{"product_id":"9781608461608","title":"On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in Conversation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn working together on two challenging new documentaries—\u003ci\u003eSouth of the Border \u003c\/i\u003eand the forthcoming thirteen-part, thirteen-hour \u003ci\u003eForgotten History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e series for Showtime—filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten—or deliberately buried—episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the dynamic radicalism of the Wobblies; how Henry Wallace's nomination for the vice presidency was deliberately thwarted by Democratic Party machine insiders, to the ongoing close connections between various US presidents and the Saudi royal family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Stone and Ali—two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture—no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTariq Ali \u003c\/b\u003eis an internationally acclaimed Pakistani writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as well as scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Stone \u003c\/b\u003ehas directed, among other films, \u003ci\u003eWall Street: Money Never Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eW.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Trade Center\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAny Given Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNixon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural Born Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Doors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorn on The Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalk Radio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e, and the documentaries \u003ci\u003eLooking for Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComandante\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePersona Non Grata\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth of the Border\u003c\/i\u003e, and the upcoming \u003ci\u003eForgotten History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e series for Showtime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129793167600,"sku":"9781608461608","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608461608_p0.jpg?v=1772805706","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608461608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}