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Anti-Social Media: Conventional Militaries in the Digital BattlespaceOver the past decade the gravitational centre of contemporary conflict has shifted from the physical battlefield to the online battlespace, where the ingenuity of non-state actors has vexed governments and militaries. Devising new architectures of participation, Al Qaeda and ISIS have weaponised social media...
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The U.S. Constitution for Everyone: Features All 27 AmendmentsHistory comes alive in this illustrated guide to the Constitution and all 27 Amendments. The Constitution has been in the news a lot recently. But most of us could probably use a refresher on this founding document of America--you can probably name the first...
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Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter McDougall reinterprets the traditions that have shaped U.S. foreign policy from 1776 to the present in "an entertaining and iconoclastic fashion" (Philadelphia Inquirer). In a concise analysis, McDougall divides American diplomatic history into two stages, which he calls "Old Testament"...
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Crusaders and Pragmatists: Movers of Modern American Foreign Policy, Second EditionAuthor: John George StoessingerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 11/01/1985Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.22h x 5.52w x 0.76dISBN: 9780393955064
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The Turbulent Decade: Confronting the Refugee Crisis of the 1990sA tireless advocate for the victims of war, Sadako Ogata tells the story at the scene of four crises in which she directed relief: Iraq, the Balkans, the African Great Lakes region and Afghanistan. She explores issues of refugee protection and humanitarian assistance; coordination...
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Redesigning the American Dream: The Future of Housing, Work and Family LifeAmericans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for...
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Signs of Safety: A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child ProtectionIt focuses on the question, "How can child protection professionals actually build partnerships with parents where there is suspected or substantiated child abuse or neglect?" The authors bring the solution orientation to child protection work, expanding the investigation of risk to encompass signs of...
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LeviathanThis Norton Critical Edition includes: The complete text of Leviathan, one of the most important works of political philosophy ever written, carefully--and faithfully--edited for 21st-century readers. Spelling and punctuation have been thoughtfully modernized, and all archaic terms have been footnoted. The result is the...
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International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and WealthWith 70 percent new readings, the Sixth Edition of International Political Economy has been extensively updated to reflect changes in the scholarship and the global economy. This compact book brings together a flexible and provocative set of articles and excerpts on a broad range...
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A Covert Action: Reagan, the Cia, and the Cold War Struggle in PolandIn 1981, the Soviet-backed Polish government declared martial law to crush a budding democratic opposition movement. Moscow and Washington were on a collision course. It was the most significant crisis of Ronald Reagan's fledgling presidency. Reagan authorized a covert CIA operation codenamed QRHELPFUL to...
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The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future PresidentsCan the president launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval? Is it ever a crime to criticize the president? Can states legally resist a president's executive order? In today's fraught political climate, it often seems as if we must become constitutional law scholars just...
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The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded WorldIn The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our fight against devastating world hunger in dramatic perspective. He travels the globe to introduce a new generation of farmers and scientists on the front lines of the next green revolution....
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Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of GreatnessWhat made FDR a more successful leader during the Depression crisis than Hoover? Why was Eisenhower more effective as supreme commander at war than he was as president? Who was Pauli Murray and why was she a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement?...
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Wilson and His Peacemakers: American Diplomacy at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919Author: Arthur WalworthPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 08/01/1986Pages: 636Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.93lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.28dISBN: 9780393336337
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The Crimes of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIAJonathan Kwitny, hailed as the John le Carre of non-fiction crime, is one of America's top investigative journalists. In this explosive expose he reveals the most mysterious collection of spies ever caught in a single scandal. Kwitny is host of The Kwitny Report, seen...
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Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition: An Oral HistoryA remarkable document of an era that permanently changed the American political landscape.Author: Griffin FarielloPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 03/01/1995Pages: 580Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.17dISBN: 9780393335040About the AuthorFariello, Griffin: - Griffin Fariello (1951-2012) was an instructor at the University...
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Octopus: The Long Reach of the Sicilian MafiaA shocking expose of how the Sicilian Mafia uses financial influence and ruthless violence to control the international narcotics trade. The most definitive work yet published on the transformation of the old bootlegging and gambling Mafia into a multinational conglomerate.--The Washington Times.Author: Claire SterlingPublisher:...
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One of Ours: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City BombingOn April 19, 1995, terrorism struck the heartland of America: A cataclysmic explosion destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building, took the lives of 168 people, and injured more than 500 others. It was not the work of a secret foreign cabal or a maniacal...
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Hitler's War Aims: The Establishment of the New OrderAfter an opening chapter that describes the treatment of the Jews in German society, the focus shifts to the government and administration of the conquered countries--ranging from those nations with a substantial population of ethnic Germans to those, such as the Balkan states, where...
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Modern Liberty: And the Limits of GovernmentIn this impassioned defense of liberty, renowned Harvard law professor Charles Fried argues that the seemingly unimpeachable goals of equality and community are often the most potent rivals of freedom. Declared a spirited, sophisticated manifesto by the New York Times Book Review, Modern Liberty...
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