Not since Robert Duncan’s Ground Work and before that William Carlos Williams’ Paterson has New Directions published a long poem as important as Coming to Jakarta! -James Laughlin

This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail…

A sequel to Peter Dale Scott's critically acclaimed long political poem Coming to Jakarta, Listening to the Candle is a booklength reflection on the poet's life. Listening follows Jakarta as…

Tracing the course of conflicts throughout Asia, this work explores systematically the nexus of war and state terrorism. Challenging states’ definitions of terrorism, it focuses especially on the nature of…