International Relations
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Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy"A behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy. From Vietnam in the 1960s to Afghanistan in this decade, James Dobbins was on the frontlines of American diplomacy and worked to advance U.S. national interests in some of the world's most difficult...
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Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across CulturesSince the early 1980s John Paul Lederach has traveled worldwide as a mediation trainer and conflict resolution consultant. Currently the director of the International Conciliation Committee, he has worked with governments, justice departments, youth programs, and other groups in Latin America, the Philippines, Cambodia,...
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Religion and Politics in the Middle East: Identity, Ideology, Institutions, and AttitudesThis innovative book analyzes the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East through a comparative study of five countries: Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Robert D. Lee examines each country in terms of four domains in which state and religion...
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Breaking Protocol: America's First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964"It used to be," soon-to-be secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright said in 1996, "that the only way a woman could truly make her foreign policy views felt was by marrying a diplomat and then pouring tea on an offending ambassador's lap." This world...
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Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended"[Matlock's] account of Reagan's achievement as the nation's diplomat in chief is a public service."--The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing . . . authoritative . . . a detailed and reliable narrative that future historians will be able to draw on to illuminate...
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After EuropeIn this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union--and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is...
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No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National SecurityFor more than forty years, the United States has maintained a public commitment to nuclear disarmament, and every president from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama has gradually reduced the size of America's nuclear forces. Yet even now, over two decades after the end of...
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Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern JapanA surprising assessment of the failures and successes of modern Japan. In Dogs and Demons, Alex Kerr chronicles the many facets of Japan's recent, and chronic, crises -- from the failure of its banks and pension funds to the decline of its once magnificent...
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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British MandateOne Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that haunts...
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New & Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global EraNew and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a...
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America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil FrontierExamination of U.S.-Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps.Author: Robert VitalisPublisher: Stanford University PressPublished: 10/10/2006Pages: 392Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.26h x 6.32w x 1.13dISBN: 9780804754460Review Citation(s): Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 165Reference and...
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The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom ThebesBetween 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international politics. Conventional wisdom holds that international capital markets adjusted automatically and remarkably well: enormous amounts of money flowed into oil-rich states, and efficient markets then placed that...
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States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second EditionTheories of international relations, assumed to be universally applicable, have failed to explain the creation of states in Africa. There, the interaction of power and space is dramatically different from what occurred in Europe. In States and Power in Africa, Jeffrey Herbst places the...
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Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and United States Foreign PolicyNews stories and academic studies often focus on the options chosen by a president and his officials during a crisis. Central to such decisions, however, are the forces that determine what options show up on the agenda and what options do not even make...
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The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth about Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the WorldNew York Times bestseller From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an expos of international corruption, and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner,...
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Race, Gender, and Culture in International Relations: Postcolonial PerspectivesInternational relations theory has broadened out considerably since the end of the Cold War. Topics and issues once deemed irrelevant to the discipline have been systematically drawn into the debate and great strides have been made in the areas of culture/identity, race, and gender...
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Crescent and StarIn the first edition of this widely praised book, Stephen Kinzer made the convincing claim that Turkey was the country to watch -- poised between Europe and Asia, between the glories of its Ottoman past and its hopes for a democratic future, between the...
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Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International TerroristsIn this innovative and concise work, Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu offers a compelling approach to understanding and fighting the increase in domestic and international terrorism throughout the world. Citing diverse examples from around the globe, Netanyahu demonstrates that domestic terrorist groups are usually no...
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Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's FutureReset introduces an astonishing parade of characters: sultans, shahs, oil tycoons, mullahs, women of the world, liberators, oppressors, and dreamers of every sort. Woven together into a dazzling panorama, they help us see the Middle East in a new way--and lead to startling proposals...
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Foreign Policy Analysis: A Comparative IntroductionThis book's introduction to foreign policy analysis focuses on decision makers and decision making. Each chapter is organised around puzzles and questions to which undergraduates can relate. The book emphasizes the importance of individuals in foreign policy decision making, while also placing decision makers...
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