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Adlai E. Stevenson and American Intellectuals: The Terms of EndearmentThis book focuses on a biographical and cultural rendering of Adlai E. Stevenson's alliance with a segment of the intellectual community, with primary attention to the years from 1940 to his death in 1965. At the core of the study is an evaluation of...
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A Cultural History of Exploration: Volumes 1-6What has driven humanity to expand across the globe? How was it achieved? And what has it meant to be on the receiving end - not the explorer but the explored? In a work that spans more than 5,000 years, these questions are addressed...
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Writing Wrongs: My Political Journey in Black and WriteWriting Wrongs: My Political Journey in Black and Write is a compilation of columns from Raynard Jackson that will challenge everything you thought was "conventional wisdom." Whether you agree or disagree, you will be forced to rethink core issues you thought were settled in...
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Winters of Discontent: The Winter Olympics and a Half Century of Protest and ResistanceEvery four years, the Winter Olympics become a focal point for activism and resistance. But in the modern era, mere bids to host the Games have sparked fierce opposition from groups motivated by local or global concerns. Russell Field edits a collection that charts...
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Why Men Fight (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)Written in the midst of World War I, Why Men Fight lays out Bertrand Russell's wholesale rejection of the notion that war is inevitable. Russell elucidates the motivations behind human conflict and underscores the inherent futility of settling disputes by waging destructive battles. He...
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White House Usher: Stories from the InsideForeword by Barbara Bush.From January 1986 until March 1994, Chris Emery was part of one of the most unique services in the U.S. government--an usher in the White House.For more than 200 years, a small office has operated on the State Floor of the...
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What Is War For?How does armed conflict shape global politics? And, critically, can it ever be regulated, a necessary first step to achieving a more peaceful world? This book examines the factors that define and shape war in the contemporary world, and how changes to technology and...
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What Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of DebacleSurveying the artistic and cultural scene in the era of Trump In a world where truth is cast in doubt and shame has gone missing, what are artists and critics on the left to do? How to demystify a political order that laughs away...
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War Is a Racket (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)Author: Smedley Darlington ButlerPublisher: Warbler ClassicsPublished: 12/15/2024Pages: 92Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22dISBN: 9781965684160
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War: Ends and Means, Second EditionThis book explores the causes, operations, endings, and justifications of war. In the process, it demolishes many currently fashionable illusions, such as that peace is always preferable to war, that wars occur because of accidents or misunderstandings, and that technology changes the nature of...
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Veiled Threats: Women and Global JihadVeiled Threats challenges the idea that women in violent terrorist groups lack agency. Too often, these women are assumed to be controlled by men: their fathers, their husbands, or some other male relative. Mia Bloom contests this narrow understanding. Although extremist groups often control...
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Unequal Freedom: How Race and Gender Shaped American Citizenship and LaborThe inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. During this era the country experienced enormous social and...
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Tyrants"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me." - Genghis Khan A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes...
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Turkish Paramilitarism in Northern Kurdistan: State Violence in the 1990sThis book focuses on paramilitary groups and the Turkish state relations during the armed conflict between the state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK) in the 1990s. In August 1984, the PKK launched an armed struggle against the Turkish state, leading...
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True Conservatism: Reclaiming Our Humanity in an Arrogant AgeDrawing on the riches of the Western tradition, Anthony T. Kronman defends a humane conservativism for our enlightened age As the party of the left has grown more strident, its conservative critics have responded in kind. Each year conservatives do a poorer job of...
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Transformed: Reinventing Pittsburgh's Industrial Sites for a New Century, 1975-1995Transformed tells how civic leaders in Pittsburgh--once the world's steel capital--brought new uses to five derelict industrial brownfield sites. Polluted and largely abandoned Herr's Island became Washington's Landing, with upscale housing, a marina, rowing center and riverfront trails. LTV's shuttered Pittsburgh Steel Works became...
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They're Coming for You: How Deep State Spies, Ngos, and Woke Corporations Plan to Push You Out of the EconomyThree-time New York Times bestselling author and Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz delves into the ways you are punished for opinions they don't like. Could your name appear on a list of people with unacceptable opinions without your knowledge? Could that list be used...
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The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big GovernmentA dazzling and infuriating portrait of fifty years of corporate influence in Washington, The Wolves of K Street is a "not-so-guilty pleasure" (The New York Times): irresistibly dramatic, spectacularly timely, explosive in its revelations, and impossible to put down. In the 1970s, Washington's center...
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The War on Smokers and the Rise of the Nanny StateFrom propaganda released by the Third Reich to legislation passed in more than fifty nations, smoking is one of society's favorite targets. While the public goes along with persecuting smokers, Theodore J. King is here to tell us why we shouldn't. In this book,...
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The Transformative ASEAN: An Insider's ReflectionsAuthor: Pushpanathan SundramPublisher: PT Perkasa Permata Asia Abadi (Ppaa)Published: 12/20/2024Pages: 328Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73dISBN: 9786231056047
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