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Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible
Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible provides the reader with a unique insight into the growth of the globalized arms trade in the context of the collapsing
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Argo: The Intersection of Hollywood and American Perceptions of Iran
Argo, a film centered around the Iranian Hostage Crisis and inspired by a true story, premiered this past month. The plot focuses on the CIA’s attempt to exfiltrate six US Foreign Service workers who
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A New Deal for a New Era: Michael Grunwald’s Retelling of the Stimulus
What happened to the stimulus? Once heralded as the greatest early victory of the Obama administration, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has become a topic that the administration has no urge
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The Last Mountain: Understanding the Toxic Side of Coal
At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, a movie premiered entitled The Last Mountain. At the time of writing The Last Mountain is available for streaming via Netflix – and it is a must watch
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The Iron Lady: Lloyd’s Thatcher Shows the Strength Necessary to Lead
The Iron Lady is a film that has been engineered to win Academy awards, but behind the artsy appeal, the glitz and the glamour lies a solid critique on the modus operandi of western
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