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The following are books we recommend reading to educate and understand what has gone on thruout history so you get a better understanding of what we see in history today. A link to Internet Archive is available to view online. In some cases you can download the books, in others only view. Please consider downloading when available as often times they mass report books and information they want to hide online. Maintaining copies of historical texts and shared allows others to continuing learning an exposing truths.

Crimes of War: What the public should know

Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know is a 1999 reference book edited by Roy Gutman and David Rieff.The 352-page book contains more than 150 entries, and was published by W.W. Norton.

The book collects reporters’ accounts of war crimes with essays by lawyers on international humanitarian law to examine war crimes and the laws of war. Contributors include Sydney Schanberg, William Shawcross, Christiane Amanpour, and Justice Richard Goldstone, the UN Tribunal’s first prosecutor, who provides a foreword. Photographers featured include Gilles Peress and Annie Leibovitz.

The book is part of a comprehensive project started by Gutman, photojournalist Gilles Peress, and UN Messenger for Peace Anna Cataldi which includes educational initiatives and additional articles. It has been published in 11 languages, including Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian and Chinese. A revised edition (2.0) with updated articles was published in October 2007 by W.W. Norton.

You can find the book on Google Books, Amazon and on the Internet Archive.

The Jew and Human Sacrifice 1848- 1922

The Jew and Human Sacrifice: Human Blood and Jewish Ritual, an Historical and Sociological Inquiry. Book about the History of Judaism trace the development of the Israelites from 1500 BC, the Jewish diasporas following the Assyrian, Babylonian and Roman conquests, the difficulties and successes of the Middle Ages, the European and American diasporas, the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel.

Titles include: A history of the Jews, A Jewish View of Jesus, A short history of the Jews in England, Abraham Lincoln and the Jews, Das Buch Habakuk. Text, Übersetzung und Erklärung, Der Kampf Zwischen Judentum und Christentum in den Ersten Drei Christlichen Jahrhunderten, Die Juden als Rasse und Kulturvolk, Education Among the Jews. From the Earliest Times to the End of the Talmudic Period, 500 AD, Herod the Great, the King of the Jews, History of Judah and Israel from the birth of Solomon to the reign of Ahab, Old Testament Heroes; Moses, the servant of God, The Jew in English fiction, The Talmud, and The origin and growth of the Hebrew religion.

You can find the book on Google Books, Harvard Books, Internet Archive.

They Dare to Speak Out 1985

They Dare to Speak Out by former US Rep Paul Findley. They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby is a bestselling book (nine weeks a Washington Post bestseller) that was written in 1985 with 3rd edition in 2003.

The book examines Israel and the Israel lobby and the degree of control they have over the United States government, based on his experience representing the State of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives.

It argues that pro-Israeli groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) have weaponized antisemitism to suppress free debate, compromise national secrets, and shape US foreign policy.

Findley focuses on individuals who have stood up to the pro-Israel forces and brings out their statements and observations on the Middle East and US foreign policy toward Israel.

You can find the book on Google Books, Harvard Books, Internet Archive.

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