Political Science
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Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China, and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949In 1949, as the Chinese Civil War was about to enter its final, explosive stage, the small British frigate HMS Amethyst was sent on a dangerous mission up the Yangtze River to protect British citizens in Nanking. En route it was attacked by the...
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More Than a Doctrine: The Eisenhower Era in the Middle EastGiven on January 5, 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine Address forever changed America's relationship with the Middle East. In the aftermath of the Suez Crisis, President Dwight D. Eisenhower boldly declared that the United States would henceforth serve as the region's "protector of freedom" against...
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Diversifying Diplomacy: My Journey from Roxbury to DakarToday, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the "Hillary Effect." But well before our most recent female secretary of state there was Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve in that capacity, and later Condoleezza Rice....
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The War Against the Vets: The World War I Bonus Army During the Great Depression"Who Murdered the Vets?" writer Ernest Hemingway demanded in an impassioned article about the deaths of hundreds of former soldiers. Their fate came as part of the larger and often overlooked story of veterans of the Great War and their deplorable treatment by the...
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Screening the System: Exposing Security Clearance DangersThe Personnel Security Clearance System--the process by which the federal government incorporates individuals into secret national-security work--is flawed. After twenty-three years of federal service, Martha Louise Deutscher explores the current system and the amount of power afforded to the state in contrast to that...
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Outsourcing Security: Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign PolicyFaced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, decision makers are left with little choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of private military contractors...
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Rise of Turkey: The Twenty-First Century's First Muslim PowerTurkey, which has always held an important position in global affairs, has become even more prominent on the international stage as an economic power and a harbinger of political Islam.During more than ten years in power--an unprecedented tenure--Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his...
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Washington Merry-Go-Round: The Drew Pearson Diaries, 1960-1969For most of three decades, Drew Pearson was the most well-known journalist in the United States. In his daily newspaper column--the most widely syndicated in the nation--and on radio and television broadcasts, he chronicled the political and public policy news of the nation. At...
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Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and WarFrom China's cyber war on America to Islamist victories across the Middle East to the lengthening shadow cast by Iran, the Washington establishment has failed to neutralize foreign threats that are becoming more dangerous. No one on the political left or right has articulated...
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The Socialist Party of America: A Complete HistoryAt a time when the word "socialist" is but one of numerous political epithets that are generally divorced from the historical context of America's political history, The Socialist Party of America presents a new, mature understanding of America's most important minor political party of...
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Grave Injustice: Unearthing Wrongful ExecutionsOn September 21, 2011, the controversial execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis, who spent twenty years on death row for a crime he most likely did not commit, revealed the complexity of death penalty trials, the flaws in America's justice system, and the rift...
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The 100% Solution: A Plan for Solving Climate ChangeAt last--a global plan that actually adds up.--James Hansen, former director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies The world must reach negative greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Yet no single plan has addressed the full...
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The Climate Report: National Climate Assessment-Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United StatesTo hide its dramatic findings, the government quietly released its mandated Climate Assessment Report on Black Friday 2018. Now, this full color reproduction is the definitive edition of "the most comprehensive assessment of the effects of climate change on the United States" (The New...
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Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance TechA book about what the Cambridge Analytica scandal shows: That surveillance and data privacy is every citizens' concernAn important look at how 50 years of American privacy law is inadequate for the today's surveillance technology, from acclaimed Ars Technica senior business editor Cyrus Farivar....
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We the Peoples: A Un for the Twenty-First CenturyDuring his momentous time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action. In 2001 - just after...
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Autobiographical, Scientific, Religious, Moral, and Literary WritingsNewcomers to Rousseau's works and those who are familiar with his writings will find something to surprise them both in this wide variety of short pieces from every period of his life. Among the important theoretical writings found here are the "Fiction or Allegorical...
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The Plan for Perpetual Peace, on the Government of Poland, and Other Writings on History and PoliticsThese abridgements of The Plan for Perpetual Peace (published 1761), On the Government of Poland (1771-1772), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's other writings on history and politics represent his considerations of the practical applications of key principles developed in his best-known theoretical writings. In this latest...
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Faces of Recovery: Treatments That Help Ptsd, Tbi, and Moral InjuryFaces of Recovery continues the report on how millions of American soldiers have faced the ultimate dilemma: kill the enemy or risk being killed yourself. As documented in Eric Newhouse's earlier book, Faces of Combat, PTSD & TBI, each choice traumatizes the brain. The...
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Barcelona, Catalonia: A View from the InsideA collection of Matthew Tree's incisive essays about life, language, and politics in Catalonia, as told through the eyes of a Catalan-speaking Englishman, or an English-speaking Catalan, depending on your vantage point, and his. Matthew's honesty and keen observations combined with his sharp wit...
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The Grand Food Bargain: And the Mindless Drive for MoreWhen it comes to food, Americans seem to have a pretty great deal. Our grocery stores are overflowing with countless varieties of convenient products. But like most bargains that are too good to be true, the modern food system relies on an illusion. It...
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