branch Press, 2008

Excellent Sequel to Reel Bad Arabs
Professor Jack Shaheen's starts where he left off in his previous book Reel Bad Arabs. Like in his earlier works, this book covers the range of films that have come out after 9/11 and analyzes them in light of whether or not they pepetuate the stereotypical Arab or Muslim. To much of the surprise of moviegoers like myself, many of the box office hits and critically acclaimed films of the post ...

World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case Against War

Olive Branch Press, 2008

A definitive reference work for activists and citizens interested in taking part in the worldwide effort to speak out against the war in Iraq and against the abuse of power. "In February 2003-weeks before an illegal war was initiated against Iraq-millions of people protested in the streets of the world. That call went unheeded... [Now] Iraq has been invaded, occupied, and devastated. The attack on Iraq is an attack on justice, on liberty, on ...

The War on Lebanon: A Reader

3 reviews

Olive Branch Press, 2007

An excellent account by several scholars
I very much enjoyed this book that contains la creme of several studies and articles on the 2006 war in Lebanon. Not only the capable and authoritative role of Dr. Khalidi but the inclusion of several scholarly accounts, articles, tables, and studies that provide a full spectrum of information. You will find economic, political, humanitarian, and military details that give a good picture of what ...

Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer

8 reviews
Phyllis Bennis

Olive Branch Press, 2007

A lopsided argument for a lopsided conflict.
This primer filled gaps in my historical knowledge of the region, particulary the various Summits and Accords. Having lived with both a Palestinian and a Jordanian in college, I am familiar with the "other side of the story," which is difficult to come by even in the college classroom. We in the USA are so insulated to the reality of the conflict that it blows my mind. The PR/Psyops ...

The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions And Distortions

72 reviews
David Ray Griffin

Olive Branch Press, 2004

The 9/11 Commission lied to you; PERIOD!
I will give you a taste of the book: 1 - The omission of evidence that at least six of the alleged hijackers---including Waleed al-Shehri, said by the Commission probably to have stabbed a flight attendant on Flight 11 before it crashed into the North Tower of the WTC---are still alive (19-20). 2 - The omission of evidence about Mohamed Atta---such as his reported fondness for alcohol, pork, ...

9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out, Vol. 1

24 reviews

Olive Branch Press, 2006

Best of the 11 books on 9/11 I've read so far...
...a very difficult choice, as they include books by Ahmed,Griffin,Tarpley, Zwicker and others! This collection of brilliant articles is hard to beat because it covers the key aspects of 9/11 truth and a wide range of connected important issues concerning our future. If you only have time for one book, read this! Pekka Castrén

The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela

9 reviews
Eva Golinger

Olive Branch Press, 2006

Superb study of the US state's illicit intervention in Venezuela
Eva Golinger, an American-Venezuelan lawyer and graduate of New York Law School, has produced a remarkable book based on documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. They show how the US state has schemed incessantly to overthrow Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. The USA funds opposition movements across Latin America, through its `National Endowment for Democracy'. Since 2000, ...

Arab Women: Between Defiance and Restraint

3 reviews

Olive Branch Press, 1998

A must-read to really know who arab women are
I was amazed by this excellent book, that reveals what is usually hidden, or completely caricatured and falsely represented in the western media on arab women. The main discovery I have made was that far from being dominated and deshumanized, arab women (at least in Palestine and other arab countries) can undertake huge resonsabilities, organize their life and be far more independant as we would ...

Iraq: A War

Olive Branch Press, 2006

Risking their lives, intrepid journalists and photographers have labored in often desperate conditions to bring images of war-torn Iraq to the rest of the world. Since no war in US history has had more carefully managed press coverage than this one, their more controversial and moving efforts have gone largely unreported in the United States. Now, here are the pictures Americans have not seen: An Iraqi boy trying to study with a bandaged eye; ...

Shattering The Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out

2 reviews

Olive Branch Press, 2005

excellent condition and service
Just what the title says. Service was excellent. No problems with delivery. Book looked like I ran and picked it up at the bookstore.

Haile Selassie's War

5 reviews
Anthony Mockler

Olive Branch Press, 2002

Too Bad It's Out Of Print
This is probably one of the best war histories ever written. Mockler's superb book outlines the causes, actions and consequences of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict from Italy's first (foiled) attempt at conquest in 1896 at Adowa to Haile Selassie's final overthrow in the early 1970s by a military junta. Mockler was exceedingly fortunate to have interviewed some of the people who appear in his book. ...

Ending the Iraq War: A Primer
Phyllis Bennis

Olive Branch Press, 2008

Even before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, challenging questions were on the rise. Why did three separate U.S. administrations, so different in so many ways, all agree on maintaining crippling economic sanctions on Iraq? Was it really the United Nations that imposed those "international" sanctions? Why was the second Bush administration so determined to go after Saddam Hussein? What was Operation Iraqi Freedom all about? What did oil have to do ...

Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power
Phyllis Bennis, Danny Glover

Olive Branch Press, 2005

When millions around the world marched to protest the Iraq war and the U.S. drive towards empire, the New York Times dubbed global public opinion "the second super-power." What empowered those protests was their alliance -- if only for a brief moment -- with governments unexpectedly willing to stand up to U.S. pressure, and with the United Nations itself, when it followed its Charter's command to stop "the scourge of war." Bennis tracks the ...

Understanding the US-Iran Crisis: A Primer
Phyllis Bennis

Olive Branch Press, 2008

Widening opposition to the illegal Iraq War, growing recognition that the war in Afghanistan has failed to bring stability or democracy to that beleaguered country, new tensions rising in Pakistan, escalating violence and humanitarian crisis in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, all have brought new fears but also heightened interest in the wider Middle East region, especially interest in Iran. This book aims to address this new and ...

Dancing in the No-fly Zone: A Woman's Journey Through Iraq

17 reviews
Hadani Ditmars

Olive Branch Press, 2005

Excellent look at civilian perspective in Iraq
This is a book about Iraq from a civilian's perspective and it should be read for its own merits and not, at all, as a title seeking to justify the Iraq invasion or villify the US government. Ditmars focuses on the civilian element in her book, and rarely strays into military territory. She tells us what she learned talking to the Iraqi people and because of that, this is a title that should be ...

The War On Truth: 9/11, Disinformation And The Anatomy Of Terrorism

24 reviews
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

Olive Branch Press, 2005

Connecting the Dots
Nafeez Ahmed has done what the corporate news media and our public officials have failed to do: offer us a plausible account of how and why America was attacked on September 11, 2001. "It has been said that the intelligence agencies have to be right 100 percent of the time and the terrorists only have to get lucky once," observed Mindy Kleinberg, whose husband died in the WTC. "This ...

Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis

6 reviews
Phyllis Bennis, Noam Chomsky

Olive Branch Press, 2002

A Bit of Clarity amidst Obscurity
In 'Before & After,' Phyllis Bennis has provided Americans with an essential book on 9.11. Her points are well-documented and enumerated in a clear and jargon-free language. Moreover, she discusses each of the required topics: Oil and Israel, Palestine and human rights, American and international politics, regional and world domination, unilateralism and the rule of law. She easily exposes the ...

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