Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Dangerous nation Dangerous nation Robert Kagan A reevaluation of America's place in the world from the colonial era to the turn of the twentieth century. Foreign-relations expert Kagan strips away the myth of America's isolationist tradition and … OL15855040W
Tides of Consent Tides of Consent James A. Stimson Politics is a trial in which those in government - and those who aspire to be - make proposals, debate alternatives, and pass laws. Then the jury of public opinion decides. It likes the proposals or … OL1951483W
Vrijheid verplicht Vrijheid verplicht Menno Hurenkamp,Monique Kremer In dit jaarboek van het Tijdschrift voor de Sociale Sector bekritiseren de auteurs het streven naar keuzevrijheid in alle facetten van het bestaan, onder meer op het gebied van kinderopvang en zorg e… OL24738892W
Tegendenken Tegendenken Hans Achterhuis Essays, interviews en voordrachten door de Nederlandse filosoof over actuele kwesties in de samenleving. OL24854888W
Don't Mention the War Don't Mention the War John Ramsden xiv, 444 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm OL2911280W
Habsburg Peru Habsburg Peru Peter T. Bradley,David Cahill This book presents two case studies which represent two distinct types of imagining by two diametrically different groups - 1) literate and in some cases erudite Europeans, 2) a vanquished native nob… OL3185333W
The Nazi Conscience The Nazi Conscience Claudia Koonz The Nazi conscience is not an oxymoron. In fact, the perpetrators of genocide had a powerful sense of right and wrong, based on civic values that exalted the moral righteousness of the ethnic communi… OL5265263W
Violence on television Violence on television Barrie Gunter "This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken. The research was funded by the broadcasting industry and was designed to provide an up-to-date snapsho… OL556901W
Presidents and the people Presidents and the people Mel Laracey "When the American president cannot get his way with Congress on something of great importance to him, he often appeals "over the heads" of Congress, directly to the American people. This kind of app… OL6208873W