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NEW TITLE: THE REVENGE OF HISTORY: THE BATTLE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY By SEUMAS MILNE Published: October 8th 2012 -------------------------------- The acclaimed author of THE ENEMY WITHIN and BEYOND THE CASINO ECONOMY returns with a corrective account of the narrative of the last eleven years, re-evaluating late neo-liberalism, the legacy of 9/11 and opportunistic military intervention in Iraq and beyond. In 2001, Tony Blair declared that those who opposed the war on terror had been ‘proved wrong’ – along with critics of unfettered corporate power and free market capitalism. Ten years later, the critics have been comprehensively vindicated and the champions of the New World Order proved catastrophically wrong. The evidence on hand includes the disastrous occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq and the failure of an economic model that has brought the Western World to its knees. THE REVENGE OF HISTORY is a powerful corrective to the discredited dominant account of the first decade of the twenty-first century. As SEUMAS MILNE shows in a panoramic narrative that reaches from 9/11 to beyond the Arab uprisings, crisis and war have turned the orthodoxies of a generation on their head. In a culture dominated by eager apologists of power, MILNE has consistently written against the grain. This book offers a compelling perspective on the convulsions that have brought us to today’s crisis and the shape of the emerging politics of the future – and an indictment of a global and corporate empire in decline. -------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS October 24th 2012 Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. OX1 3BQ Tickets for this event cost £3. For booking and further information, contact: Customer Service Department, Second Floor, Blackwell Bookshop, Oxford. 01865 333623. October 31st, 2012 Seumas Milne at the London Review Bookshop The London Review Bookshop 14 Bury Place London, WC1A 2JL Tickets £7. Booking for the event can be found on the LRB website<http://www.lrbshop.co.uk/product.php?productid=59783&cat=37&page=1> November 9th, 2012 Wanstead Library Spratt Hall Road Wanstead, E11 2RQ 7-8pm This event is free and all are welcome to attend. November 21, 2012 Bookmarks 1 Bloomsbury Street London, WC1B 3QE United Kingdom 6.30pm Tickets are £2 November 22nd 2012 Bristol Festival of Ideas Foyles, Cabot Circus, Philadelphia Street Bristol, BS1 3BU 6.30pm – 7.30pm Thanks to the support of Foyles this event is free, but prebooking is required. For more information and to book tickets visit: Eventbrite<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4363092126> November 28, 2012 The University of Sussex Fulton 107, The University of Sussex Brighton, BN1 9RH The Centre for Social and Political Thought and The Critical Studies Research Group 5-7pm --------------------------------- PRAISE FOR SEUMAS MILNE “Reading Seumas Milne, one often has a feeling of physical relief: finally someone not only sees the truth but articulates it with thrilling erudition and moral clarity. Tracking a decade of ruinous lies from the right and unheeded warnings from the left, this is a book with an urgent message: it’s time to win more than arguments.” – Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine “Seumas Milne's masterly investigation...is one of the finest political exposes in our time.” – John Pilger, in praise of The Enemy Within --------------------------------- SEUMAS MILNE is a columnist and Associate Editor on the Guardian and the paper’s former Comment Editor. He was previously the Guardian’s Labour Editor and a staff journalist on the Economist. He is the author of THE ENEMY WITHIN and co-author of BEYOND THE CASINO ECONOMY --------------------------------- ISBN: 9781844679638 $29.95 / £20.00 / $31.50CAN Hardback, 320 pages ----------------------------------- For more information about THE REVENGE OF HISTORY, or to buy the book visit: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1165-the-revenge-of-history --------------------------------- Visit Verso’s website for information on our upcoming events, new reviews and publications and special offers: http://www.versobooks.com Sign up for the Verso mailing list: https://www.versobooks.com/users/sign_up Become a fan of Verso on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Verso-Books/205847279448577 And get updates on Twitter too! http://twitter.com/VersoBooks