International Relations
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Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 WarThe untold story of Israel's diplomatic maneuvering in the wake of the Six Day War, which frustrated a possible peace settlement Israel's victory in the June 1967 Six Day War provided a unique opportunity for resolving the decades-old Arab-Zionist conflict. Having seized the West...
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Thinking Small: The United States and the Lure of Community DevelopmentWinner of the Merle Curti Award in Intellectual History, Organization of American Historians Co-Winner of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Book Award Thinking Small tells the story of how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches....
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The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American HistoryThe Sandinista Revolution and its victory against the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua gripped the United States and the world in the 1980s. But as soon as the Sandinistas were voted out of power in 1990 and the Iran Contra affair ceased to make headlines,...
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The Price of Empire: American Entrepreneurs and the Origins of America's First Pacific EmpireAuthor: Miles M. Evers, Eric GrynaviskiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/04/2024Pages: 214Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45dISBN: 9781009396370
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The False Promise of Superiority: The United States and Nuclear Deterrence After the Cold WarThis political analysis exposes the fanciful logic that the United States can use nuclear weapons to vanquish nuclear adversaries or influence them when employing various coercive tactics. During the Cold War, American policymakers sought nuclear advantages to offset an alleged Soviet edge. Policymakers hoped...
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The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in RetreatA Financial Times Best Book of the YearForcefully persuasive, The Dispensable Nation is a game changer for America as it charts a course in the Muslim world, Asia, and beyond. Vali Nasr shows how the Obama administration missed its chance to improve U.S. relations...
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The Congress of Vienna and Its Legacy: War and Great Power Diplomacy After NapoleonIn September 1814, the rulers of Europe and their ministers descended upon Vienna after two decades of revolution and war. Their task was to redraw continental borders following the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire. Inevitably, all of the major decisions were made by the...
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Regional Politics in Oceania: From Colonialism and Cold War to the Pacific CenturyStephanie Lawson's book is by far the most comprehensive study of regional politics in Oceania produced to date. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary sources, she provides a systematic account of major issues facing the region and presents conceptual and theoretical issues in a...
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Rebel Island: The Incredible History of TaiwanThe gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle--and the renewed threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a 'ball of mud', Taiwan has a modern GDP larger...
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Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and EmpowermentArmed resistance, suicide bombings, and rocket attacks, populate the Western media's depiction of Palestinian resistance. Synthesising data from hundreds of original sources, Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh provides the most comprehensive study of the always creative, often peaceful, civil resistance in Palestine.Successes, failures, missed opportunities and...
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Pakistan and American Diplomacy: Insights from 9/11 to the Afghanistan EndgamePakistan and American Diplomacy offers an insightful, fast-moving tour through Pakistan-U.S. relations, from 9/11 to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as told from the perspective of a former U.S. diplomat who served twice in Pakistan. Ted Craig frames his narrative around the 2019 Cricket...
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Opération Déluge d'Al-Aqsa: La défaite du vainqueurAuthor: Jacques BaudPublisher: Max Milo EditionsPublished: 03/05/2024Pages: 464Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.45h x 6.30w x 0.94dISBN: 9782315019854Language: FrenchThis title is not returnable
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Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War: How Leaders of Great Powers Cope with Status DeclineWhy do great powers go to war? Why are non-violent, diplomatic options not prioritized? Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War argues that world leaders react to status decline by going to war, guided by a nostalgic, virile understanding of what it means to...
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North Korea, Nuclear Risk-Taking, and the United States: Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong UnThis book analyzes Pyongyang's nuclear policy changes for the last three decades under Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. It explains when and why the North Korean leaders have chosen either risk-acceptant confrontation or risk-averse engagement toward the United States.Author:...
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Money and Promises: Seven Deals That Changed the WorldWhere did modern banking come from--and how does this history help us understand financial crises? In the twelfth century, Pisa was a thriving metropolis, a powerhouse of global trade, and a city that stood at the center of medieval Europe. But Pisa had a...
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La Comunidad Latina in the United States: Personal and Political Strategies for Transforming CultureLa comunidad Latina, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, has long been told that assimilation is the only way to succeed in American society. This book challenges that generally accepted view and concludes instead that transformation as a way of life...
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Israel and the Cyber Threat: How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber PowerIn Israel and the Cyber Threat, Charles D. ("Chuck") Freilich, Matthew S. Cohen, and Gabi Siboni provide a detailed and comprehensive study of Israel's cyber strategy, tracing it from its origins to the present. They analyze Israel's highly advanced civil and military cyber capabilities...
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Indigenizing the Cold War: The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in ThailandThe Border Patrol Police (BPP) of Thailand was formed as a United States CIA's paramilitary intelligence force in the early 1950s. In the early 1960s, changes in Thailand's political leadership and the U.S. government's strategies for fighting the spread of communism in Southeast Asia...
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Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries- How does politics affect you in everyday life? - What is power and who has it?- Has the age of empire come to an end?- Is capitalism the only viable economic system? Politics is all around us. Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries teaches...
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Global Issues, Tangled Webs: Transnational Concerns in an Interconnected WorldGlobal Issues, Tangled Webs: Transnational Concerns in an Interconnected World provides students with an overview and greater understanding of issues and trends in global politics. Global Issues, Tangled Webs demonstrates how some of the most important issues-such as climate change, refugee crises, food supply...
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