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Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the PostcolonialIn Decolonizing Palestine, Somdeep Sen rejects the notion that liberation from colonialization exists as a singular moment in history when the colonizer is ousted by the colonized. Instead, he considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as...
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The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and DevelopmentThe United Nations has been an essential actor in world politics for 75 years. Its entities have eliminated smallpox, protected the ozone layer, promoted arms control, and helped to save the lives of over 90 million children. Yet, it is frequently criticized as ineffective...
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Beyond Civility: The Competing Obligations of CitizenshipFrom the pundits to the polls, nearly everyone seems to agree that US politics have rarely been more fractious, and calls for a return to "civil discourse" abound. Yet it is also true that the requirements of polite discourse effectively silence those who are...
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Religion as Resistance: Negotiating Authority in Italian LibyaWhen Italian forces landed on the shores of Libya in 1911, many in Italy hailed it as an opportunity to embrace a Catholic national identity through imperial expansion. After decades of acrimony between an intransigent Church and the Italian state, enthusiasm for the imperial...
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On Impeachment: The Presidency on TrialA short, accessible collection of key historic writings about presidential impeachment, as part of a new Penguin Classics series on liberty and constitutional rights. A Penguin Classic With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution's text and values,...
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AnarchyWe have said that Anarchy is society without government. But is the suppression of government possible, desirable, or wise? Let us see...Errico Malatesta (4 December 1853 - 22 July 1932) was an Italian anarchist. He spent much of his life exiled from Italy and...
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AnarchyWe have said that Anarchy is society without government. But is the suppression of government possible, desirable, or wise? Let us see.Errico Malatesta (4 December 1853 - 22 July 1932) was an Italian anarchist. He spent much of his life exiled from Italy and...
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Test Practice Book For 100 Civil Service Jobs (CS-5): Passbooks Study GuideThe General Aptitude and Abilities Series provides functional, intensive test practice and drill in the basic skills and areas common to many civil service, general aptitude or achievement examinations necessary for entrance into schools or occupations. The Test Practice Passbook(R) includes hundreds of questions...
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The Secrets of Spies: Inside the Hidden World of International AgentsPacked with dastardly details and top-secret stories, this book recounts thrilling tales of spies from the ancient world of Sun Tzu to the latest cyber threats. From James Bond to Mata Hari, in scores of books and movies, and on the front pages of...
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Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified KoreaKorean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea is a powerful call to action for Koreans and supporters everywhere to achieve a new nation, rooted in a common past. In this Centennial Edition, which debuted on several bestseller lists including the Wall Street Journal,...
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Women, Poverty, Equality: The Role of CedawThe stark reality is that throughout the world, women disproportionately live in poverty. This indicates that gender can both cause and perpetuate poverty, but this is a complex and cross-cutting relationship.The full enjoyment of human rights is routinely denied to women who live in...
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China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled PlanetWhat does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world's most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues "ecological civilization"? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal appetite for resources, China exemplifies a model of state-led environmentalism which concentrates decisive political, economic,...
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Covert Action in the Cold War: Us Policy, Intelligence and CIA OperationsBorn out of the ashes of World War II, the covert action arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to counter the challenge posed by the Soviet Union and its allies and bolster American interests worldwide. It evolved rapidly into an eclectic,...
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First In Vietnam: An Exercise In Excess of 30 Days: The US Army 57th Transportation Helicopter Company (Light Helicopter) (CH-21) 1961-1This book is about the continuation of someone else's war and the very early days in the assumption of that war by the United States of America. It is set against the beginning of a major expansion of our advisory effort aiding South Vietnam...
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Pure Political Philosophy: Natural Law and SulaocracyPure Political Philosophy: Natural Law and Sulaocracy is by philosopher and economist Michael DeVinney. It clearly explains the impossibility of understanding economics without understanding philosophy. Properly defining ethics and morals, using deductive logic, the author applies economic laws to political organizations and identifies various...
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Implementing Grand Strategy Toward China: Twenty-Two U.S. Policy Prescriptions"China wants to replace the United States as the strongest and most influential power in Asia and beyond," warns Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy Robert D. Blackwill. "Washington should launch an all-out effort to limit...
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Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court Vs. the American PeopleThe Supreme Court has recently issued decisions announcing that citizens have neither a constitutional right to vote, nor the right to an education. Conservative judges have continually disavowed claims to any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. In "Overruling Democracy, " celebrated law...
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American Antifa: The Tactics, Culture, and Practice of Militant AntifascismSince the election of President Trump and the rise in racist and white supremacist activity, the militant antifascist movement known as antifa has become increasingly active and high profile in the United States. This book analyzes the tactics, culture, and practices of the movement...
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Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European UnionThe European Union of today cannot be studied as it once was. This original new textbook provides a much-needed update on how the EU's policies and institutions have changed in light of the multiple crises and transformations since 2010. An international team of leading...
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American Agony: The Opioid War Against Patients in PainManaging pain with opioids is a science--except politics, money, and overzealous law enforcement are denying American patients the relief they so desperately need. Demonizing the best pain reliever we have leads to needless suffering, even suicides, and it drives the rise in deadly street...
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