This book demonstrates how international media coverage of contemporary wars often encourages serious misunderstandings of complex situations.

In a mix of personal narrative, political commentary, and literary criticism, Alcalay surveys diverse subjects, among them Mediterranean culture, Arabic literature, the destruction of Carthage, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and the war in Bosnia.

AUTODAFE is a collection of reports, interviews, correspondence, narratives, and stories from around the world. The review aims to be a place for debate and experimentation, a place where writers, silenced by censorship join voices with world-renowned writers.

Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode.

Three distinguished activist scholars examine the background and ramifications of the U.S. conflict with Iraq. Through three separate essays, the pamphlet provides an in-depth analysis of U.S./Arab relations, the contradictions and consequences of U.S. foreign policy toward "rogue states."

Didion cuts to the core of the deceptions and deflections to explain and illuminate what came to be called "the disconnect" — and to reveal a political class increasingly intolerant of the nation that sustains it.

An incisive examination of the tensions that exist between the West and Islamic societies of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. These essays, originating in Goytisolo's travels in the late 1990s, provide rich historical analysis and moving first-person reportage of life in four explosive war zones: Sarajevo, Algeria, the West Bank and Gaza.

This signal anthology contains material from the journal Our Generation that is most relevant and helpful to current debate and anti-war activity.

The triumph of image over reality and reason is the theme of this book, which contains studies assembled from many countries throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

The little-explored story of how politics, propaganda, and profits were combined to create the drama, imagery and fantasy that was American film during World War II. 32 black-and-white photographs.

Convinced that Muslim Americans are "the victims of mistaken identity" ("our fellow citizens think all Muslims are terrorists and women-oppressors"), Hasan breaks through the stereotypes and generalizations to talk about the religion and the believers she knows from the inside.

"Analysis of the mainstream media's (especially television's) portrayal of the war — contrasted with alternative media — which charges 'distortions, disinformation and outright lies.'"

A compelling, provocative and persuasive study of the dangers of personal, religious, ethnic and national identities.

"David Miller chronicles the propaganda and (mis)information management which did so much to distort and impoverish media reporting of the Northern Ireland conflict."

This book brings together the best commentaries on media coverage of the Irish conflict over the last twenty-five years.

"Ross records the rebel experience from its earliest days through the Mexican presidential election in July 2000."

In this absorbing book, Werner captures the innocence of children caught in the crossfire of social change wrought by the war that destroyed cities and families and restructured lives.