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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Power and Terror	Noam Chomsky	In Power & Terror, the author presents his latest thoughts on terrorism, US foreign policy, and the meaning and true impact of militarism in the world today. He challenges the United States to apply …	OL10403078W
China's African challenges	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…	OL11166W
A skeptic's case for nuclear disarmament	Michael E. O'Hanlon	"An endorsement for nuclear disarmament, especially the dismantling of existing bomb inventories, but with caveats relating to threats posed by nations or groups inside the agreement framework who do…	OL15587954W
Clinton's world	William G. Hyland	In this examination of Clinton's foreign policy - the first such book to cover all the global focal points of his administration to date - William G. Hyland shows the effects of combining this confus…	OL15835365W
The whole damn deal	Kathryn J. McGarr	"Robert S. Strauss was for many decades the quintessential Democratic power broker. Born to a poor Jewish family in West Texas, he founded the law firm that became Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, …	OL15951541W
The end of the Cold War and the Third World	Artemy M. Kalinovsky	"This book brings together recent research on the end of the Cold War in the Third World and engages with ongoing debates about regional conflicts, the role of great powers in the developing world, a…	OL15999286W
The UAE and foreign policy	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…	OL16175507W
American foreign policy in regions of conflict	Howard J. Wiarda	"America's regional foreign policy priorities are shifting, toward Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, and away from Europe and Russia. Wiarda examines these changes and the reasons for…	OL16189109W
Dragon in the tropics	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…	OL16449825W
Routledge handbook of Asian regionalism	Mark Beeson,Richard Stubbs	"The Routledge handbook of Asian regionalism is a definitive introduction to, and analysis of, the development of regionalism in Asia, including coverage of East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. …	OL16528594W
Shifting the balance	Laurence Whitehead,Abraham F. Lowenthal,Theodore J. Piccone	"Examines the successful and unsuccessful approaches to rapprochement between the United States and various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean after the first year of the Obama administrati…	OL16926215W
Playing to the edge	Michael V. Hayden	"An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both the CIA and the NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and momentous change For Gen…	OL17337894W
Stop North Korea!	Shepherd Iverson	256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm	OL17765394W
Dependent America?	Stephen Clarkson	"Following the acclaimed Uncle Sam and Us and the influential Does North America Exist? Stephen Clarkson -- the preeminent analyst of North America's political economy -- and Matto Mildenberger turn …	OL17885114W
The French challenge	Sophie Meunier,Philip H. Gordon	"This book deals with France's effort to adapt to globalization and its consequences for France's economy, cultural identity, domestic politics, and foreign relations. The authors begin by analyzing …	OL18160746W
The future of arms control	Michael E. O'Hanlon,Michael A. Levi	"Lays out the framework of an enduring and effective arms control strategy that is explicitly linked to broader U.S. security policy, focusing on preventing the spread of nuclear and biological arms …	OL19851946W
Understanding Central America	John A. Booth	"Understanding Central America explains how domestic, global, political and economic forces have shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras thro…	OL19984787W
Don't wait for the next war	Wesley K. Clark	"Can America have a real national strategy and move forward together without the focus of war? In the twentieth century, America came together to become the "Arsenal of Democracy," and emerged from W…	OL19988520W
Britain, détente, and changing East-West relations	White, Brian	There is little systematic analysis available of Britain's contribution to East-West relations since 1945, and in particular of Britain's contribution to East-West detente. In general, British attemp…	OL4122608W
Europe, America, Bush	John Peterson	The transatlantic partnership has been one of the most enduring of all international alliances. Even after the Cold War ended, the United States and its European partners intensified their economic a…	OL6921045W