anyone know of books with war/antiwar themes, or books on antitotalitarianism?

[xFreeAtLastx]

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mga pina 'johnny got a gun' by timothy dalton or mga george orwell-ish nga type? hehe mingaw nakog basa mga libro nga inana ug themes.

[basikoncept]

Some of these books might not be totally related to what you're looking for but they're also good to read. I've got links to where you can read them for free over the web... pwd tka i-PM

"International Terrorism and the CIA" by Mumia Abu-Jamal

"What Uncle Sam Really Wants" by Noam Chomsky

"Marxism and the New Imperialism" by Alex Callinicos, John Rees, Chris Harman, Mike Haynes

"Guerilla Warfare" by Che Guevera

"Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II" by William Blum

"Rules for Radicals" by Saul D. Alinsky

"Revolutionary Suicide" by Huey P. Newton

[splendid moonlight]

I can only remember reading one such book. It's called Chikara by Robert Skimin. Chikara then became one of my favorite Japanese words. The book is very well written. Check out amazon.com.

[etienne]

im currently reading Life and Death in Shangahi by Nien Chen, its a true stroy of the authors experience during china's cultural revolution. im not sure if this is the type of book ur looking. but if ur interested about Mao Zedong and his totalitarian ideas, then i think this is going to be a nice read. nyways, i bought the book for only 50 pesos in a booksale sa metro yala.

[Mersault]

If fiction imo gipangita:

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (I'm currently listening to an audiobook version, read by Ethan Hawke; it's really good!)

From Amazon:

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.

Don't let the ease of reading fool you--Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters..." Slaughterhouse-Five (taken from the name of the building where the POWs were held) is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch- 22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy--and humor.

This one is a classic:

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

From Amazon:

"Remarque's 1929 novel is among the finest antiwar literature written after the First World War."

"Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) served in World War I, where he received wounds five times in battle. The searing images of trench warfare left indelible scars on Remarque, who then attempted to exorcize his demons through the writing of literature. "All Quiet on the Western Front" is Remarque's most memorable book, although he wrote nine others dealing with the miseries of war. "

[radiostar]

1984 george orwell... a very good socialist perspective book

[The_Child]

Anti totalitarian? All the short stories and novels of Ayn RAnd evolves in this theme. The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged