![]() ![]() ![]() Spanning every continent of the global South, Vijay Prashad's fascinating narrative takes us from the birth of postcolonial nations after World War II to the downfall and corruption of nationalist regimes. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the twentieth century attempt to knit together the world's impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II. ![]() Here, from a brilliant young writer, is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement-the idea of the Third World. And today the indictment is brought against it.by tens and tens of thousands of millions of men who, from the depths of slavery, set themselves up as judges.'-Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism '"Europe" is morally, spiritually indefensible. A landmark study that offers an alternative history of the Cold War from the point of view of the world's poor. ![]()
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