Greg Grandin: 10 books
Kissinger's Shadow
The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stance
In his fascinating new book Kissinger's Shadow, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of...
by Jim Baggott, Stephen Fender, Maryanne Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
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The Blood of Guatemala
A History of Race and Nation
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2000
Over the latter half of the twentieth century, the Guatemalan state slaughtered more than two hundred thousand of its citizens. In the wake of this violence, a vibrant pan-Mayan movement has emerged, one that is challenging Ladino (non-indigenous) notions of citizenship and national identity. In The...
Kissingers langer Schatten
Amerikas umstrittenster Staatsmann und sein Erbe
Language: German
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Für die einen ist er Amerikas Metternich, für die anderen ein Zyniker und Kriegsverbrecher. Greg Grandin zeigt in seinem fesselnden Buch, dass Henry Kissinger vor allem eines ist: der einflussreichste Architekt des imperialen, militaristischen und weit nach rechts abgedrifteten Amerika von heute....
O império da necessidade
Escravatura, liberdade e ilusão no Novo Mundo
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Em fevereiro de 1805, um experiente navegador da Nova Inglaterra cruzou com uma embarcação perdida nas águas revoltas do Atlântico Sul. Tratava-se do veleiro espanhol Tryal, que transportava negros africanos para as Américas, cujo capitão, Benito Cereño, havia sido feito refém por um grupo...
Empire's Workshop
Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
An eye-opening examination of Latin America**'s role as proving ground for** U.S. imperial strategies and tactics
In recent years, one book after another has sought to take the measure of the Bush administration's aggressive foreign policy. In their search for precedents, they invoke the Roman...
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall.
Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing...
Fordlandia
The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
The stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon
In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project...
The Empire of Necessity
Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America's struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond
One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter,...
by Greg Grandin
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
In 1984, indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchú published a harrowing account of life under a military dictatorship in Guatemala. That autobiography—I, Rigoberta Menchú—transformed the study and understanding of modern Guatemalan history and brought its author international renown. She...