Thorsten Veblen
Category: Erudition
Influential reading
The Scramble for Africa
Thomas Pakenham
A comprehensive treatment of the European colonization of Africa.
The Revolution Betrayed
Leon Trotsky
A depressing account of the social, political and economic evolution of the post-Lenin Soviet Union. A convincing case is made that true Communism was never achieved in the U.S.S.R., and judgement of its’ validity as a political and economic system should be sought elsewhere.
Orientalism
Edward Said
A classic and humbling dissection of European attitudes towards the
Middle East.
The Justice of Roosting Chickens
Ward Churchill
An astoundingly courageous look at U.S. exploitation on both the domestic and foreign fronts.
Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond
A relatively comprehensive, but ultimately incomplete, look at the roots of European technological, military and political dominance.
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
Peter Hopkirk
Important background material for anyone wanting to understand the historical context of today’s conflicts in high Central Asia.
Europe: A History
Norman Davies
The best single-volume treatment of the subject that I know.
Ecological Emperialism
Alfred Crosby
An excellent thesis on the importance of environmental domination during the colonial period.
Crossing the Rubicon
Michael Ruppert
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