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"This is an important, gut-wrenching story, one still unfolding in the wake of the war and September 2001."
San Francisco Chronicle

"Mr. Campbell tells this complex tale from a personal, feet-on-the ground perspective.He reminds us that there is no longer any such thing as an isolated conflict that governments and corporations can ignore with impunity."
New York Times

"Campbell takes the reader on a journey to the dark side of the glittering image of diamonds, a darkness too long out of sight of Euro-American consciousness."
Booklist

"Campbell has spoken with individuals all along the pipeline, from miners to soldiers to smugglers.this focused study of the catastrophic effect of blood diamonds on Sierra Leone belongs in all libraries."
Library Journal

The diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides the world over.
    
Blood Diamonds is the gripping story of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industryinstitutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartelhave allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds and the repercussions felt far beyond the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone.

Narrator: Tom Weiner | ISBN: 0-7861-4964-7

George Washington's ability to use the experience of defeat to achieve eventual greatness is an inspirational story of our own time.

History celebrates George Washington as the leader of the American Revolution and the father of his country. But what has gone previously unexamined is Washington's life as a twenty-two-year-old lieutenant colonel who led four hundred American militiamen against a bigger, more experienced French army and paid a high price. Not only did Washington lose over a third of his men but the Battle of Great Meadows was also the spark that ignited the French and Indian War.

Yet in the midst of this bitter battle, Washington forged the intellectual, visceral, and spiritual aspects that enabled him to achieve all that he did in the years that followed. In this never-before-told account, historian Alan Axelrod examines the geopolitical, financial, and intensely personal issues that shaped the leader Washington would become.

Narrator: David Drummond | ISBN: 978-0-7861-6867-5

The term “blowback,” invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms.

     From a case of rape by U.S. servicemen in Okinawa to our role in Asia’s financial crisis, from our early support for Saddam Hussein to our conduct in the Balkans, Johnson reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.  

     In a new edition that addresses recent international events from 9/11 to the war in Iraq, this now classic book remains as prescient and powerful as ever.

Narrator: Tom Weiner | ISBN: 978-1-4332-8640-7

It is 18 February 1943, and RAF Lancaster bomber WF 183 - call sign O-Orange - is about to set off on its final mission. It is a raid which will touch the lives of hundreds: the civilians in the small German town of Altgarten, consumed by blazing fire, and the crews, both German and British, men and women.

it is a night of horror that few will forget...

When the gripping dramatised version of Bomber was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was transmitted in 'real time' throughout the day, to incredible critical and audience response.

Tom Baker is the Commentator, and an all-star cast includes Jack Shepherd, Frank Windsor, Samuel West, Emma Chambers, Brian Murphy and Michael Troughton.

Bomber is a thrilling, action-packed and ultimately poignant story that will stay in the listener's imagination for a long time to come.

Written By
Len Deighton

First Broadcast
BBC Radio 4
18 February 1995

RECORDED AT
Maida Vale. London W9

Narrator: Full Cast Production | ISBN: 1405698942

An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change.

The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a clash of values that evolved into a fierce fight for nothing less than the country's soul.

Beginning six decades before the Civil War, freedom-seeking blacks and courageous whites worked together to save tens of thousands of lives, often at the risk of great physical danger to themselves. Not since the American Revolution had the country engaged in an act of such vast and profound civil disobedience that not only challenged prevailing mores but also subverted federal law.

Meticulously researched and uncommonly engaging, Bound for Canaan shows why it was the Underground Railroad and not the civil rights movement that gave birth to this country's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change.

Narrator: Fergus M. Bordewich | ISBN: 0 06 076064 8

• Japan's Surrender on the USS Missouri
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  On September 2, 1945, Japan unconditionally surrendered to end World War II. They had formally agreed to the terms of surrender two weeks previous. On this date, the Japanese delegation met the allies aboard the USS Missouri which was anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, led the Allied delegation. Years of fighting and bloodshed were ended in a half an hour. Interestingly, wallet card souvenirs were printed up and distributed to all who were present on September 2nd.

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• The Most Decisive Battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign...
  Posted on 30 Aug 2010 at 2:48am
  On August 30, 1862, Stonewall Jackson led the Confederates to victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run. He had ordered an attack on the Federal position starting on August ...

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• "I Have a Dream"
  Posted on 28 Aug 2010 at 2:01am
  On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. Standing at the Lincoln Memorial, he used the words from the Read Full Post
  
  
• Bull Moose Party Profile
  Posted on 26 Aug 2010 at 2:55am
  Theodore Roosevelt formed the Bull Moose Party, officially called the Progressive Party (1912) when he split with the Republican Party after the party's convention in 1912. Learn what led to ...

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• Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Executed
  Posted on 23 Aug 2010 at 2:10am
  On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were put to death by the electric chair. A jury had found them guilty of murder in July, 1921. It was ...

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• Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:08am
  In a dozen countries ? including in North Africa, Pakistan and former Soviet republics ? the United States has significantly increased military and intelligence operations.
  
  
  
• Political Memo: Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:40am
  President Obama?s attempt to reframe comments about a community center in New York City had him plunging into a debate about Islam and American identity.
  
  
  
• This Time, Voter Anger Is No Surprise to Democrats
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:38am
  Among the advantages Republicans hold as they seek to control Congress, one thing is missing: surprise. Unlike in 1994, there will be no sneak attacks.
  
  
  
• U.S. Offers Aid to Rescue Pakistanis and Reclaim Image
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:22am
  American officials allowed that they were seeking to use a sizable response to Pakistan?s floods to boost the United States? image there.
  
  
  
• In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:41am
  The summer?s heat waves in the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, are reviving the question of whether global warming is causing more weather extremes.
  
  
  

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