A wide-ranging anthology of investigative journalism from the liberation of Dachau in 1945 to the Florida elections scandal of 2000. Taken together they form a secret history of the last fifty years, revealing the truth behind the period s most important events.
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A wide-ranging anthology of investigative journalism from the liberation of Dachau in 1945 to the Florida elections scandal of 2000. Taken together th...
John Pilger looks at five countries, each of which has had a long struggle for freedom, and in each the people, having shed blood and dreams, are still waiting. He talks about Afghanistan, Iraq, South Africa, Palestine, and the island of Diego Garcia, giving a voice to the people living through these momentous times.
John Pilger looks at five countries, each of which has had a long struggle for freedom, and in each the people, having shed blood and dreams, are stil...
John Pilger is one of the world's renowned investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. In this fully updated collection, he reveals the secrets and illusions of modern imperialism. Beginning with Indonesia, he shows how General Suharto's bloody seizure of power in the 1960s was part of a western design to impose a 'global economy' on Asia. A million Indonesians dies as the price for being the World Bank's 'model pupil'. In a shocking chapter on Iraq, he allows us to understand the true nature of the West's war against the people of that country. And he dissects, piece by piece, the...
John Pilger is one of the world's renowned investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. In this fully updated collection, he reveals the sec...