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Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried: Postmodern Fiction for a Postmodern War
August 31, 2011 - 3585 words | English » Vietnam
In the western history of human existence the event, idea, and act of war stands totemic in the landscape. Borders both physical and mental have been defined by its threat and execution, and its aura hangs heavily over the last century as the bloodiest in the entire... Read Article »

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Vietnam War Fiction Postmodernism Trauma Studies Tim O'Brien
The 1905 Russian Revolution through the Eyes of Vladimir Nabokov in "Speak, Memory"
January 26, 2011 - 2271 words | History » Russia
The insight that Vladimir Nabokov provides into the 1905 Russian Revolution, in his book Speak, Memory, sometimes merges with the general view--presented, for example, by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky in a more traditional account--but at many other times is totally unique... Read Article »

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1905 Russian Revolution Vladimir Nabokov Speak Memory Russian History Russian Revolution Of 1905 Russia
Book Review: Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine"
July 9, 2010 - 1875 words | Book Reviews » Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine ties together history, economics, globalization, natural disasters and geopolitics into one bleak picture. Klein’s thesis is that the Shock Doctrine, also called Disaster Capitalism, has been put into practice all over the... Read Article »

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