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"The Illusion of Ignorance examines the cultural politics of the American encounter with Porfirian Mexico as a precursor and model for the twentieth-century American encounter with the world ... The Illusion of Ignorance argues that American ignorance of the experience of other nations is not so much a barrier to better understanding of the world, but a strategy Americans have chosen to maintain their vision of the U.S. relationship with the world."--Back cover.
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In this book, 'Antwerp to Gallipoli', the author takes readers on a harrowing journey behind the frontlines of World War I. From the devastating Fall of Antwerp to the brutal Battle of La Bassée, the author offers a firsthand account of the horrors of war. With vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, readers will feel as if they are right there with the author, witnessing the chaos and destruction firsthand. This book is not just a retelling of historical events, but an intimate portrait of the soldiers who fought and died in the trenches.
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To Rise in Darkness offers a new perspective on a defining moment in modern Central American history. In January 1932 thousands of indigenous and ladino (non-Indian) rural laborers, provoked by electoral fraud and the repression of strikes, rose up and took control of several municipalities in central and western El Salvador. Within days the military and civilian militias retook the towns and executed thousands of people, most of whom were indigenous. This event, known as la Matanza (the massacre), has received relatively little scholarly attention. In To Rise in Darkness, Jeffrey L. Gould and Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago investigate memories of the massacre and its long-term cultural and politic...