Showing results for "The Americas" in Genocide & War Crimes

The untold story of an Israeli spy’s epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice - a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis.

As Russian forces closed in on Berlin and Hitler’s premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that led them to Argentina. Relying on international support—in Scandinavia, Switzerland, and Italy—and the enthusiasm of the Vatican and President Juan Perón, Goñi shows how this ratline allowed Adolf Eichmann—the architect of the Final Solution—Josef Mengele, Eric Priebke, and many more, into the country.

Read the history behind the series THE HUNTERS (starring Al Pacino) in this “captivating book rooted in first-rate research” (New York Times Book Review) that tells the true story of how America became home to thousands of Nazi war criminals. For the first time, once-secret government...

Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide.

O conceito de "democracia racial" foi (e ainda é) um mantra do orgulho nacional. Daqueles que recusam a realidade. Uma das maiores referências na defesa dos direitos dos negros no Brasil, mesmo após sua morte, Abdias Nascimento sobrepõe testemunhos pessoais, reflexões, comentários e críticas, opondo o discurso oficial sobre a condição social e cultural do negro brasileiro à realidade, fazendo a desconstrução do que se convencionou chamar de "democracia racial", cenário utópico e irreal.