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The Spoils of War: Greed, Power, and the Conflicts That Made Our Greatest PresidentsTwo eminent political scientists show that America's great conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror, were fought not for ideals, or even geopolitical strategy, but for the individual gain of the presidents who waged them. It's striking how many of the...
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National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of FearIn the wake of 9/11, America and its people have experienced a sense of vulnerability unprecedented in the nation's recent history. Buffeted by challenges from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the financial crisis, from Washington dysfunction to the rise of China and...
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Spies and Commissars: The Early Years of the Russian RevolutionThe early years of Bolshevik rule were marked by dynamic interaction between Russia and the West. These years of civil war in Russia were years when the West strove to understand the new communist regime while also seeking to undermine it. Meanwhile, the Bolsheviks...
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Moscow, December 25, 1991: The Last Day of the Soviet UnionThe implosion of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a gripping game played out between two men who intensely disliked each other and had different concepts for the future. Mikhail Gorbachev, a sophisticated and urbane reformer, sought to modernize and preserve the USSR;...
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Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on SecrecyA team of journalists with unparalleled inside access provides the first full, in-depth account of WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange, and the ethical, legal, and political controversies it has both uncovered and provoked.Author: David Leigh, Luke HardingPublisher: PublicAffairsPublished: 02/15/2011Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.19h...
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Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh MohammedSince the Nuremberg Trials of 1945, lawful nations have struggled to impose justice around the world, especially when confronted by tyrannical and genocidal regimes. But in Cambodia, the USSR, China, Bosnia, Rwanda, and beyond, justice has been served haltingly if at all in the...
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The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the WorldRichard Holbrooke, who died in December 2010, was a pivotal player in U.S. diplomacy for more than forty years. Most recently special envoy for Iraq and Afghanistan under President Obama, Holbrooke also served as assistant secretary of state for both Asia and Europe, and...
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The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped EraIn this incisive new book, Michael Mandelbaum argues that the era marked by an expansive American foreign policy is coming to an end. During the seven decades from the U.S. entry into World War II in 1941 to the present, economic constraints rarely limited...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United StatesJoseph Story's famous and influential review of the origins, influences, and early interpretations of the Constitution is now presented in the author's own 1833 Abridged Edition-considered the most useful and readable version of this important work, from the Supreme Court's youngest Justice. The new,...
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The Human Rights Culture: A Study in History and ContextLawrence Friedman in this provocative, accessible, and clear book turns a critical eye toward the human rights movement-and does not mind going against the grain. He explores the sheer phenomenon of a near-global arc favoring the idea, and sometimes even the practice, of human...
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Cooperation and Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What That Means for Economics and PoliticsAn eye-opening guide to how society and government function . . . and how they should function There are only two ways that humans work together: they cooperate with one another, or they coerce one another. And once you realize this fundamental fact, it...
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Memoirs of a Revolutionist: The Autobiography of Peter KropotkinBorn a Russian Prince, Peter Kropotkin became the leading theorist of the political philosophy of Anarchism. This is Kropotkin's autobiography, recounting his life as the son of a Russian noble, his experiences as a boy in the Court of the Russian Tsar, his work...
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A History of the Spanish Civil War: A Collection of Contemporary Reports from the American Anarchist Journal Spanish RevolutionThe Spanish Civil War, which lasted from 1936 to 1939, is largely remembered today, if at all, merely as a military prelude to the Second World War. But the Spanish Civil War was also a social revolution, and marks the first time that Anarchists...
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The German Revolution: Writings on the Failed Communist Rebellion in 1918-1919Two contemporary accounts of the German Revolution which overthrew the Kaiser and established the Weimar Republic, and the failed attempt by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht's Spartacus group (the KPD-Communist Party of Germany) to establish a Soviet Republic in Germany.Author: Ralph Haswell Lutz, William...
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The Haymarket Trial: Selected Testimony from the Trial of the Chicago AnarchistsFrom the trial record. The testimony of selected prosecution and defense witnesses, defendant statements to the court, the appeal decision, and the governor's pardon.Author: Albert Parsons, August Vincent Theodore SpiesPublisher: Red and Black PublishersPublished: 01/27/2011Pages: 404Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83dISBN:...
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Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume Two: Actions and Strategies for ChangeA guide to direct action for those disillusioned with the posturing of liberal "activism." The radical left is losing, but it doesn't have to be that way. Here is the radical's guide to activist work--the manual we need at this crucial moment to organize...
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot BanditsA close presidential election in November could well come down to contested states or even districts--an election decided by vote theft? It could happen this year. Based on Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s investigative reporting for Rolling Stone and BBC television plus...
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Radical Walking Tours of New York CityToo often, tours of New York City are paeans to power--extolling the fabled New York skyline and the robber barrons whose wealth built it up, praising the marvels of a city built largely on finance. But New York has also, since its founding, been...
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This Bloodless LibertyGovernment is totally out of control... Is there hope for America's future? Darkness falls over America. As ancient Rome, our Republic rots from within. Government corruption leads to citizen despair. It's our right, even our citizen duty to enforce the Constitution - but how?...
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Texas Lawmen, 1835-1899: The Good and the BadThe tally of Texas lawmen killed during the state's first sixty-five years of organized law enforcement is truly staggering. From Texas Rangers the likes of Silas Mercer Parker Jr., gunned down at Parker's Fort in 1836, to Denton County sheriff 's deputy Floyd Coberly,...
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