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The Origins of the First World WarA second edition of this leading introduction to the origins of the First World War and the pre-war international system. William Mulligan shows how the war was a far from inevitable outcome of international politics in the early twentieth century and suggests instead that...
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Political Realism in Apocalyptic TimesFrom climate change to nuclear war to the rise of demagogic populists, our world is shaped by doomsday expectations. In this path-breaking book, Alison McQueen shows why three of history's greatest political realists feared apocalyptic politics. Niccol Machiavelli in the midst of Italy's vicious...
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Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European UnionIn June 2016, the United Kingdom shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. As this book reveals, the historic vote for Brexit marked the culmination of trends in domestic politics and in the UK's relationship with the EU that have been...
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Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: National Styles and Strategic CulturesThis book is a major new study of the extent to which national mentalities, or 'ways of war', are responsible for 'national styles' of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Leading scholars examine the ways of war of particular insurgent movements, and the standard operational procedures of...
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Irregular Migrants and the Right to HealthAuthor: Stefano AngeleriPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/04/2022Pages: 328Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781316511916This title is not returnable
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Hey America!: The Epic Story of Black Music and the White HouseThis is the untold story of black music - its triumph over racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political anxiety - told through the perspective of the most powerful office in the world: from Louis Armstrong's spat with President Eisenhower and Eartha...
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Matilde de la Torre: Sex, Socialism and Suffrage in Republican SpainWomen's political emancipation was amongst the most revolutionary of the feminist reforms enacted by the II Spanish Republic (1931-1939). Matilde de la Torre (1884-1946) was one of Spain's first female politicians, winning a seat for the Socialist Party (PSOE) in Oviedo in the 1933...
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Die Diktatur der sozialistischen Weltordnung"Der Feind in Washington ist mehr zu fürchten als der Feind in Moskau." Diese Ansicht habe ich immer und immer wieder zum Ausdruck gebracht. Der Kommunismus hat den von Präsident George Washington errichteten Zollschutz nicht zerstört. Der Kommunismus hat die USA nicht gezwungen, die...
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Overcoming the Retributive Nature of the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictLaying the Groundwork.- The Middle East Conflict.- The Analytic Hierarchy Process.- Retributive Conflicts and the AHP.- Structuring the Hierarchy to Make Tradeoffs.- Lessons Learned.- The Pittsburgh Principles.- Implementation to the Principles.- The Palestinian Refugee Problem.- Strategic Communications.- Looking Ahead.Author: Thomas L. Saaty, H. J....
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British Information and Cultural Policy in Greece, 1943-1950: Exercising Public Diplomacy in the Formative Early Cold War YearsThis book sheds new and revealing light on British cultural and information policies in Greece by unearthing previously unexamined or insufficiently examined primary sources. These sources draw an intricate picture of a complex moment when, in the ruins of post-war southern Europe, British institutions,...
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A Philosophical Critique of Liberal EthicsA PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE OF LIBERAL ETHICS In this project, I have analyzed the concept of liberal ethics with special attention to consequentialism. To begin with, I have presented the view that how the knowledge of the history of philosophy and ethics in particular helps...
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Rethinking Human Rights and Peace in Post-Independence Timor-Leste Through Local PerspectivesThis book offers perspectives from the ground on human rights and peace in Timor-Leste. By highlighting the local voices, this book draws on their experience and expertise in engaging with questions concerning the nexus between human rights, peace and development. It posits that these...
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On the United FrontOn the book: The Party often finds it necessary to explain that the national united front is mainly for promoting and advancing the revolutionary armed struggle because of the common notion that it is mainly or solely for carrying out all legal forms of...
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A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and SurvivalThe extraordinary memoir of a woman who gave up everything to help her people In February 2018, twenty-four members of Gulchehra Hoja's family disappeared overnight. Her crime - and thus that of her family - was her award-winning investigations on the plight of her...
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How to Stage a Coup: And Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft'A compelling history of the dark arts of statecraft... Fascinating' Jonathan Rugman 'Rich in anecdote and detail.' The Times Today's world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda and governments around the world are turning to secret statecraft...
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Le guerre per il petrolioNon c'è dubbio che la Royal Dutch Shell del "Comitato dei 300" sia una delle più antiche e più grandi compagnie petrolifere che operano oggi nel mondo. Il suo fatturato nel 2005 è stato di 306,73 miliardi di dollari. La defunta Regina Giuliana dei...
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Assessment and Selection for U.S. Air Force Special Warfare: Vol. 1, Defining Attributes and Designing Rater TrainingAir Force Special Warfare operators conduct physically and mentally challenging missions. For this career field, specialized assessment and selection of future operators is required. The authors examine the programs for assessing and selecting personnel for AFSPECWAR, identify job-relevant attributes, consider how these attributes should...
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The New Orthodoxy: Canada's Emerging Civil ReligionThis book examines the founding non-sectarianapproach to Canadian statecraft that accommodated religious and culturaldiversity. The 1960's promise of political liberalism embraced in Canada was toprovide a philosophy of government that facilitates the individual's vision andpursuit of the good life. Decades later, the promotion of...
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The TRIPS Waiver Negotiations at the World Trade Organization (October 2020- June 2022): A reportage from Geneva Health FilesA blow-by-blow account of the highly political and, often contentious negotiations around the TRIPS Waiver proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) between October 2020 and June 2022. For more than two years developing countries have fought against the inequities in the access to...
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Everyday Communists in South Africa's Liberation Struggle: The Lives of Ivan and Lesley SchermbruckerCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND AUTHOR'S NOTECHAPTER 2 THE SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT, FINDING COMMUNISM AND IVAN AND LESLEY'S EARLY YEARS The CPSA/SACP, the ANC, Transnationalism and African Nationalism Women in the Struggle A Sense of Rootedness: The Colonel The Rural Economy: Transkei and Zululand Traders Foundations...
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