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by Robert Kagan (Author)Robert Kagan, the New York Times bestselling author of Of Paradise and Power and one of the country's most influential strategic thinkers, reaffirms the importance of United States's global leadership in this timely and important book. Upon its initial publication, The World America Made became one of the most talked about political books of the year, influencing Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address and shaping the thought of both the Obama and Romney preside...

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by Chris Baker (Author), Pasuk Phongpaichit (Author)Since it was first published in 2005, A History of Thailand has been hailed as an authoritative, lively and readable account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. From the early settlements in the Chao Phraya basin to today, Baker and Phongpaichit trace how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed by colonialism, the expansion of the rice frontier and the immigration of traders and labourers fr...

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by Vladimir I. Lenin (Author)Among Lenin's most significant theoretical works, What ls To Be Done? has long been a classic on the role of a revolutionary socialist party. In it he elaborated the principles upon which the Bolshevik, or Communist, Party was founded. Lenin clarified the difference between a party of reform and a vanguard party of revolution and the role of Marxist theory and education. He discussed questions such as the attitude to terrorism, to reforms and to students and other...

Offensive Cyber Operations: Understanding Intangible Warfare - Hardcover

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by Daniel Moore (Author)Cyber-warfare is often discussed, but rarely truly seen. When does an intrusion turn into an attack, and what does that entail? How do nations fold offensive cyber operations into their strategies? Operations against networks mostly occur to collect intelligence, in peacetime. Understanding the lifecycle and complexity of targeting adversary networks is key to doing so effectively in conflict. Rather than discussing the spectre of cyber war, Daniel Moore seeks to obser...

The Rise of Wokeness: Understanding the Culture and its Impact - Paperback

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by Alexander Ignacio (Author)"The Rise of Wokeness: Understanding the Culture and its Impact " provides an in-depth exploration of the concept of wokeness and its impact on various aspects of our lives. The book covers topics such as the history and origins of wokeness, its representation in media and entertainment, its presence in the workplace, its connection to activism and politics, and the controversies that surround it. Additionally, the book delves into the impact of wokeness on educat...

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire - Paperback

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by Johnathan Hamilton (Author)A monumental and painstakingly researched historical classic, Johnathan Hamilton's "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" tells the epic story of one of the most important civilizations in human history. Hamilton takes readers on a journey through the rise, peak, and fall of the Roman Empire with profound insight and entertaining storytelling. This book is more than just a history lesson; it's an opportunity to travel through time and experience the dramatic eve...

The Implementation of the Principle of Non-Refoulement in Africa. The Protection of the Rights of Refugees in situation of Massive Influx - Paperback

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by Loyd Marcel Minka (Author)Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: Principle of non-refoulement, University of Yaound I (Catholic Institut of Yaound (Cameroon) - Academy of Peace and Human Rights at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon)), course: Refugee Protection, language: English, abstract: There are many international standards or instruments which prote...

Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants - Paperback

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by C駸ar Cuauht駑oc Garc? Hern疣dez (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLERA powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system, with a new epilogue by the author"Argues compellingly that immigrant advocates shouldn't content themselves with debates about how many thousands of immigrants to lock up, or other minor tweaks." --Gus Bova, Texas ObserverFor most of America's history, we simply did not lock people up for migrating ...

Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution - Paperback

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by Moshé Machover (Author)A lifelong activist, Moshéeacute; Machover's essays, written as an Israeli socialist in solidarity with the Palestinian people, are collected here.Author BiographyMoshé Machover is a mathematician and emeritus professor at London University. He is coauthor with Akiva Orr of Peace, Peace Where There Is No Peace and with Emmanuel Farjoun, Laws of Chaos: A Probabilistic Approach to Political Economy. Number of Pages: 360 Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9...

Kennedy: The Classic Biography - Paperback

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by Ted Sorensen (Author)"A brilliant and essential document about the man, the President, and his times. In all the millions of words which have been written about the martyred President, this book must remain unique. . . . It is John F. Kennedy's life, his personality, his thinking which informed his action and that action itself described with honest and candor which illuminate and enliven the crowded pages of this book. Sorensen has managed to portray Kennedy in realistic human terms and n...

The Rise and Fall of Communism - Paperback

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by Archie Brown (Author)"A work of considerable delicacy and nuance....Brown has crafted a readable and judicious account of Communist history...that is both controversial and commonsensical."--Salon.com"Ranging wisely and lucidly across the decades and around the world, this is a splendid book."--William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and His EraThe Rise and Fall of Communism is the definitive history from the internationally renowned Oxford authority on the su...

The Retirement Challenge: What's Wrong with America's System and a Sensible Way to Fix It - Hardcover

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by Martin Neil Baily (Author), Benjamin H. Harris (Author)A comprehensive plan from two leading experts on how to fix America's outdated retirement system America's retirement system has serious problems. While it works well for some retirees, millions of others don't have the sound retirement they have worked decades to secure. Roughly 40 percent of today's $4 trillion federal budget is devoted to supporting retirees, which will grow to roughly half over the next decade--imperiling the susta...

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by Eric L. McDaniel (Author), Irfan Nooruddin (Author), Allyson F. Shortle (Author)What is causing the American public to move more openly into alt-right terrain? What explains the uptick in anti-immigrant hysteria, isolationism, and an increasing willingness to support alternatives to democratic governance? The Everyday Crusade provides an answer. The book points to American Religious Exceptionalism (ARE), a widely held religious nationalist ideology steeped in myth about the nation's origin...

How Latin America Weathered the Global Financial Crisis - Paperback

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by José de Gregorio (Author)Why has the economy of Latin America responded more positively than Asia, Europe, or the United States after being hit by the recent global financial crisis? Three years after the worst of the crisis, Latin America's GDP is 25 percent higher than its precrisis level. Jos De Gregorio, Governor of the Central Bank of Chile from 2007 to 2011, tells the story of how Latin America has responded to the crisis with a perspective that only an insider can have. De Gregorio...

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II - Paperback

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by Liza Mundy (Author)The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post). Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women...

State Capture: How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American States -- And the Nation - Hardcover

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by Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Author)Most Americans pay little attention to the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success in state-level races across the country can produce major shifts in policymaking and governance. That is precisely what has happened in the US since 2010. In a wave election that year, the Republican Party began their ascendancy in state-level elections, and by 2016 had solidified their dominance. The party now fu...

The European Union: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by John Pinder (Author), Simon Usherwood (Author)The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organization. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is currently in the throes of a phase of profound uncertainty about its viability and future. Showing how and why the EU has developed from 1950 to the present day, this Very...

Romanian Crucible: The Trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu - Paperback

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by Gheorghe Buzatu (Author), Kurt W. Treptow (Editor)The trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Legionary Movement in Romania, marked a critical moment in the history of the country between the two World Wars. It destroyed the last vestiges of democracy and laid the groundwork for the establishment of the royal dictatorship by Carol II.Romanian Crucible presents the transcript of the trial, for the first-time in English translation, edited and accompanied by an introductory study by ...

American Law 101: An Easy Primer on the U.S. Legal System - Paperback

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by Jasper Kim (Author)Everyone who wants a better, working understanding of U.S. law and the way it is applied--foreign lawyers, law students or those thinking about law school, business professionals, journalists, and the simply curious--can use this straightforward, approachable guide to the American legal system. American Law 101 offers: easy-to-read and succinct explanations and examples of most of the concepts covered in U.S. law schools concepts and terms explained in plain English, wi...

Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America - Hardcover

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by Shefali Luthra (Author)An urgent investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe v. Wade, and the life-threatening consequences of being denied reproductive freedom. - "An absolute must-read; tell your friends; buy it for your family; sit with it on your own. This is storytelling we need." --Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad and All the Single Ladies On June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned, and the impact was immediate:...

Sinostan: China's Inadvertent Empire - Hardcover

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by Raffaello Pantucci (Author), Alexandros Petersen (Author)Based on more than a decade's writing, research, and travel, this book offers a rare glimpse into China's expanding economic, cultural, and political power in the Eurasian heartland. China's rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how China's geo-economic vision is playing out in the global economy, or how its technology is reshaping the planet, yet it is over its western borders, in Central Asia, that China's in...

Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century - Hardcover

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by Helen Thompson (Author)Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilised the Middle East, ruptured the European Union, and exposed old political fault lines in the United...

Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan - Hardcover

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by Elisabeth Leake (Author)A new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - an invasion whose consequences are still felt in Afghanistan and across the wider world On 24 December 1979, Soviet armed forces entered Afghanistan, beginning an occupation that would last almost a decade and creating a political crisis that shook the world. To many observers, the Soviet invasion showed the lengths to which one of the world's superpowers would go to vie for supremacy in the global Cold Wa...

Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History - Hardcover

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by Lawrence R. Jacobs (Author)Donald Trump's presidency offered Americans a dire warning regarding the vulnerabilities in their democracy, but the threat is broader and deeper-and looms still. "January 6th was a disgrace," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell solemnly intoned at the end of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial on February 13, 2021. As to the culprit, Senator McConnell declared that "there is no question that President Donald Trump is practically and morally responsible....

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by Yuen Yuen Ang (Author)Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for t...

Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe - Hardcover

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by Emily Greble (Author)Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself. Muslims are neither newcomers nor outsiders in Europe. In the twentieth century, they have been central to the continent's political development and the evolution of its traditions of equality and law. From 1878 into the period following World War II, over a million Ottoman Muslims became citizens of new European stat...

Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution - Hardcover

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by Peter Longerich (Author), Lesley Sharpe (Author), Jeremy Noakes (Author)The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust. On 20 January 1942, fifteen men arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee in the far-western outskirts of Berlin. They came at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich and were almost all high-ranking Nazi Party, government, and SS officials. The exquisite position by the lake, the imposing driveway ...

The Rise and Demise of World Communism - Hardcover

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by George W. Breslauer (Author)A concise, readable, and novel interpretation of the history of communist states. Sixteen states came to be ruled by communist parties during the 20th century. One, the Soviet Union, was geographically the largest nation in the world and a superpower. Another, China, had the world's largest population. At communism's high point, its adherents envisioned global triumph. Today, however, only five communist regimes remain in power. Why? In The Rise and Demise of Wo...

Empowering Black Boys to Challenge Rape Culture - Hardcover

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by Gordon Braxton (Author)The role of men is critical when it comes to preventing sexual assault. Gordon Braxton was in his second year of college before anybody bothered to speak to him about sexual violence, despite the fact that he already knew friends and family members that had survived a sexual assault. Unfortunately, this is a common experience as many young men and boys, especially Black boys, do not have an opportunity to discuss their views on sexual violence and what role they migh...

Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement - Hardcover

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by Phoebe S. K. Young (Author)An exploration of the hidden history of camping in American life that connects a familiar recreational pastime to camps for functional needs and political purposes. Camping appears to be a simple proposition, a time-honored way of getting away from it all. Pack up the car and hit the road in search of a shady spot in the great outdoors. For a modest fee, reserve the basic infrastructure--a picnic table, a parking spot, and a place to build a fire. Pitch the tent ...

Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech - Hardcover

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by Martha Minow (Author)A detailed argument of how our government has interfered in the direction of America's media landscape that traces major transformations in media since the printing press and charts a path for reform. In Saving the News, Martha Minow takes stock of the new media landscape. She focuses on the extent to which our constitutional system is to blame for the current parlous state of affairs and on our government's responsibilities for alleviating the problem. As Minow shows,...

Ding Dong! Avon Calling!: The Women and Men of Avon Products, Incorporated - Hardcover

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by Katina Manko (Author)The Avon Lady acquired iconic status in twentieth century American culture. This first history of Avon tells the story of a direct sales company that was both a giant in its industry and a kitchen-table entrepreneurial venture. With their distinctive greeting at the homes across the country--Ding Dong! Avon Calling!--sales ladies brought door-to-door sales of makeup, perfume, and other products to American women beginning in 1886. Working for the company enabled women ...