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Books by Gabriel Kolko






Vietnam(1st Edition)
Anatomy of a Peace
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1997 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-15990-6, ISBN: 0-415-15990-3

"In Vietnam: Anatomy of a Peace, Gabriel Kolko argues that victory in 1975 caught the Communists wholly unprepared to cope with the reconstruction of the war-torn nation. He looks at the economic program the Communist Party has embarked upon since 1986 and describes the decline of its socialist ideology and transition to nascent capitalism. Based on extensive research and first-hand experience, Vietnam is a vivid portrait of the profound ..."






Century of War(Reprint)
Politics, Conflicts, and Society Since 1914
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1995 by The New Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-192-5, ISBN: 1-56584-192-1

"Politics, Conflict [sic], and Society Since 1914 Gabriel Kolko. Wilhelm ... Williams, John. The Home Fronts: Britain, France and Germany, 1914- 1918. London, 1972 . Williams, Robert G. Export Agriculture and the Crisis in Central America. Chapel Hill ... Wolters, Willem. Politics, Patronage and Class Conflict in Central Luzon."






The Triumph of Conservatism
A Reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 356 Pages, Published 1977 by Free Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-916650-5, ISBN: 0-02-916650-0

"A radically new interpretation of the Progressive Era which argues that business leaders, and not the reformers, inspired the era''s legislation regarding business."






Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916
(Princeton Legacy Library)
by Gabriel Kolko
Hardcover, 282 Pages, Published 2016 by Princeton University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-65112-5, ISBN: 0-691-65112-4

"This examination of the relationship of the economy to political process in the United States from 1877 to 1916 shows how the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national politics to solve its economic problems, and created a precedent for government regulation of the economy in the twentieth century. The continuity in governmental regulation from 1877 to 1900, in the Progressive Era, and in the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft ..."






World in Crisis
The End of the American Century
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2009 by Pluto Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7453-2865-2, ISBN: 0-7453-2865-2

"World in Crisis is a new book from one of the world's leading scholars.Gabriel Kolko provides a panoramic overview of the problems facing the US and the world today. Each chapter covers a key topic, spanning a range of international issues including the current financial crisis, the limits of US foreign policy, the politicisation of intelligence, and why a war with Iran would by likely to culminate in disaster for the US. Kolko also out ..."






Century of War(1st Edition)
Politics, Conflict, and Society Since 1914
by Gabriel Kolko
Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 1994 by The New Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-191-8, ISBN: 1-56584-191-3

"Over the last three decades the historian Gabriel Kolko has redefined the way we look at modern warfare and its social and political effects. Century of War gives us a masterly synthesis of the effects of war on civilian populations and the political results of these traumatizing experiences in the twentieth century. "An intensely rich book. . . the clarity of Kolko's vision emerges from a careful reading, as does the importance of what ..."






Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916
(Princeton Legacy Library)
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 282 Pages, Published 2015 by Princeton University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-62454-9, ISBN: 0-691-62454-2

"This examination of the relationship of the economy to political process in the United States from 1877 to 1916 shows how the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national politics to solve its economic problems, and created a precedent for government regulation of the economy in the twentieth century. The continuity in governmental regulation from 1877 to 1900, in the Progressive Era, and in the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft ..."






Another Century of War?
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2002 by The New Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-758-3, ISBN: 1-56584-758-X

"The definitive condemnation of America's reckless foreign policies, by "the foremost modern historian of war" (The Guardian). Another Century of War? is a candid and critical look at America's "new wars" by a brilliant and provocative analyst of its old ones. Gabriel Kolko's masterly studies of conflict have redefined our views of modern warfare and its effects; in this urgent and timely treatise, he turns his attention to our current ..."






Anatomy of a War(1st Edition)
Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 1994 by The New Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-218-2, ISBN: 1-56584-218-9

"Drawing on recently declassified materials, this study chronicles and analyzes the political, economic, and military history of the Vietnam War through incisive critiques of decision-making in Washington, Saigon, and Hanoi."






Confronting the Third World(1st Edition)
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 1988 by Pantheon
ISBN-13: 978-0-394-75933-3, ISBN: 0-394-75933-8

"Analyzes U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East and Latin America, and argues that the U.S. has often created political instability"






Anatomy Of A War - Vietnam, The United States, And The Modern Historical Experience(1st Edition)
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 628 Pages, Published 1985 by Pantheon Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-394-74761-3, ISBN: 0-394-74761-5

"Kolko's groundbreaking and widely cited study of the Vietnam War, with a new postscript by the author."






Main Currents in American Hist(2nd Edition)
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 459 Pages, Published 1984 by Pantheon
ISBN-13: 978-0-394-72512-3, ISBN: 0-394-72512-3

"The Perpetual Crisis: American Foreign Policy Since 1946 1. ... Gabriel Kolko, The Roots of American Foreign Policy (Boston, 1969), 95. 3. ..."






Main currents in modern American history(1st Edition)
by Gabriel Kolko
Hardcover, 433 Pages, Published 1976 by Harper & Row
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-012451-9, ISBN: 0-06-012451-2

"'Main Currents in Modern American History' is a reinterpretation of the United States' experience over the past century, focusing on the nature and purposes of power and its institutions in all of their changing dimensions during the nation's history as a modern industrial capitalist country. Gabriel Kolko reconsiders historically the economy, politics, and foreign policy, and the interactions between them that create additional strengt ..."






Haditha Ethics
From Iraq to Iran? (Spokesman)
by Ken Coates, Gabriel Kolko, Evo Morales, Christopher Gifford, Trevor Griffiths, Hugo Chavez
Paperback, 94 Pages, Published 2006 by Spokesman Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-85124-727-4, ISBN: 0-85124-727-X






After Socialism(1st Edition)
Reconstructing Critical Social Thought
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-39591-5, ISBN: 0-415-39591-7

"Does socialism have a future in the world of the twenty-first century? If not, what is the future for progressive politics? This is a major contribution to contemporary social and political thought written by one of the world's leading critical historians. Gabriel Kolko ask the difficult questions about where the left can go in a post-Cold War world where neoliberal policies appear to have triumphed in both the West and the former Sovi ..."






Speak Truth to Power
(The Spokesman, 79)
by Ken Coates, Gabriel Kolko, Tony Bunyan, Robert Fisk
Paperback, 79 Pages, Published 2003 by Spokesman Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-85124-681-9, ISBN: 0-85124-681-8

"Speak Truth to Power."






The Age of War
The United States Confronts the World
by Gabriel Kolko
Hardcover, 199 Pages, Published 2006 by Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN-13: 978-1-58826-414-5, ISBN: 1-58826-414-9

"Kolko (emeritus, York U., Canada), the left-leaning historian who arguably wrote one of the most complete and insightful histories of the Vietnam War, Anatomy of a War, in which he incorporated the spectrum of political, economic, and ideological constraints and opportunities for all of the actors in that conflict into his analysis, here applies a similar approach to a critical overview of US foreign policy following World War II. He su ..."






The Age of War
The United States Confronts the World
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 199 Pages, Published 2006 by Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN-13: 978-1-58826-439-8, ISBN: 1-58826-439-4

"In this comprehensive, succinct - and provocative - overview of the last five decades of US foreign policy, Gabriel Kolko gives special emphasis to the period since 2000. Kolko argues that, as dangerous as the Cold War era was, we face far more instability and unpredictability now; the international environment is qualitatively more precarious than ever. Ranging from the Vietnam War to the war in Iraq, he critically appraises US respons ..."






The Politics of War(1st Edition)
The World and United States Foreign Policy, 1943-1945
by Gabriel Kolko
Paperback, 691 Pages, Published 1990 by Pantheon
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-72757-6, ISBN: 0-679-72757-4

"A major work of narrative history that brings together diplomatic, economic, and military decisions from the last years of the Second World War to show how the stage was set for many of the postwar conflicts."






Anatomy of a War(1st Edition)
Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience
by Gabriel Kolko
Hardcover, 628 Pages, Published 1986 by Pantheon Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-394-53874-7, ISBN: 0-394-53874-9

"Drawing on recently declassified materials, this study chronicles and analyzes the political, economic, and military history of the Vietnam War through incisive critiques of decision-making in Washington, Saigon, and Hanoi"



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