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Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy - Paperback

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by Claire Provost (Author), Matt Kennard (Author)As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup - namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power. Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two investigative journalists' reports from 30 countries around...

International Security: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Christopher S. Browning (Author)International security is never out of the headlines. War and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but concerns such as climate change, migration, poverty, health, and international terrorism have complicated the field. So what really matters: the traditional prioritization of state security or the security needs of individuals, humanity, and the biosphere? Using a broad range...

Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by James Fulcher (Author)What is capitalism? Is capitalism the same everywhere? Is there an alternative? The word "capitalism" is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? This Very Short Introduction addresses questions such as, "what is capital?" before discussing the history and development of capitalism through several detailed case studies, ranging from the tulipomania of 17th century Holland, the Great Depression of the 1930s,...

Food Citizenship: Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust - Paperback

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by Ray A. Goldberg (Author)The global food system is the largest segment of the world's economy. As agribusiness-studies pioneer Ray Goldberg suggests, it is also the largest health system on the planet. And it is changing fast. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic health means that no system is viewed with as much suspicion by so many people around the globe.Changing societal expectations and scientific and medical advances have made the drivers of the food system--t...

Unfinished Leninism: The Rise and Return of a Revolutionary Doctrine - Paperback

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by Paul Le Blanc (Author)One doesn't have to be a Leninist to read and appreciate Paul Le Blanc's brilliant essays. This is indeed an outstanding study of Lenin's ideas, his relation to Leon Trotsky and Rosa Luxemburg, as well as his unfinished democratic revolutionary legacy.--Michael L wyAs a leader of the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin was perhaps the greatest revolutionary of the twentieth century. These clearly written essays offer an account of his life and times, a lively view of h...

Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919-1945 - Paperback

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by Julia Boyd (Author)This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices - even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett - into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon. Travelers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, s...

Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige - Hardcover

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by Yanek Mieczkowski (Author)In a critical Cold War moment, Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency suddenly changed when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite. What Ike called "a small ball" became a source of Russian pride and propaganda, and it wounded him politically, as critics charged that he responded sluggishly to the challenge of space exploration. Yet Eisenhower refused to panic after Sputnik--and he did more than just stay calm. He helped to guide the United Stat...

The New Power Brokers: The Rise of Asset Manager Capitalism and the New Economic Order - Paperback

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by Sahand Moarefy (Author)Over the course of the last 70 years, asset managers⸺from activist hedge funds to large passive index fund providers⸺have come to own the substantial majority of corporate equities in the United States, and have wielded that ownership to fundamentally reshape the economy. For most of American history, investing was simple: you purchased shares and left the operation of the company to management. If you were dissatisfied with the firm's performance, you sold your shar...

The Enemy Within: How a Totalitarian Movement Is Destroying America - Hardcover

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by David Horowitz (Author)"The Enemy Within is a book for all patriots who understand that our country is in a fight for its life."--MARK LEVIN America on the Brink A questionable election. The president of the United States illegally impeached--twice--and silenced. The First Amendment hanging by a thread. The national heritage under attack. Mob violence. America is on the brink of becoming a one-party dictatorship. How did this happen? The Enemy Within: How a Totalitarian Movement Is Destroy...

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism - Hardcover

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by Rachel Maddow (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. "A ripping read--well rendered, fast-paced and delivered with the same punch and assurance that she brings to a broadcast. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling."--The ...

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by Tim Stevens (Author)How will protecting our digital infrastructure shape our future? Cybersecurity is one of the key practical and political challenges of our time. It is at the heart of how modern societies survive and thrive, yet public understanding is still rudimentary: media portrayals of hoodie-wearing hackers accessing the Pentagon don't convey its complexity or significance to contemporary life. This book addresses this gap, showing that the political dimension is as important as t...

Empire: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Stephen Howe (Author)A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems--the land-based Russian one as well as the seaborne empires of western European powers--have collapsed during the past half century, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. Meanwhile there is fierce argumen...

Leadership: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Keith Grint (Author)Napoleon. Bill Gates. George W. Bush. Osama bin Laden. Leaders and leadership are perennial topics of debate. What is leadership? How does one become a leader? Do we actually need leaders? In this Very Short Introduction, Keith Grint offers provocative answers to these questions, prompting readers to rethink their assumptions about what leadership is. Indeed, Grint argues that leadership is a very elusive quality, and that there are few definitive answers to be found, w...

Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America's Power - Paperback

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by Meghan L. O'Sullivan (Author)Windfall is the boldest profile of the world's energy resources since Daniel Yergin's The Quest, asserting that the new energy abundance--due to oil and gas resources once deemed too expensive--is transforming the geo-political order and is boosting American power. "Riveting and comprehensive...a smart, deeply researched primer on the subject." --The New York Times Book Review As a new administration focuses on driving American energy production, O'Sullivan's "...

The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back - Hardcover

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by Madiba K. Dennie (Author)A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism--the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it"The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was convincing the world that originalism exists. This book is vital for understanding why the world sucks right now."--Elie Mystal, author of Allow Me to Retort There is no one true way to interpr...

Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed - Paperback

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by Sandra Grimes (Author), Jeanne Vertefeuille (Author)"While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction. One of the most des...

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by Ruha Benjamin (Author)A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn't strangle the life out of people? Naive. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams. Exactly. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University professor, insists that imagination isn't a luxury. It is a vital resource and powerful tool for collective liberation. Imagination: A Manifesto is her proclamation that we have the power to use our imaginat...

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by Rob Curnock (Author)Did you ever wonder what running for an elective office like Congress is really all about?Running for Congress is a world all unto its own, and in today's divided America, it's not for the faint of heart. Dead Man Running clearly shows what can be expected on a personal level in a high-stakes political race. A candidate has to understand the arrows coming at him are unrelenting and dangerous, but it's the arrows that come from behind that can do the most damage.Like a r...

Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico - Hardcover

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by Ed Morales (Author)A crucial, clear-eyed accounting of Puerto Rico's 122 years as a colony of the US. Since its acquisition by the US in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic, political, and social policies. The devastation that ensued finally grew impossible to ignore in 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Mar a, as the physical destruction compounded the infrastructure collapse and trauma inflicted by the debt crisis. In Fantasy ...

Population Health: Practical Skills for Future Health Professionals - Paperback

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by Anne Hewitt (Author)What's the best way to prepare pre-health professionals for the turbulent health care sector? Recognize that population health concepts, skills, and competencies will help ensure students' success.Population Health: Practical Skills for Future Health Professionals equips both pre-clinical and management students with a broad and detailed overview of the essential elements of population health. Introductory chapters explain the role and purpose of population health; outl...

Feet to the Fire: CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957-1958 - Paperback

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by Kenneth Conboy (Author), James Morrison (Author)Today the vast archipelago of Southeast Asia islands known as Indonesia is in the headlines because of political instability, religious tension, and violence in the streets. Forty years ago similar conditions led the Central Intelligence Agency to mount a top-secret covert action campaign designed to hold that nation's left-leaning President Sukarno's feet to the fire and prevent a strategic crossroad from falling into the communist camp. The...

Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945 - Paperback

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by Richard Overy (Author)While the trial of Hitler's fallen elite at Nuremberg has been thoroughly documented, the interval between the Nazis' capture in May and June 1945 and the start of the actual trial in late November has until now remained shrouded in shadow. With Interrogations, acclaimed historian Richard Overy opens a new window into the Third Reich, providing an intimate glimpse of the savage dictatorship in its death throes. More than thirty transcripts of the interrogations are re...

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by Laura Wides-Muñoz (Author)"A sweeping chronicle of the immigrant rights movement. . . . Wides-Muñoz reminds us that thanks to the ability of young people to dream, what seems impossible today may yet prove achievable tomorrow." --New York Times Book ReviewA journalist chronicles the next chapter in civil rights--the story of a movement and a nation, witnessed through the poignant and inspiring experiences of five young undocumented activists who are transforming society's attitudes toward ...

Red-Pilling in a Clown World - Paperback

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by Charles Foxtrot (Author)This is one journey describing several unimaginable battles in a global war.Why were we the ones who woke up to the greatest crime against humanity, when so many did not, and some, perhaps, never will? Mainstream news propaganda, gaslighting, psyops, a freakshow. Welcome to a Clown World, one in which we are battling against the Cognitive Dissonance of those with Stockholm Syndrome. Who knew we would have to become biologists, virologists, epidemiologists, historian...

The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic - Paperback

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by Benjamin Carter Hett (Author)A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen “The Death of Democracy is a thought-provoking new look at the collapse of German democracy in 1930-34 with a clear and careful emphasis on those individuals who operated behind the scenes to bring Hitler to power. Benjamin Carter Hett also offers insight into the steps Hitler took to consolida...

The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia - Paperback

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by Masha Gessen (Author)WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, NEWSWEEK, PASTE, and POP SUGAR The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Ru...

Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Klaus Dodds (Author)Geopolitics is a slippery term. From great power politics and speculation about resource scrambles, to everyday encounters and objects such as smart phones, it affects citizens, corporations, international bodies, social movements, and governments. Geopolitics is far more than simply the impact of geographical features such as rivers, mountains, and climate on political developments. Geography matters but not necessarily in the way that pundits and presidents assume. In...

Green in Tooth and Claw: The Misanthropic Mission of Climate Alarm - Paperback

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by Niall McCrae (Author)Through relentless propaganda, cataclysmic climate change is indoctrinated into society. But the real threat to humanity is the powerful people who are pushing this message. UN Agenda 21, executed by the World Economic Forum's 'Great Reset', is building a global technocracy. Total control of population and resources is the end, the means justified by 'saving the planet'. By stealth, digital technology is enslaving the masses, who are lured by convenience, comfort and s...

Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results - Hardcover

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by Michael E. Porter (Author), Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (Author)The U.S. health care system is in crisis. At stake are the quality of care for millions of Americans and the financial well-being of individuals and employers squeezed by skyrocketing premiums--not to mention the stability of state and federal government budgets.In Redefining Health Care, internationally renowned strategy expert Michael Porter and innovation expert Elizabeth Teisberg reveal the underlying--and largely overlooke...

Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World (Eco Feminism, Mother Earth, for Readers of Goddesses in Everywoman) - Paperback

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by Jean Shinoda Bolen (Author)Women May Be Our Last Hope to Save the PlanetWake up! Arise! Earth is our home. Listen to your mother, she is calling. Urgent Message from Mother is a call to action for all the women of the world. Do not ask for permission to gather the women. What cannot be done by men, or by individual women, can be done by women together.Women coming together can produce the tipping point. "Mother" is Mother Earth, mother instinct, mother archetype, mother goddess, Earth Moth...

China and the West: The Munk Debates - Paperback

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by H. R. McMaster (Contribution by), Michael Pillsbury (Contribution by), Kishore Mahbubani (Contribution by)The twenty-fourth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on May 9, 2019, pits former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs H. R. McMaster and Director for Chinese Strategy at the D.C.-based Hudson Institute think tank Michael Pillsbury against former President of the United Nations Security Council Kishore Mahbubani and president of one of China's top independent think tanks,...

The Rise of Populism: The Munk Debates - Paperback

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by Stephen K. Bannon (Author), David Frum (Author), Rudyard Griffiths (Editor)The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate, held on November 2, 2018, pits Stephen Bannon, the CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, against columnist and author David Frum to debate the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.Throughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign policy, and immigrati...