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India-Pakistan in War and Peace
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Jyotindra Nath Dixit |
Survey of India-Pakistan relations from post1947 onwards to present day. |
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Sputnik
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Paul Dickson |
"On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launced the first man-made object into space, a 184-pound satellite carrying only a radio transmitter. Wh… |
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The Fifties
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David Halberstam |
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of… |
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North America
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Anthony Trollope |
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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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Hitler
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Welch, David |
This work presents the historiographical debate surrounding Hitler and his role in the Third Reich. focusing on the personality of Hitler and the nature of his power, the author tackles questions th… |
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Main currents in American thought
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Parrington, Vernon Louis |
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Promises to keep
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Joseph R. Biden,Joseph R Biden |
"Nearly forty years after I first got involved, I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble calling. That's why I … |
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The forging of the Union, 1781-1789
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Morris, Richard Brandon |
Covering the crucial years from the winning of independence to the creation of the federal government, The Forging of the Union may be considered a sequel to Richard B. Morris's Bancroft Award-winnin… |
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Democracies in development
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No name |
"The spread of democracy over the past two decades in Latin America has contributed significantly to ensuring fundamental political freedom, civil liberties and human rights. Democracies in Developme… |
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German resistance to... Hitler
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Gallin, Mary Alice Mother. |
Published from her 1955 PhD thesis work at the Catholic University of America with access to primary German and post-war tribunal sources. Traces the moral issues of the German men and women who oppo… |
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Bitter dawn
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Irena Cristalis |
"Few new nations have endured a birth as traumatic as that of the world's youngest country, East Timor." "Born amid the flames, pillage and mayhem that surrounded Indonesia's reluctant withdrawal in … |
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Elite accomodation in Canadian politics
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Presthus, Robert Vance |
Originally published in 1973, the main objectives of this study were to bring together a comprehensive amount of empirical information on the structure and process of interest groups and the nature o… |
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Jeremy Thrane
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Kate Christensen |
**From Goodreads:**
Jeremy Thrane seems to have everything. As the long-time boyfriend of the handsome (but deeply closeted) movie star Ted Masterson, he lives rent-free in a beautiful apartment o… |
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Gender and power in Britain, 1640-1990
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Susan Kingsley Kent |
Gender and Power in Britain is an original and exciting history of Britain from the early modern period to the present focusing on the interaction of gender and power in political, social, cultural a… |
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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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Latin American politics and development
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Harvey F. Kline,Howard J. Wiarda |
"An authoritative and comprehensive, but accessible, introduction to Latin America's government and political development written by recognized experts in the field"--
"For over thirty years Latin A… |
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The Whole World Is Watching
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Todd Gitlin |
"The whole world is watching!" chanted the demonstrators in the Chicago streets in 1968, as the TV cameras beamed images of police cracking heads into homes everywhere. Acclaimed media critic Todd Gi… |
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Downsizing Democracy
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Benjamin Ginsberg |
"In Downsizing Democracy, Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg describe how the powerful idea of a collective citizenry has given way to a concept of personal, autonomous democracy, in which poli… |
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Conversations with Myself
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Nelson Mandela,Barack Obama,Rosa Maria Borràs Montané |
Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has bestowed his ent… |
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