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The Trouble in Suriname, 1975-1993 - Hardcover

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by Edward M. Dew (Author)Written by the leading political expert on Suriname, this thrilling tale describes ethnically inspired guerilla warfare, terrible human rights violations, military coups, painful redemocratization processes, and economic implosion. Although part of the American family of nations in the Western Hemisphere, there is almost nothing written about Suriname as a modern country. There are some ethnographies, some histories of ex-slave rebellions, and passing references to th...

Ghana: In Search of Stability, 1957-1992 - Hardcover

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by Youry Lambert (Author)This work analyzes the problems of stability in Ghana over the period 1957-1992. During that time Ghana experienced five coups d'etat, eightsubsequent governments (including five military regimes and three civilian administrations), and many abrupt shifts in social and economic policy. From the unique perspective of a Second Secretary of the Russian Foreign Service, Youry Petchenkine considers such subjects as the role of the army, the structure of Ghanaian society, f...

Lethal Frontiers: A Soviet View of Nuclear Strategy, Weapons, and Negotiations - Hardcover

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by Aleksei Georgievich Arbatov (Author), Alexei G. Arbatov (Author), Kent D. Lee (Editor)Lethal Frontiers is one of the first samples of Soviet scholarship on nuclear strategy readily available to Western readers. A rising star in the Soviet foreign policy establishment, Arbatov offers a remarkable view of the evaluation of U.S. nuclear policy and strategy. This scholarly book is free of the ideological constraints and negative effects of excessive Soviet secrecy so often characterizing Sovie...

Burnout in Blue: Managing the Police Marginal Performer - Paperback

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by Hillary Robinette (Author)This text is a must for all aspiring or serving policy supervisors. It sincerely deals with a problem that has perplexed police union representatives and could go a long way toward easing labor/management confrontations regarding marginal police performance. Robert B. Kliesmet, General President, International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO Burnout in Blue: Managing The Marginal Police Performer is an important contribution to professional law enforcement. ...

The Key of Wealth: Or, a New Way for Improving of Trade - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby William C. Potter (Author)Published in 1650, this classic work offers an insightful and practical guide to improving trade and commerce. Drawing on his experience as a successful merchant, author William Potter offers valuable advice on managing finances, negotiating deals, and building prosperous trading relationships.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work...

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Report copyright infringementby Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Author)The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential political books in the world, despite being over one hundred years old. German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels authored the manuscript at the beginning of the 1848 revolutions that swept across Europe. The book outlines Communist theories about class struggle, the problems of capitalism, and predicts the rise of the working class (referred to as the p...

El exilio chileno en Suiza: 17 años de solidaridad helvética - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Alberto Dufey (Author)Al momento de publicar esta investigación han transcurrido 50 años desde que se inició el exilio masivo en 1973, consecuencia del golpe de estado cívico-militar encabezado por el general Augusto Pinochet. El golpe militar puso término a la experiencia socialista del gobierno de Salvador Allende.Más de 200.000 chilenos debieron buscar refugio en diferentes países del mundo, según cifras publicadas en 1984 por el Alto Comisionado de la ONU p...

Free Thought and Official Propaganda - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Bertrand Russell (Author)Free Thought and Official Propaganda is a speech delivered in 1922 by Bertrand Russell on the importance of unrestricted freedom of expression in society, and the problem of the state and political class interfering in this through control of education, fines, economic leverage, and distortion of evidence. Russell starts out by describing the more common use of the term "free thought" to mean that one does not accept unquestioning belie...

On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish: A Series of Lectures; Volume 2 - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Eugene O'Curry (Author), W. K. 1821-1890 Sullivan (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we ...

Liberal Nationalism For Israel: Towards An Israeli National Identity - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Agassi (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important ...

The Young American; or, Book of Government and law, Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel G. 1793-1860 Goodrich (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this wor...

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby William Wirt (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important e...

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Report copyright infringementby Karl Marx (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enou...

Dissolving the Gender Category Dilemma. A Deep Dive into Gender Diversity and Feminist Philosophy - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Joline Kretschmer (Author)Bachelor Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: 1,3, University of Bonn (Philosophie), course: Feministische Philosophie / Gender Theorie, language: English, abstract: What "is" a woman (a man; a non-binary person, etc.)? If one tries to answer this question, one quickly gets into a dilemma. On the one hand, feminist philosophers want to refrain from formulating gender categories at all in order not to fall int...

Historical Materialism For Everyone - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Herman Gorter (Author)This book is a basic text on Historical Materialism written for the common reader and not for other political theorists. It was used in political classes for workers in the council communist movement. It is even said to have had some influence on the early Chinese Communist movement. Number of Pages: 114 Dimensions: 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: May 16, 2023

Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Cherokee Nation (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is importan...

Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump - Paperback

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by Spencer Ackerman (Author)A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2021 Named a best nonfiction book of 2021 by The Washington Post and Foreign Policy An examination of the profound impact that the War on Terror had in pushing American politics and society in an authoritarian direction “Even readers who think they already know all there is about the legacy of 9/11 will find Ackerman’s incisive book an eye-opening experience." - Variety "An impressive combination of diligence and verv...

The Articles of Confederation Explained: A Clause-by-Clause Study of America's First Constitution - Hardcover

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by Lochlainn Seabrook (Author)Did you know that the United States of America began life as a confederacy, and that it was, in fact, officially called "the Confederacy" between 1781 and 1789? Did you know that for those eight years the U.S. technically operated as, and was also nicknamed, "The Confederate States of America," and that because of this our first constitution was named "The Articles of Confederation"?Did you know that the conservative South fought the liberal North, not to "preser...

The Splendid Mrs. McCheyne and the East London Federation of Suffragettes - Paperback

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by Jane McChrystal (Author), Vera Brice (Designed by)For a brief time in her life Mrs. Rosaline McCheyne became one of the heroines of the East London Federation of Suffragettes. "The Splendid Mrs. McCheyne" tells the story of her involvement in the women's suffrage movement and what she did in the years which followed. Drawing on the papers of Sylvia Pankhurst, an extensive interview with Rosaline's descendant, Anne Padfield, and her own research into the history of East London, Jane McChrys...

100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting - Hardcover

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by E. J. Dionne (Author), Miles Rapoport (Author), Heather McGhee (Foreword by)A timely and paradigm-shifting argument that all members of a democracy must participate in elections, by a leading political expert and Washington Post journalist Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to war for their country. So why not ask--or require--every American to vote?In 100% Democracy, E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue...

Murrow's Cold War: Public Diplomacy for the Kennedy Administration - Hardcover

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by Gregory M. Tomlin (Author)In March 1961 America's most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Charged with promoting a positive image abroad, the agency sponsored overseas research programs, produced documentaries, and operated the Voice of America to spread the country's influence throughout the world. As director o...

The Articles of Confederation Explained: A Clause-By-Clause Study of America's First Constitution - Paperback

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Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together - Paperback

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by Van Jones (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart--from the CNN host hailed as "a star of the 2016 campaign" (The New York Times), now seen on The Van Jones ShowVan Jones burst into the American consciousness during the 2016 presidential campaign with an unscripted, truth-telling style and an already established history of bridge-building acros...

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by Hugh Heclo (Author)The twenty-first-century mind deeply distrusts the authority of institutions. It has taken several centuries for advocates of critical thinking to convince western culture that to be rational, liberated, authentic, and modern means to be anti-institutional. In this mold-breaking book, Hugh Heclo moves beyond the abstract academic realm of thinking about institutions to the more personal significance and larger social meaning of what it is to think institutionally. His ac...

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by Corey Brettschneider (Editor)Historic Supreme Court cases that impact modern-day issues of American liberty, in a short, accessible volume as part of the new Penguin Liberty series. A Penguin Classic Penguin Liberty is a curated series of historical, political and legal classic texts relevant to constitutional rights. This collection will include canonical and major cases that are often taught and that are not featured in our Civic Classics Supreme Court Decisions volume. Each Penguin Libe...

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation - Paperback

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by Paul Hawken (Author)A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning ...

The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China - Paperback

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by James Mann (Author)The book that got China right: a prophetic work on how America's policies towards China led it away from liberalization and further towards authoritarianism, from the bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans"[The China Fantasy] predicted, China would remain an authoritarian country, and its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change . . . Mann's prediction turned out to be true." -New York Review of Books, October 2017 "From Clinto...

The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World - Paperback

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by Ajay Singh Chaudhary (Author)Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is to be done? To answer this question, Ajay Singh Chaudhary brings together both the science and the politics of climate change. He shows how a new politics particular to the climate catastrophe demands a bitter struggle between those attached to the power, wealth, and security of "business-as-usual" and all...

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by Annie Jacobsen (Author)The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller "In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail...Terrifying."--Wall Street Journal There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States. Every gen...

Constitution of the State of Alabama: August 2d, 1819 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Alabama (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enou...

Hidden History: The Untold Story of the Democratic Party - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Swarbrick (Author)The History of the Democratic Party examined from the perspective of biblical Christianity --Learn the Truth about the Democratic Party! This book reveals historical facts that most Democrats know nothing of and would find shocking - an incredible yet fully documented tale of larceny, murder, slavery, and corruption. 200 pages of documented facts! Learn what the Democrats don't want you to find out. See the evidence of what the Democratic...

A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew F. Lang (Author)Most mid-nineteenth-century Americans regarded the United States as an exceptional democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil and aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from and even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unprecedented experiment in political moderation and constitutional democracy. But as abolitionism in England, economic u...