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Nemesis
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Chalmers A. Johnson |
In Blowback, Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine activities abroad to disaster at home. In The Sorrows of Empire, he explored the ways in which the growth of American militarism has jeopard… |
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China's African challenges
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Sarah Raine |
China's relations with African nationals have changed dramatically over the past decade. African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China's oil imports, and China is Africa's second-largest single… |
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From Louis XIV to Napoleon
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Jeremy Black |
Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to do… |
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Statecraft
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Dennis Ross |
Not long after 9/11 brought the free world to our side, U.S. foreign policy is in a shambles. Here, peace negotiator Dennis Ross argues that the Bush administration's problems stem from its inability… |
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Special envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946
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W. Averell Harriman |
"This masterful narrative, written by Elie Abel and based on Averall Harriman's personal recollections as well as his voluminous and revealing private papers, re-creates and explains the climate in w… |
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Commodore Perry opens Japan to trade in world history
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Ann Gaines |
Traces the efforts of Commodore Matthew Perry to use force and diplomacy to end Japan's traditional isolationism and to begin trade with the Asian nation. |
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The cycles of American history
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
What is the key to the American enigma? We cannot escape history; and in The Cycles of American History, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, shows how our past shapes our … |
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Crusade
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James Carroll |
Publisher's description: With the words "this Crusade, this war on terror," George W. Bush defined the purpose of his presidency. And just as promptly, James Carroll-Boston Globe columnist, son of a … |
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Current issues
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Close Up Foundation |
Critical policy choices facing the nation and the world. |
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The Iranian time bomb
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Michael Arthur Ledeen |
The first salvo was the attack on the American Embassy in Tehran in the fall of 1979. The war continued with the assassination of American diplomats and military personnel in Europe and North Africa.… |
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A new voice for Israel
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Jeremy Ben-Ami |
"Many Americans who care about Israel's future are questioning whether the hard-line, uncritical stances adopted by many traditional pro-Israel advocates really serve the country's best interests ove… |
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The UAE and foreign policy
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Khalid S. Almezaini |
"This book provides a detailed analysis of the foreign policy and foreign aid strategies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Exploring the cultural factors that have impacted on the foreign policy beh… |
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Dragon in the tropics
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Javier Corrales |
"A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Chávez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Chávez took a frail but still pluralistic democracy and turned it into a semi-author… |
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New thinking about the Taiwan issue
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Dennis Van Vranken Hickey,Jean-Marc F. Blanchard |
"This book brings together a number of distinguished scholars from the US, Asia, and Europe who use the latest political science and international relations thinking to provide insights into the orig… |
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Iran and the West
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Philip Steele |
'Our World Divided: Iran and the West' examines Iran's history from the disputes over its oil supplies in World War I to its development of nuclear capabilities today. The issues over oil, nuclear de… |
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World War II (1939-1946)
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Salem Press |
This 2-volume resource contains 80 primary source documents that provide a compelling view of this unique period of American history. World War II is remembered not only for its violent encounters on… |
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Putinism
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Walter Laqueur |
There is no question that tensions between Russia and America are on the rise. The forced annexation of Crimea, the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, and the Russian government's treatment of h… |
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John Quincy Adams
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James Traub |
From the Introduction...
Adams was also a hard man. He did not aim to please, and he largely succeeded. He drove away many of his old friends and offended most of his onetime allies. He frightened… |
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The A To Z Of United Statesmiddle East Relations
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Peter L. Hahn |
xl, 205 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm |
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Genghis Khan
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Leo de Hartog |
Genghis Khan's armies breached the Great Wall of China, captured Beijing, and crushed all resistance in Afghanistan, Persia and Southern Russia by ruthless massacres and pillage. His armies also inva… |
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