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Hannibal's Top 20+ Politics and History Books
A Listmania! list by SQ "Samwell aka Sam the Stranger aka Hannibal" (Europe/Asia)

1. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk

The list author says:
	"Robert Fisk is Humanity's Witness to the unspeakable attrocities committed in the last 50 years. A modern day sage."

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2. Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

The list author says:
	"Nafeez Mosaddeq applys the Occams Razor to political analysis. His blade is so sharp it cuts away all the misinformation about Iraq."

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3. The Clash of Civilizations: And the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington

The list author says:
	"The bible of the neo-cons. They didn't light the fire, just added tons of dynamite to it..."

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4. Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky

The list author says:
	"Chomsky. One of the many 'left' intellectuals who oppose the neo-con agenda with facts. Informative though sometimes a bit dull..."

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5. Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer

The list author says:
	"A CIA insider's point of view regarding the "war on terror". An analysis of al Qaida and UBL, and the rational basis for their motivations and strategies."

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6. Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (Fully Revised Edition) by Edward W Said

The list author says:
	"A Great work from the pen of the late Edward Said. Describes in detail how a large section of the media manipulates information regarding Islam and Muslims for a desired end. Train to hate..."

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7. The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy

The list author says:
	"Roy is another 'left' intellectual who opposes the neo-con/corporate agenda in these collection of dynamic essays. She's also a talented writer and activist who stands up while others just talk."

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8. The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman

The list author says:
	"Interesting in parts, even if a bit of propaganda. Globalisation seems to be an irreversible process. Who are the winners and who are the losers? Where is it heading? Doesn't answer this.."

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9. Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson

The list author says:
	"Hanson is a military historian who describes with the help of landmark battles (i.e. 'the ones we won') to prove that the 'West' will crush all enemies.This could be renamed 'Resistance is futile'"

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10. Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods by Ray L. Smith

The list author says:
	"Poole is no armchair historian. A US army marines trainer. He understands the effectivness of the Attrition model of warfare. Some startling conclusions that are coming true in Iraq and Afghanistan."

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11. Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Anthony Pape

The list author says:
	"Facts, facts, facts. And then some more facts. What is 'suicide'? what is 'suicide bombing'? Confused? Pape, a professor of political science is an expert on the subject. Available at Amazon.com"

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12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The list author says:
	"The comprehensive masterpiece on War and its strategies."

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13. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated General by Smedley D. Butler

The list author says:
	"A popular American General tells it like it is. Remember that war is a racket, a deception, conducted for the benefit of the few. Thats why you need 'trigger events' to generate mass hysteria."

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14. Sharing the Promised Land: Interwoven Tale of Israelis and Palestinians by Dilip Hiro

The list author says:
	"The Israeli-Palestinian Imbroglio from a neutral point of view. The fire will continue to rage until this problem is resolved."

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15. Forcing God's Hand: Why Millions Pray for a Quick Rapture and Destruction of Planet Earth by Grace Halsell

The list author says:
	"There are some powerful groups in USA who dream of Armageddon and who want to quicken it, bring it about. This is a fact. You know Who Mr Walker belongs to this cult."

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16. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Saqi Essentials) by Amin Maalouf

The list author says:
	"History time. Amin Maalouf is one of my favourite writers of historical fiction. Here he writes the defintive historical account of the Crusades as written by the Arab chroniclers."

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17. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

The list author says:
	"Can't be interested in history and not read Gibbon. Covers the rise of Islam, the Crusades, Mongols and the fall of Byzantium."

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18. A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel

The list author says:
	"A good overview, written some years ago, so some bias is obvious. Was it in this book that I read that Europe is not a seperate continent but a peninsula of Asia? Puts things in perspective."

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19. A Short History of the World (Penguin Classics) by H. G. Wells

The list author says:
	"Another very good history book, written by a visionary. Broad in scope and well written, I enjoyed it."

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20. Millennium: A History of Our Last Thousand Years by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

The list author says:
	"An epic take on history of the last 1000 years, viewed in snapshots of different eras. The historian takes a long term perspective (imagine viewing the events from sometime far in the future)."

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21. From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest by T. Z. Lavine

The list author says:
	"An engrossing book on philosophy. I really enjoyed it when I first read it many years ago. First time I heard of Descartes, Hume, Hegel, Sartre, etc. I learnt to ask 'How do you know?'"

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22. The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. (Abridged Edition) (Bollingen Series (General)) by Ibn Khald�n

The list author says:
	"What is history? How do you study and analyze societies? The insights of Ibn Khaldun, while well known in academia are generally unknown to the public. He defined it. A political Scientist of Genius."

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23. The Venture of Islam: The Classical Age of Islam v.1: Conscience and History in a World Civilization: The Classical Age of Islam Vol 1 by Hodgson