Political oppression & persecution books

1309 books were found.

Between Despair and Hope: Windows on My Middle East Journey, 1967-92

Between Despair and Hope: Windows on My Middle East...

Author: Margarita Skinner
ISBN: 9781860641534
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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Life and Death Under Stalin: Kalinin Province, 1945-1953

Life and Death Under Stalin: Kalinin Province, 1945-1953...

Author: Kees Boterbloem ,  Kees Boterbloem
ISBN: 9780773518117
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Investigations of Stalin's regime have usually concentrated on events in Moscow and some of the developing industrial...  Read More >>

Blacklisted: A Journalist's Life in Central Europe

Blacklisted: A Journalist's Life in Central Europe

Author: Paul Lendvai (Independent Scholar, Austria)
ISBN: 9781860642685
Format: Hardback
$100.00

A memoir by Paul Lendvai, a Hungarian Jew who was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager. He became a communist activist...  Read More >>

Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941

Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941

Author: Robert W. Thurston
ISBN: 9780300074420
Format: Paperback
$59.95

Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors...  Read More >>

Rebuilding Communities in Refugee Settlements

Rebuilding Communities in Refugee Settlements

Author: Lina Payne (DFID)
ISBN: 9780855983949
Format: Paperback
$33.51

This book relates how structures were established to ensure the representation of all groups, particularly the most...  Read More >>

State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia

State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia...

Author: Ishtiaq Ahmed
ISBN: 9781855675780
Format: Paperback
$232.88

An analysis of many of the ethnic problems that plague South Asia, this text, taking a comparative approach, traces...  Read More >>

The Caged Ones

The Caged Ones

Author: Ludu U Hla ,  U Wa Thone
ISBN: 9789748299150
Format: Paperback
$47.52

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Fear No Evil

Fear No Evil

Author: Natan Sharansky
ISBN: 9781891620027
Format: Paperback
$52.67

The classic, inspiring memoir of a political dissident--a man whose fierce spirit and drive for freedom triumphed...  Read More >>

Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage...

Author: Lynn Meskell
ISBN: 9780415196550
Format: Paperback
$83.99

'Archaeology Under Fire' addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, whether it be the ethnic cleansing...  Read More >>

Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage...

Author: Lynn Meskell
ISBN: 9780415164702
Format: Hardback
$263.00

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

When The War Was Over (Revised Edition): Cambodia And The Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition

When The War Was Over (Revised Edition): Cambodia And...

Author: Elizabeth Becker
ISBN: 9781891620003
Format: Paperback
$66.00

The Khmer Rouge revolution brought unprecedented terror and destruction to Cambodia. In this account, often told...  Read More >>

Linguistics and the Third Reich: Mother-tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language

Linguistics and the Third Reich: Mother-tongue Fascism,...

Author: Christopher Hutton
ISBN: 9780415189545
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book is an account of the academic politics of the Nazi era. Hutton situates Nazi linguistics within the politics...  Read More >>

Prisons, Peace and Terrorism: Penal Policy in the Reduction of Political Violence in Northern Ireland, Italy and the Spanish Basque Country, 1968-97

Prisons, Peace and Terrorism: Penal Policy in the Reduction...

Author: M. Page
ISBN: 9780333732069
Format: Hardback
$232.85

An analysis of the role that prison policy can play in the reduction of terrorism. This text examines the experience...  Read More >>

Fire Under The Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner

Fire Under The Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner...

Author: Palden Gyatso ,  Tsering Shakya
ISBN: 9781860465093
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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

Refugees, Environment and Development

Refugees, Environment and Development

Author: Richard Black
ISBN: 9780582315648
Format: Paperback
$135.00

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Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ

Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body...

Author: William T. Cavanaugh (University of St Thomas)
ISBN: 9780631211990
Format: Paperback
$82.95

* Ties together eucharistic theology with concrete eucharistic practice* Includes interviews with ecclesiastical...  Read More >>

Caring for Victims of Torture

Caring for Victims of Torture

Author: James M. Jaranson ,  Michael K. Popkin
ISBN: 9780880487740
Format: Hardback
$195.36

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

National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria

National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria

Author: Erika Thurner ,  Gilya Gerda Schmidt
ISBN: 9780817309244
Format: Hardback
$101.64

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DPs: Europe's Displaced Persons, 1945–51

DPs: Europe's Displaced Persons, 1945–51

Author: Mark Wyman
ISBN: 9780801485428
Format: Paperback
$48.95

""Wyman's book is the only one that comprehensively, and sensitively, depicts the plight of the postwar refugees...  Read More >>

A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers

A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers...

Author: Lawrence Weschler
ISBN: 9780226893945
Format: Paperback
$46.95

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

Prison of Women: Testimonies of War and Resistance in Spain, 1939-1975

Prison of Women: Testimonies of War and Resistance in...

Author: Tomasa Cuevas ,  Mary E. Giles
ISBN: 9780791438589
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Prison of Women: Testimonies of War and Resistance in Spain, 1939-1975

Prison of Women: Testimonies of War and Resistance in...

Author: Tomasa Cuevas ,  Mary E. Giles
ISBN: 9780791438572
Format: Hardback
$141.24

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Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future

Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future

Author: Robert I. Rotberg
ISBN: 9780815775812
Format: Paperback
$45.99

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

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