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Set the Night on Fire
Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black …
I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics
 I exist to say,  No, that isn't the way it is,' or  What you believe to be true is not true for the following reasons.' I am a master of the obvious. I mean, if there's a hole …
Political Action
Political theorist Michael Walzer's classic guide is a perfect introduction to social activism, including what-to-do advice for deciding which issues to take on, organizing, …
I Told You So
"e;I exist to say, 'No, that isn't the way it is,' or 'What you believe to be true is not true for the following reasons.' I am a master of the obvious. I mean, if there's a …
How We Forgot the Cold War
Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to …
Professors, Politics and Pop
"It is frightening to think the [Jon Wiener] teaches history at a university ... "-Jacques Derrida"Wiener takes the modern university as his beat, and covers it like a police …
Historians in Trouble
Historians in Trouble is investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener's "e;incisive and entertaining"e; (New Statesman, UK) account of several of the most notorious …
Gimme Some Truth
When FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reported to the Nixon White House in 1972 about the Bureau's surveillance of John Lennon, he began by explaining that Lennon was a 'former member …
Conspiracy in the Streets
THE TRIAL THAT IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREReprinted to coincide with the release of the new Aaron Sorkin film, this book provides the political background of this infamous trial, …
Come Together
An engaging look at one of music's most defiantly political figures, Come Together recreates two decades of rock and rebellion by tracing John Lennon's ever-evolving politics from …
Set the Night on Fire
Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black …
How We Forgot the Cold War
Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to …