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Muhammad: Islam's First Great GeneralThat Muhammad succeeded as a prophet is undeniable; a prominent military historian now suggests that he might not have done so had he not also been a great soldier.Best known as the founder of a major religion, Muhammad was also Islam's first great general....
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Party Wars, 10: Polarization and the Politics of National Policy MakingParty Wars is the first book to describe how the ideological gulf now separating the two major parties developed and how today's fierce partisan competition affects the political process and national policy. Barbara Sinclair traces the current ideological divide to changes in the Republican...
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The Future of the Southern PlainsIn The Future of the Southern Plains, scholars bring the region to the forefront by asking important questions about its past and suggesting prospects for its future. The contributors, some of them natives of the region, bring to their work a blend of scholarship...
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The Indian Reorganization ACT: Congresses and BillsIn 1934, Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier began a series of "congresses" with American Indians to discuss his proposed federal bill for granting self-government to tribal reservations. For the first time, the reservation Indian was asked for input in the structuring of American...
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The Iliad as Politics: The Performance of Political Thoughtvolume 28Wily Odysseus. Bold Achilles. Brave Hektor. Beautiful Helen of Troy. For centuries, people around the world have been fascinated by these figures and their tragic war as recounted in Homer's Iliad, long admired and studied as one of the foremost epic poems of the...
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Little Giant: The Life and Times of Speaker Carl AlbertAt age six, Carl Albert knew he wanted to serve in the United States Congress. In 1947 he realized his dream when he was elected to serve in the House of Representatives alongside John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In Little Giant, Albert...
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Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles, and IdeologyThe Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps the most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political...
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Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best HopeFrom the author of the bestselling Blowback Trilogy, an urgent call to confront America's waning power In his prophetic book Blowback, published before 9/11, Chalmers Johnson warned that our secret operations in Iraq and elsewhere around the globe would exact a price at home....
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Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your CommunityBestselling author Bill McKibben turns activist in the first hands-on guidebook to stopping climate change, the world's greatest threat Hurricane Katrina. A rapidly disappearing Arctic. The warmest winter on the East Coast in recorded history. The leading scientist at NASA warns that we have...
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Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist IslamThe most clear and engaging history of the deadly, historic partnership between Western powers and political Islam.--Salon.com Devil's Game is the first comprehensive account of America's misguided efforts, stretching across decades, to dominate the strategically vital Middle East by courting and cultivating Islamic fundamentalism....
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Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents, Third Edition: How to Help, How to SurviveA thoroughly revised edition of the authoritative guide to caring for aging parentsFor women and men who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caregiving in their future, this empathetic and practical book offers complete coverage of all the...
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Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under SiegeIn 1993, Amira Hass, a young Israeli reporter, drove to Gaza to cover a story-and stayed, the first journalist to live in the grim Palestinian enclave so feared and despised by most Israelis that, in the local idiom, Go to Gaza is another way...
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Classical Geopolitics: A New Analytical ModelGeopolitics is the study of how the projection of power (ideological, cultural, economic, or military) is effected and affected by the geographic and political landscape in which it operates. Despite the real world relevance of geopolitics, a common understanding of what classical geopolitics is...
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Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian ResistanceHamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is, of course, far more...
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Constructing Cassandra: Reframing Intelligence Failure at the Cia, 1947-2001Constructing Cassandra analyzes the intelligence failures at the CIA that resulted in four key strategic surprises experienced by the US: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks--surprises still...
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Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole ACTSince the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, have argued that this surge contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. And, many observers have attributed this...
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On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st CenturyThe last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer rogue states in the international system. The authors ofOn Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century...
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Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action FailsIn 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions. The call to assist those in need was heard around the globe. Yet two years later humanitarian efforts led by governments and NGOs have largely failed. Resources are not...
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The Anglosphere: A Genealogy of a Racialized Identity in International RelationsThe Anglosphere refers to a community of English-speaking states, nations, and societies centered on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which has profoundly influenced the direction of world history and fascinated countless observers. This book argues that the origins...
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Gridlock: Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in DubaiThe images of human trafficking are all too often reduced to media tales of helpless young women taken by heavily accented, dark-skinned captors--but the reality is a far cry from this stereotype. In the Middle East, Dubai has been accused of being a hotbed...
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