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The Republican treason The Republican treason Joseph Burrell "This book is a polemic directed against the Republican Party and the conservative movement, drawing largely on their own published statements. Alleging that the Republican Party is fascist and treas… OL11970364W
C.H.P.'nin ülküsü C.H.P.'nin ülküsü Mustafa Oral Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi; Ülkü; community center and periodical; Turkey; history. OL12036225W
The politics of deceit The politics of deceit Smith, Glenn, W. A compelling indictment of the Bush Administration's cynical, anti-democratic manipulation of the media In this devastating analysis of American politics today, a former Democratic campaign advisor … OL12352913W
Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue John Harwood,Gerald F. Seib,John Harwood Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today's Washington power game really works, through stories of people who are making a difference on Pennsylvania Avenue, America's p… OL12459064W
Die Ambivalenz der Moderne im Nationalsozialismus Die Ambivalenz der Moderne im Nationalsozialismus Riccardo Bavaj Die Frage nach Modernisierungstendenzen des Nationalsozialismus beschäftigt Öffentlichkeit und Wissenschaft gleichermaßen. Geleitet von der Einsicht in die Ambivalenz der Moderne, gibt Riccardo Bavaj… OL12759625W
Why liberals and conservatives clash Why liberals and conservatives clash Bruce E. Fleming Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash offers an explanation for the extreme polarization between liberal and conservative that is the hallmark of the American political landscape today. It suggests th… OL12800155W
Contesting patriotism Contesting patriotism Lynne M. Woehrle, Patrick G. Coy, and Gregory M. Maney During war, space for debate shrinks. Narrow and uncritical ideas of patriotism and national interest marginalize and silence opposition to militarism abroad and repression at home. Although powerful… OL13757186W
Goddess of the market Goddess of the market Jennifer Burns Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets s… OL13771777W
The big sort The big sort Bill Bishop America may be more diverse than ever coast to coast, but the places where we live are becoming increasingly crowded with people who live, think, and vote as we do. We've built a country where we can… OL13850935W
The Post-American Presidency The Post-American Presidency Robert Bruce Spencer,Pamela A. Geller EDITORIAL REVIEW: Popular conservative blogger Pamela Geller and *New York Times *bestselling author Robert Spencer sound a wake-up call for Americans to stop the Obama administration from limitin… OL15093213W
Makings of the Sea Makings of the Sea John Baldacchino In Thodor Angelopoulos’s *Ulysses’s Gaze* it is poetically claimed that God’s first creation was the journey after which came doubt and nostalgia. Anyone who knows the Mediterranean will recognise th… OL15193444W
Right-wing extremism in contemporary Germany Right-wing extremism in contemporary Germany Gerard Braunthal "This study of the German right-extremist movement looks at the three rightist political parties, neo-Nazi groups, skinhead gangs, and New Right intellectuals. It poses the question whether, at a tim… OL15441207W
The politics of Italy The politics of Italy James Newell This innovative text provides a fresh approach to Italian politics, providing critical analysis in a comparative framework. OL15617585W
The Political Edge The Political Edge Chris Carlsson In the wake of the astonishing popular mobilization on behalf of an underdog campaign to elect Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez mayor of San Francisco, *The Political Edge* analyzes emergent polit… OL15827843W
Washington Washington Meg Greenfield "Narrated in Greenfield's unforgettable voice, created in secret before her death in 1999, hidden from almost all of her friends and family, Washington is an exploration of a subculture that is both … OL15845832W
Havana real Havana real Yoani Sánchez "Yoani Sanchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about what it means to live under the Castro regi… OL15991253W
Cultures of power in post-Communist Russia Cultures of power in post-Communist Russia Michael E. Urban "In Russian politics reliable information is scarce, formal relations are of relatively little significance, and things are seldom what they seem. Applying an original theory of political language to… OL16095223W
Russia as a network state Russia as a network state Vadim Kononenko "Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite networks and their role in policy processes. This book examines the paradoxical dualism of state institutions and ruling netw… OL16125927W
Religion, national identity, and confessional politics in Lebanon Religion, national identity, and confessional politics in Lebanon Robert G. Rabil "Tracing the rise of Islamism in Lebanon and its attempt to Islamize society and state by the reverse integration of society and state into the project of Islamism, this book looks at Lebanon against… OL16175600W
Inventing the enemy Inventing the enemy Wendy Z. Goldman "Ordinary people and the Stalinist terror uses stories of personal relationships to explore the behavior of ordinary people during Stalin's terror. Communist Party leaders targeted specific groups fo… OL16528476W
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