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Norad: In Perpetuity and BeyondThe North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has undergone wide-ranging changes since 2006, when it was given a new maritime warning mission and the NORAD Agreement was signed in perpetuity. Andrea Charron and James Fergusson trace NORAD's recent history, marked by innovations in technology...
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The Canadian Federal Election of 2021Media pundits and students of Canadian politics alike have strived to interpret the relevance of the 2021 federal election, held in the midst of a global pandemic and reinforcing the existing parliamentary balance of power. This timely volume explains the election's import, offering an...
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Dangerous Instrument: Political Polarization and Us Civil-Military RelationsAs increasingly contentious politics in the United States raise concerns over the "politicization" of traditionally non-partisan institutions, many have turned their attention to how the American military has been--and will be--affected by this trend. Since a low point following the end of the Vietnam...
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The Elephant in the Room: Donald Trump and the Future of the Republican PartyDid Donald Trump create a new blueprint for Republicans, ruin the Grand Old Party, or something in between? And what, if anything, should his role be in the future of the party? In this collection of timely essays, a variety of center-right political scientists...
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The hounds of Actaeon: the magical origins of public relations and modern mediaAuthor: Mauricio LozaPublisher: Academica PressPublished: 06/08/2020Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88dISBN: 9781680531275
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After Authoritarianism: Transitional Justice and Democratic StabilityTransitional justice - the act of reckoning with a former authoritarian regime after it has ceased to exist - has direct implications for democratic processes. Mechanisms of transitional justice have the power to influence who decides to go into politics, can shape politicians' behavior...
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A Normal Life: The Autobiography of Vassilis PalaiokostasI never legislated, I never enforced, and I never obeyed any laws! Laws dictated by the interests of a handful of rulers. I came across their laws everywhere, but I never found justice. I'll remain with the unique ones; the uncatchables. Those that consciously...
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Ethics in Action for Sustainable DevelopmentThe Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions...
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A Nation of Veterans: War, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Modern AmericaA Nation of Veterans examines how the United States created the world's most generous system of veterans' benefits. Though we often see former service members as an especially deserving group, the book shows that veterans had to wage a fierce political battle to obtain...
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Animals Under the SwastikaNever before or since have animals played as significant a role in German history as they did during the Third Reich. Ultimately, the ways in which Nazis conceptualized and used animals reveals much about their racist and bigoted attitudes toward other humans. Drawing from...
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Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian TimesWork is a joke. Laughing at it is political.Humor, Groucho Marx asserted, is "reason gone mad." For Walter Benjamin, laughter was "the most revolutionary emotion." In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the hellscape we call "work," what...
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Crimes Against Humanity CB: Birth of a ConceptThis book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity. It examines its origins, the ethical assumptions underpinning it, its legal and philosophical boundaries, and some of the controversies connected with it. A brief historical introduction is followed by...
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Leveraging Sovereignty: Kauikeaouli's Global Strategy for the Hawaiian Nation, 1825-1854Leveraging Sovereignty: Kauikeaouli's Global Strategy for the Hawaiian Nation, 1825-1854 examines the leadership of Hawai'i's longest reigning monarch, King Kamehameha III. It highlights the early 1840s, when Kauikeaouli secured recognition from the United States, Britain, and France that he ruled over an independent and...
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The Decline of Nations: Lessons for Strengthening America at Home and in the WorldThe Decline of Nations takes an in-depth look at the condition of the contemporary United States and shows why Americans should be deeply concerned. It tackles controversial subjects such as immigration, political correctness, morality, religion and the rise of a new elite class. Author...
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A Spectacular Leap: Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-Century AmericaThrough the stories of six athletes--Alice Coachman, Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudloph, Wyomia Tyus, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee--Jennifer H. Lansbury deftly follows the emergence of black women athletes from the African American community; their confrontations with contemporary attitudes of race, class, and gender; and...
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Peace, Preference, and Property: Return Migration After Violent ConflictGrowing numbers of people are displaced by war and violent conflict. In Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, and elsewhere violence pushes civilian populations from their homes and sometimes from their countries, making them refugees. In previous decades, millions of refugees and displaced people returned...
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Surrealpolitik: Surreality and the National Security StateOur times are not just weird, but literally surreal: we live in a paranoid, increasingly authoritarian culture in which the real, the presumed and the purported are indistinguishable strands of a dense hallucinatory web of mediated spectacles. Surrealpolitik takes up cultural theorist Mark Fisher's...
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Canadian Spy Story: Irish Revolutionaries and the Secret PoliceIn the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain's North American empire. Between 1866 and 1871 they launched a series of armed raids into Canadian territory. In Canadian Spy Story David Wilson takes readers into...
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Haywire: Discord in Maine's Logging Woods and the Unraveling of an IndustryLogging in the northern forest has been romanticized, with images of log drives, plaid shirts, and bunkhouses in wide circulation. Increasingly dismissed as a quaint, rural pastime, logging remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, with loggers occupying a precarious...
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If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress: Black Politics in Twentieth-Century PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia has long been a crucial site for the development of Black politics across the nation. If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress provides an in-depth historical analysis--from the days of the Great Migration to the present--of the people and movements that...
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