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RECOMMENDED BY VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS

These are some books recommended by Voices in the Wilderness as key titles to aid our understanding of the current situation in Iraq. In recognition of our friendly relationship with Voices (whose office is in the same building as us) we are currently supporting their campaigning by offering a special deal of 10% off the published price of all of these books (as well as free postage and packing to any UK address for the period of this offer). You can order by clicking on the Paypal buttons below, if you want to pay by credit card, or you can send us a cheque payable to "Housmans" (remembering to give us the address you want the book sent to). Or of course you can always call in and buy the books in person - just quote "Voices Offer" to be given your 10% discount at the till.

Failed States, Noam Chomsky, was £16.99, is £15.29 The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to use military force against "failed states" around the world. In this much anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, showing how the US itself shares features with other failed states- and is therefore increasingly a danger to it's own people and to the world.

Inventing the Axis of Evil, Cumings, was £8.99, is £8.09 Leading experts on the three states classified by the USA as "the Axis of Evil" set the record straight, confronting relentless fear-mongering with hard facts. Exploring each country's history and internal politics alongside the spotty record of past US interventions, while at the same time entertaining no illusions about often despotic regimes.


Iran in Crisis, Roger Howard was £15.99, is £14.39 "This is a wonderfully topical book. As well-researched as it is readable, it delves into the mystery and history that makes Iran the country it is today: puzzling and provocative yet proud and pragmatic. Much more complex than the neo-cons and bible-belters in the United States affect to think." - Sir David Gore-Booth, former Middle East Director, British Foreign Office.

 
Iraq in Fragments, was £20.00, is £19.00 not yet published - we 
will send it as soon as it's out "Packed with detail and informed by a real understanding 
of the fears and ambitions of many of the Iraqi political actors. This complex 
story of idealism, greed and violence, woven through social formations and the 
pale institutions of the emerging Iraqi state, produces a compelling account of 
the 'new Iraq'." - Dr. Charles Tripp, SOAS, author of A History of Iraq. 

 
Iraq the Logic of Withdrawl, Anthony Arnove, was £14.99, is £13.49 
Arnove lays out a clear vision for the anti-war movement, one that constructivly 
involves soldiers, military families, and the many communities affected by the 
occupation, who together can build the needed coalition to bring the troops home.