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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Domestic programs of the American presidents	Richard B. Faber	"From George Washington to George W. Bush, this volume takes an in-depth look at the domestic programs of America's 43 presidents. Written from a non-partisan viewpoint, each chapter focuses on a sin…	OL11810310W
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
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
Rebirth of a Nation	Jackson Lears	In the half-century between the Civil War and World War I, widespread yearning for a new beginning permeated American public life. Dreams of spiritual, moral, and physical rebirth formed the foundati…	OL14935869W
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
Political culture in Panama?	Orlando J. Pérez	"Twenty years have passed since the 1989 U.S. invasion that toppled Panama's military regime and initiated a period of democratization. This book represents the most comprehensive and empirically gro…	OL15488542W
The Muslim Revolt	Roger Hardy	This book ffers the reader a subtler grasp of today's Islamic societies and their discontents, explaining how the autocratic policies of many states in the Middle East inadvertently bolster the popul…	OL15646378W
Honor, Politics, and the Law in Imperial Germany, 1871-1914	Ann Goldberg	Honor in nineteenth-century Germany is usually thought of as an anachronistic aristocratic tradition confined to the duelling elites. In this innovative study Ann Goldberg shows instead how it pervad…	OL15683742W
Voice of reason	Ronn Owens	Voice of Reason is a breath of fresh air in today's toxic political climate, offering a positive message in dark times: that with reason, common sense, and pragmatism, we can find common ground betwe…	OL15840839W
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
Among the truthers	Jonathan Kay	"America is awash with conspiracy theories, and the shared view of reality we once took for granted has been permanently shattered. Jonathan Kay uses the 9/11 Truth movement as a springboard to exami…	OL15902078W
The union war	Gary W. Gallagher	Even one hundred and fifty years later, we are haunted by the Civil War--by its division, its bloodshed, and its origins. Today, many believe that the war was fought over slavery. This answer satisfi…	OL15976899W
Open conversations	Carr, David	"This book offers a way for cultural institutions to reimagine their work as provocative educators and community advocates, address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, and rene…	OL15991768W
Political allegiance after European integration	Jonathan White	"How should political community be seen in the context of European integration? This book combines a theoretical treatment of political allegiance with a study of ordinary citizens, examining how tax…	OL16141815W
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
Das Politische und die Politik	Kurt Röttgers,Thomas Bedorf	Die gegenwärtige Debatte um den Begriff des Politischen hat ihren Ursprung in der Diagnose, dass das, was in der derzeitigen institutionellen und medialen Aufführungspraxis als »Politik« bezeichnet w…	OL16450231W
What the (bleep) just happened?	Monica Crowley	"Monica Crowley offers a rollicking, sharp-elbowed tour of the damage caused by Barack Obama's reckless spending and radical political agenda. But she also sets the stage for the inevitable conservat…	OL16626980W
America Again	Stephen Colbert	Colbert addresses topics including Wall Street, campaign finance, energy policy, eating on the campaign trail, and the United States Constitution.	OL16805354W
Putinism	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…	OL17311593W
Del nacionalismo al populismo : cultura y política en Puerto Rico	Silvia Alvarez-Curbelo	"Papers offer historical insights into the search for cultural and political identity in Puerto Rico"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.	OL17313985W