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Prashad’s writing brings to life the voices of nations and peoples often sidelined in mainstream discourse, making his books essential for those interested in \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"on-cuba-by-noam-chomsky-9781620978573","title":"On Cuba","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate conversation between towering public intellectuals examining the contentious interplay between the Cuban Revolution and U.S. empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn audacious revolutionary experiment in the backyard of empire, Cuba has occupied a vexed role in the international order for decades. 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Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy – not only of authority, but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFew analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, intellectuals and critics whose work spans generations and continents. Called \"the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet\" by the New York Times Book Review, Noam Chomsky is the guiding light of dissidents around the world. 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Praised by critics as a welcome antidote to apologists for empire, it has defined for a generation of scholars, activists, and dreamers what it is to imagine a more just international order and continues to offer lessons for the radical political projects of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rise of India and China on the global scene, this paradigm-shifting book of groundbreaking scholarship helps us envision the future of the Global South by restoring to memory the vibrant, though flawed, idea of the Third World. Its demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced an impoverished and asymmetrical international political arena. No other book on the Third World—as a utopian idea and a global movement—can speak so effectively and engagingly to our troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46850018869484,"sku":"9781620977620","price":66.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3366853482765.jpg?v=1759075812"},{"product_id":"the-poorer-nations-by-vijay-prashad-9781781681589","title":"The Poorer Nations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Nations\u003c\/i\u003e, Vijay Prashad provided an intellectual history of the Third World and traced the rise and fall of the Non-Aligned Movement. 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