A hundred years ago, enlightened people in the western world were outraged by a holocaust in Africa which left millions dead. Conan Doyle wrote a pamphlet on the Congo atrocities which sold 25,000 copies in the first week alone. Yet today not one person in a thousand could say what the fuss was all about, this book tells the story.

In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British enterpreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. This title exposes the nature of forced labor under Lord Leverhulme's rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the inhabitants of Congo.

Suitable for anyone seeking guidance along the highways and byways of our post-9/11 world. This volume features political analysis of topics, including accounts of the two Bush administrations' catastrophic imperial adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq; Guantanamo, rendition and its apologists; and Hurricane Katrina, global warming, and black gold.

Eighteenth-century Britain was the world's leading centre for the slave trade. Profits soared and fortunes were made, but in 1788 things began to change. This is a story of the men who sought to end slavery and brought the issue to the heart of British political life.

Memoirs of a fighter ace, test pilot and adventurer.

Victor Serge (1890-1947) was an anarchist who initially supported the Russian Revolution. He was also a writer of integrity. This memoir is his story of how the Russian Revolution unfolded, swept up an entire nation, and eventually failed.