Books from Metropolitan Books
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
By Greg Grandin16. Brinkley, Wheels for the World, p. 233. 17. “Roosevelt Bitter in Beginning War on the President,” New York Times, October 29, 1918. 18. “Osborn Attacks Ford,” New York Times, June 15, 1918; “To Michigan: Not Ford,” Chicago Tribune, ...
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The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: A Biography
By Frances Stonor SaundersThe current Lord Ashbourne, Edward Barry Greynville, kindly allowed me to explore the contents of an old leather travelling case belonging to Violet, his great-aunt. I am very grateful for access to this rich cache of documents and ...
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Somewhere in the Unknown World: Refugee Stories
By Kao Kalia YangHere are people who found the strength and courage to rebuild after leaving all they hold dear. Awo and her mother, who escaped from Somalia, reunite with her father on the phone every Saturday, across the span of continents and decades.
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Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
By Anna MerlanAaronovitch, David Abbott, Greg ABC Abedin, Huma Abramović, Marina Abramson, Seth ACLU of Tennessee Adams, Alexander Adams, Brandon Adams, Garrett Adams, Mike Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program Afghanistan War Africa ...
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Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing
By Matt StroudJack Maple and Chris Mitchell, The Crime Fighter (New York: Doubleday, 1999), 13. Richard Levine, “Decoy Unit Halted by Transit Police in Arrests Dispute,” New York Times, December 3, 1987. “Jack Maple—Part 1—Speaking to MTA Training ...
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Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
By Alice EcholsAccording to Peter Berg, the Diggers also suggested to Bobby Seale that the Black Panther Party establish a free-food program (interview with Berg). “families": Interview with Richard Hundgen. All subsequent quotations are from this ...
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In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond
By Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher, Jill CutlerThe War Crimes of the Occupation Mark LeVine The Bush administration's culpability for war crimes encompasses its refusal to protect and provide for Iraqi civilians. Mark LeVine argues in the following article that the United States, ...
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Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-opted Human Rights
By James PeckJames Truslow Adams, who in the depths of the Depression popularized the phrase “the American Dream,” had urged his fellow citizens to take control of the processes unleashed by the industrial and corporate organization of America.82 ...
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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
By Caroline FraserLane's meeting with Anderson is recorded in RWL Diary and accounts—Europe, 1921, entry for May 26, 1921. HHPL, RWL Diaries and Notes, item #7. See also RWL to Sherwood Anderson, May 11, 1929. Holtz, “Sherwood Anderson and Rose Wilder ...
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The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of a Universe
By Michael FraynJ. Kennedy (1985).Thiswas duringa conversation in aBerlin taxi, when Weizsäckerwas nineteen. 'In thatmoment,' says Weizsäcker, 'I decided to study physics to understand this.' 4.Heisenberg,in Quantum Theoryand Measurement, ed.
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Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy
By Michael KlareFor background and discussion, see James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (Baker Institute), “The Changing Role of National Oil Companies in International Energy Markets,” Baker Institute Policy Report, Rice University, ...
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
By Kim Phillips-Fein28 The New York State constitution mandated that voters approve all new bond issues, and in 1960 voters turned down several Rockefeller-backed proposals. Rather than back down from his building plans for the state, the governor turned ...
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Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley
By Corey PeinI explained the process: Put in rice, add water, press the button labeled Cook. He grew increasingly flustered, and I suspected he wanted me to make the rice for him. He managed to sauté a boneless, skinless chicken breast, ...
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Freud: The Making of an Illusion
By Frederick CrewsIn short, virtually the entire neural model of the “Project” was retained despite Freud's assertion of creating a psychological model.55 Independently, moreover, the information scientist Don R. Swanson examined all of Freud's ...
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The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism
By Thomas FrankThomas H. Greer, What Roosevelt Thought: The Social and Political Ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Michigan State University Press, 1958), p. 100. “Whole community” / “if the ballot”: from “The Uses of an Education,” a speech FDR gave at ...
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The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory
By Andrew BacevichAs it is, we will never know with certainty how Bush might have translated such inclinations into policy. On 9/11, Mohamed Atta and his eighteen coconspirators not only took the controls of four American passenger jets, ...
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After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed
By Andrew Bacevich12 President George W. Bush had little patience with mere collective defense; he was keen to retaliate. For Bush and his key advisers, waging a Global War on Terrorism meant going on the offensive.
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Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country
By Andrew J. Bacevich" In Breach of Trust, bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich takes stock of the separation between Americans and their military, tracing its origins to the Vietnam era and exploring its pernicious implications: a nation with an abiding ...
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Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War
By Andrew J. BacevichThis is the moment, Bacevich argues, to reconsider the principles which shape American policy in the world—to acknowledge that fixing Afghanistan should not take precedence over fixing Detroit.
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
By Andrew Bacevich"Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter who's in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him."—Bill Moyers An immediate New York Times bestseller, The Limits of Power offers an unparalleled examination ...