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The New World Order and the Third World

Edited by Dave Broad and Lori Foster


Analyses the problems and possibilities for third world revolutions within the historical context of U.S. imperialism. Contributors include Ed Herman, Thomas Bodenheimer, Robert Gould, Samir Amin, Susanne Jonas, Dave Close, and Doug Booker.
POLITICS/WORLD
160 pages

Paperback ISBN: 1-895431-16-6 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-895431-17-4 $48.99
L.C. No. 91-72978

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@TITLE = The New World Order & the Third World @AUTHOR = Dave Broad & Lori Foster, eds. @SWFLYDESC TOP = Description: This book analyses the problems and possibilities for Third World revolutions within the historical context of US imperialism, including historical contexts. @TOPLINE BODY = Contents: Ed Herman (Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania; editor of Lies of Our Times): provides an overview of the various assaults on national liberation movements by the US since the early years of this century. Robert Gould (medical doctor; activist with Physicians for Social Responsibility; US foreign policy expert) & Thomas Bodenheimer (medical doctor; anti-imperialist activist and policy expert): examine US foreign policy in detail since World War II. Samir Amin (director, African Office of Third World Forum, Dakar, Senegal): deals with the real stakes of the Gulf War. Susanne Jonas (Univ. of California at Santa Cruz): looks at the effect that global political changes have had on Central America. Douglas W. Booker (Ottawa-based researcher who has lived and worked in the Philippines who is active in Third World solidarity & trade union work): describes the role of the fundamentalist church, especially in the Philippines. Dave Close (Memorial University, Newfoundland; specialist in Nicaraguan politics): discusses the 1990 electoral defeat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and in the last chapter of the book, lays out the historical context of the current international situation as he analyses the Gulf War and its aftermath. @ISBN TOPLINE = 172 pages, references . ISBN: 1-895431-16-6 $19.99 The New World Order & the Third World Dave Broad & Lori Foster, eds. Description: This book analyses the problems and possibilities for Third World revolutions within the historical context of US imperialism, including historical contexts. Contents: Ed Herman (Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania; editor of Lies of Our Times): provides an overview of the various assaults on national liberation movements by the US since the early years of this century. Robert Gould (medical doctor; activist with Physicians for Social Responsibility; US foreign policy expert) & Thomas Bodenheimer (medical doctor; anti- imperialist activist and policy expert): examine US foreign policy in detail since World War II. Samir Amin (director, African Office of Third World Forum, Dakar, Senegal): deals with the real stakes of the Gulf War. Susanne Jonas (Univ. of California at Santa Cruz): looks at the effect that global political changes have had on Central America. Douglas W. Booker (Ottawa- based researcher who has lived and worked in the Philippines who is active in Third World solidarity & trade union work): describes the role of the fundamentalist church, especially in the Philippines. Dave Close (Memorial University, Newfoundland; specialist in Nicaraguan politics): discusses the 1990 electoral defeat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and in the last chapter of the book, lays out the historical context of the current international situation as he analyses the Gulf War and its aftermath. 172 pages, references . ISBN: 1-895431-16-6