Political oppression & persecution books

This text addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, whether it be the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans,...  Read More >>

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The laogai, in the People's Republic of China, are sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag, and are thought to have...  Read More >>

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An account of the Venerable Palden Gyatso's 33 years as a political prisoner in a Chinese prison in Tibet.  Read More >>

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Contends that the Eucharist is the Church's response to the use of torture as a social discipline. This book develops...  Read More >>

Caring for Victims of Torture contains all the collective wisdom of some of the most respected international experts...  Read More >>

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An issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left...  Read More >>

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"This book examines the origins and consequences of Burma's current policies from military, political, social, and...  Read More >>

Salvadoran refugee women tell their stories of escape from El Salvador during some of the worst years of civil unrest...  Read More >>

Recounts the story of the Chechens' struggle for independence and the Kremlin politics that precipitated it. The...  Read More >>

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This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern...  Read More >>

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Confining itself to the peaks of anticolonial struggles and the popular resistance to the state in independent India,...  Read More >>

In this no-holds-barred account, the former head of the United Nations in Sudan reveals for the first time the shocking...  Read More >>

The prison memoirs of Yang Xiguang, a high school student, who was arrested during the Cultural Revolution for penning...  Read More >>