Politics and government Books
Yale University Press Vixi
Book SynopsisAn eminent historian of Russia, Harvard professor, and adviser to the Reagan White House looks back on his own life and on the tumultuous twentieth century.Trade Review"It is hard to imagine a more interesting life, or one better told." Economist "an autobiography that is as candid and combative as it is entertaining." Daniel Johnson, Daily Telegraph "fascinating" Jeff Barak, Jewish Chronicle "Perhaps the most refreshing and valuable memoir to emerge from Washington in many years." Martin Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle "A gracefully written account." Fred Siegel, Washington Post Book World"
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Yale University Press Democracys Privileged Few
Book SynopsisCompares the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. In analysing the story of how parliamentary government emerged in Britain and how it crossed the Atlantic, this book illuminates a variety of constitutional issues, including the separation of powers, and the nature of representation.Trade Review"Josh Chafetz manages to combine scholarly care with an almost journalistic ability to write in an accessible fashion."—Nick Barber, Oxford University -- Nick Barber"A very distinguished work. Chafetz is beautifully clear and deals with an interesting problem concerning parliamentary government in Britain and America in a comparative manner. I do not know of any work which covers the ground in a similar way."—Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University -- Vernon Bogdanor"This book heralds the arrival of an important new scholar in the fields of comparative constitutional law and legal history. Fitting a broad range of institutional details into a comprehensive and subtle theoretical framework, Chafetz shows how Congressional privileges in America and Parliamentary privileges in England sprang from common origins but then evolved along separate paths as a result of basic differences in the political ecosystems. An excellent chronicle of the evolution of legislative privileges from the parliamentary supremacy of England to the popular sovereignty in kingless America."—Akhil Amar, Yale Law School -- Akhil Amar“A thorough and well-researched treatment of an important and neglected topic. Chafetz’s historical overview on legislative privilege deserves to become a well-known point of reference.”—Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School -- Adrian Vermeule
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Yale University Press Treacherous Alliance
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Yale University Press The Crisis of Islamic Civilization
Book SynopsisIslam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a monumental crisis. This book explores how Islamic civilization began to unravel under colonial rule, as its institutions, laws, and economies were often replaced by inadequate modern equivalents.Trade Review"'with intimate knowledge of both Islam and the West, and his unflinching honesty... Mr Allawi calmly and methodically deconstructs an Islamic revival which has failed to live up to its promises.' The Economist 'a challenging and ambitious effort... thoughtful, pertinent and informative... I have no hesitation in recommending The Crisis of Islamic Civilisation to others, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.' Muhammad Khan, Muslim News 'This is an intelligent, erudite work on the travails of Islamic civilisation as it has encountered the expansion of Western power... Allawi's work is a searing indictment of Islamic societies but not of Islam itself... his expositions of the ideas of Muslim thinkers are exemplary in their lucidity... I learnt a lot from this book.' Literary Review"
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Yale University Press China and Russia
Book SynopsisA compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the presentTrade Review“An extensively researched and often compelling account, from which we are free to draw conclusions of our own as to where this most consequential of relationships may be taking us.”—Christopher Harding, The Telegraph“Snow navigates this huge panorama with a fluency and a lightness of touch that makes his book a wonderfully readable guide.”—Denis Staunton, Irish Times“Snow’s command of the detail as well as the larger sweep of the political terrain is impressive. . . . An outstanding guide to both these protean powers.”—Rana Mitter, Literary Review“The author of this remarkable new book has mastered a daunting range of sources spanning several centuries . . . to produce a lively and engaging narrative of a dense and troubled relationship.”—Richard Overy, BBC History Magazine“A thoroughly researched account of this long dance between two nations.”—Francis Giles, Es Global“An ambitious and wide-ranging study that manages to tell a complex story lucidly, fully engaging the many factors that shaped the development of Sino-Russian relationships.”—Stephen Smith, author of Russia in Revolution“A comprehensive, thoroughly researched and fluently written account of the history of one of the most important but misunderstood relations in geopolitics. Russia and China share a vast border, and a history stretching back half a millennium. And yet, as Snow shows, beneath the language of partnership we hear today there lurk deep memories of conflict, suspicion, and at times visceral fear. An essential narrative account of a globally important issue.”—Kerry Brown, author of CEO China: The Rise of Xi Jinping“[The Chinese-Russian] relationship from its humble beginnings four centuries ago to the strategic partnership of today. Scholarly and richly detailed, it tells the story of a unique relationship across a vast cultural divide. Written by a rare scholar equally at ease in Russian and Chinese, China and Russia is certain to become an essential reference book.”—Franck Billé, coauthor of On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border
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Yale University Press Montesquieu and the Logic of Liberty
Book SynopsisAn examination of the works of Montesquieu that seeks to understand the shortcomings of the modern democratic state in light of this political thinker's insightful critique of commercial republicanism.Trade Review"'This is a beautifully crafted, erudite work that stimulates thought, challenges old views and invites us to heed the dangers implicit in what might disarmingly appear to be a triumphant and safe liberal democratic market order.' Henry Farrell, Times Higher Education Supplement"
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Yale University Press The Disappearing Center
Book SynopsisArgues that the most important divide in American politics is not between left and right but rather between citizens who are politically engaged and those who are not. This book also argues that it is the engaged members of the public, who closely reflect the ideals of democratic citizenship - but this is also the group that is most polarized.Trade Review“Alan Abramowitz has produced a definitive work on the consequences of a divided electorate in elections, in policy making, and in the capacity for winners to govern. The Disappearing Center is a major contribution to the study of contemporary American politics.”—Thomas Edsall, author of Building Red America and Chain Reaction -- Thomas Byrne Edsall“No one is better at analyzing the American voter than Alan Abramowitz. In this exceptionally revealing volume, Professor Abramowitz convincingly explains one of the most discussed phenomena of our time, political polarization.”—Larry J. Sabato, author of A More Perfect Constitution -- Larry J. Sabato"Alan Abramowitz explains the most pressing political problem of the day—how Americans have grown so politically divided that they barely speak the same language."—Bill Bishop, author of The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart -- Bill Bishop"If you’re interested in getting beyond the standard handwringing and calls for bipartisanship, read this exceptionally clear and well-argued book.”—Ruy Teixeira, co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority -- Ruy Teixeira"Among all the academics who write on American politics, Abramowitz is one of the most original, interesting, and convincing, and one of the smartest....[he] has new things to say about polarization. His focus here on the engaged versus the unengaged is a nice move. Also, he organizes recognized material about the subject in a way that beats the competition.”—David Mayhew, Yale University -- David Mayhew“Thought-provoking.”--Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *"[An] important and persuasive new book."--Ethan Porter, Wilson Quarterly -- Ethan Porter * Wilson Quarterly *"Abramowitz admirably tackles many dimensions of a complex debate. . . . the book is an important text for both new and old students of polarization in American politics."—Hahrie Han, Public Opinion Quarterly -- Hahrie Han * Public Opinion Quarterly *
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Yale University Press Innovation and the State
Book SynopsisAsks why economies of different countries develop in different ways. This title offers specific guidelines to help states make advantageous decisions about research and development, relationships with foreign firms and investors, and other critical issues.
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Yale University Press Regulating Covert Action
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Yale University Press Breaking Democracys Spell
Book SynopsisArgues that democracy is not synonymous with good government. This book explores the labyrinthine reality behind the basic concept of democracy, demonstrating how the political system that people in the West generally view as straightforward and obvious is, in fact, deeply unclear and, in many cases, dysfunctional.Trade Review“Of the many excellent philosophers of democracy working today, John Dunn of Cambridge University is the one best attuned to its paradoxes.” —Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times -- Christopher Caldwell * Fiancial Times *“Intellectually bracing . . . Dunn—who has been for decades one of the most articulate critics in the face of democratic triumphalism—now seeks to clear a path out of the maze of our ill-founded aspirations and confusions. In Breaking Democracy’s Spell, he has concentrated on how, despite all appearances, we have never really known what democratic rule is in the first place.”—Thomas Meaney, Nation -- Thomas Meaney * Nation *
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Yale University Press The Diary of Georgi Dimitrov 19331949
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Yale University Press A Republic of Statutes
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Yale University Press Mussolinis Shadow
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Yale University Press Philosophy of Economy
Trade Review“Evtuhov’s translation reveals a sympathetic understanding of Bulgakov’s patterns of thought and his philosophical assumptions. It is an informed translation.”—Maria Carlson, University of Kansas
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St. Martin's Griffin LOST RIGHTS The Destruction of American Liberty
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Building Postwar Europe
Book SynopsisAcknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Deighton - In Search of a European Consciousness: French Military Elites and the Idea of Europe, 1947-54; C.d'Abzac Epezy & P.Vial - The French Administrative Elite and the Unification of Western Europe, 1947-58; G.Bossuat - German Decision-Making Elites and European Integration: German 'Europolitik' during the Years of the EEC and Free Trade Area Negotiations; S.Huth - The Approaches to European Institution Building of Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, 1947-51; M.Miller - The British Military View of European Security, 1945-50; P.Cornish - British Officials and European Integration, 1944-60; J.W.Young - 'A Conditional Application': British Management of the First Attempt to Seek Membership of the EEC, 1961-63; A.Deighton & P.Ludlow - Belgian Decision-Makers and European Unity, 1945-63; T.Grosbois & Y.Stelandre - 'Longing for London': The Netherlands and the Political Cooperation Initiative, 1959-62; B.Bouwman - European Integration: An American Intelligence Connection; R.J.Aldrich - Select Bibliography - IndexTable of ContentsAcknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Deighton - In Search of a European Consciousness: French Military Elites and the Idea of Europe, 1947-54; C.d'Abzac Epezy & P.Vial - The French Administrative Elite and the Unification of Western Europe, 1947-58; G.Bossuat - German Decision-Making Elites and European Integration: German 'Europolitik' during the Years of the EEC and Free Trade Area Negotiations; S.Huth - The Approaches to European Institution Building of Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, 1947-51; M.Miller - The British Military View of European Security, 1945-50; P.Cornish - British Officials and European Integration, 1944-60; J.W.Young - 'A Conditional Application': British Management of the First Attempt to Seek Membership of the EEC, 1961-63; A.Deighton & P.Ludlow - Belgian Decision-Makers and European Unity, 1945-63; T.Grosbois & Y.Stelandre - 'Longing for London': The Netherlands and the Political Cooperation Initiative, 1959-62; B.Bouwman - European Integration: An American Intelligence Connection; R.J.Aldrich - Select Bibliography - Index
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Palgrave Macmillan A Force More Powerful
Trade Review'This thoroughly researched and highly readable book underlines the contrast between stable democratic societies created by non-violent movements and tyrannical regimes born of violent revolution. Recommended for public and academic libraries.' - Duncan Stewart, Library Journal '...an important documentation of non-violence as an attested historical force.' - F. Abiola Irele, Times Higher Educational Supplement 'There is undeniable power in images of unarmed citizens marching bravely toward policemen and soldiers, knowing they could be arrested, beaten and even killed.' - New York Times 'an important, carefully made, and fascinating documentary.' - Christian Science Monitor 'A skilful blend of sweeping narrative and tightly focused case studies...splendid' - Philadelphia Inquirer 'Ackerman and DuVall deliver a compelling argument for the efficacy of nonviolent resistance to tyranny. I recommend their book to anyone who believes that power only flows from the barrel of a gun.' - John McCain, US Senator 'informative and absorbing' - Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 'There is much to applaud here. The book is suffused with enthusiasm and contains a mass of infomation. Surely there is something here for everyone.' - Martyn Housden, History journalTable of ContentsPART I: MOVEMENT TO POWER Russia, 1905: The People Strike India: Movement for Self-Rule Poland: Power from Solidarity PART II: RESISTANCE TO TERROR The Ruhrkampf, 1923: Resisting Invaders Denmark, the Netherlands, the Rosenstrasse: Resisting the Nazis El Salvador, 1944: Removing the General Argentina and Chile: Resisting Repression PART III: CAMPAIGNS FOR RIGHTS The American South: Campaign for Civil Rights South Africa: Campaign against Apartheid The Philippines: Restoring Democracy The Intifada: Campaign for a Homeland China, Eastern Europe, Mongolia: The Democratic Tide PART IV: VIOLENCE AND POWER The Mythology of Violence The New World of Power Victory without Violence
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St. Martin's Griffin Woman with a Worm in Her Head
Book SynopsisA normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her motor abilities. A handsome man contracts Chicken Pox and ends up looking like the victim of a third degree burn. A vigorous young athlete is bitten by an insect and becomes a target for flesh-eating strep.Even the most innocuous everyday activities such as eating a salad for lunch, getting bitten by an insect, and swimming in the sea bring human beings into contact with dangerous, often deadly microorganisms. In The Woman with a Worm in Her Head, Dr. Pamela Nagami reveals-through real-life cases-the sobering facts about some of the world''s most horrific diseases: the warning signs, the consequences, treatments, and most compellingly, what it feels like to make medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death.Unfailingly precise, calmly instructive, and absolutely engrossing, The Woman with the Worm in
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St. Martins Press-3pl WHERE THE RIGHT WENT WRONG How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency
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ABC-CLIO Politics in West Africa 1965 Reference Sources for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Book SynopsisThe focus of Professor W. Lewis' study is the single-party system in West Africa.
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ABC-CLIO V. C. Andrews
Book SynopsisHuntley locates the novels in the tradition of the female gothic, which Andrews refashioned into her own brand of gothicism: a blend of the gothic with horror fiction and the fairy tale. Huntley's study of Andrews's novels provides close textual analysis.Table of ContentsSeries Foreword by Kathleen Gregory Klein Acknowledgments The Life of V. C. Andrews V.C. Andrews and the Gothic Novel Flowers in the Attic The Dollanganger Chronicles Garden of Shadows My Sweet Audrina The Casteel Story The Other V. C. Andrews: Andrew Niederman Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO The History of Sweden
Book SynopsisNordstrom traces the history of Sweden, detailing its prehistory and Viking past.This book shows how a country governed for years by a European monarchial system slowly—and at times grudgingly—changed into the egalitarian, democratic system of today.Table of ContentsPreface Timeline An Introduction to Sweden Before There Was Sweden Creating Sweden, 1000-1800, The Medieval and Early Modern Becoming Modern, 1800-1914 1914-1945, Troubles and Achievements Since 1945, The Contemporary Era Notable People in the History of Sweden Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl The Kurdish Question in U.S. Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisIt not only reproduces the full text of over 325 of the most important U.S. government documents dealing with the Kurdish question, but also provides both a guide to U.S. government sources for locating subsequently published materials and an annotated list of over 200 primary and secondary sources.Table of ContentsPreface Essays United States Foreign Policy Toward the Kurds by Michael M. Gunter The Legacy of U.S. Support to Kurds: Two Major Episodes by Lokman I. Meho and Michel G. Nehme Full-Text Documents The Congressional Record Foreign Relations of the United States American Foreign Policy: Current Documents U.S. Department of State Dispatch Miscellaneous Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Non-Full-Text Items Articles, Monographs, and Series Declassified National Security, CIA, and Department of State Documents on Microfilm Author Index Title Index Subject Index Contributors
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ABC-CLIO The Death and Resurrection of the Author
Book SynopsisHave the reports of the author's death been greatly exaggerated? This volume is a dialogical collection of key essays discussing the nature of authorship and the place, if any, of authorial intention in the interpretation of literary texts.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The Death of the Author The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes What Is an Author? by Michel Foucault Kierkegaard and the Anxiety of Authorship by Merold Westphal Gadamer's Hermeneutics and the Question of Authorial Intention by David Weberman The Marginal Life of the Author by Jason Holt The Death of the Author: An Analytical Autopsy by Peter Lamarque The Resurrection of the Author? A Look at Author Constructs Writer, Text, Work, Author by Alexander Nehamas Authorship and Authority by Nickolas Pappas Apparent, Implied, and Postulated Authors by Robert Stecker Feminist Literary Criticism and the Author by Cheryl Walker A Theory of the Author by Jorge J.E. Gracia Intentionalism and Author Constructs by William Irwin The Death of Cervantes and the Life of Don Quixote by Eric Bronson Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures
Book SynopsisThey will also learn about many games otherwise lost to history, and find instructions on how to adapt them for modern play.As one of four books in the series Sports and Games Through History, it is divided into seven regions of the world including: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, The Middle East, North America, and Oceania.Trade Review"Useful for general readers and basic collections of international sports history." - Choice"[A] unique survey of the history of sports and games. The series is highy recommended for school, public and academic libraries." - Lawrence Looks at Books"...a good purchase for larger libraries, especially as part of the complete Greenwood series. It's also an important purchase for many academic libraries, especially those catering to a student population studying sports history or recreation." - Reference & User Services Quartlery"...a lifesaver for students writing reports on medieval cultures across the world...particularly helpful in understanding how sports like archery were played in the medieval world compared to the modern version. This volume is recommended for junior high and high schools. If medieval study is in the elementary school curriculum, you might ask your teachers if this would be a helpful reference for them to use in their planning." - Gale-Reference for Students"...this readable volume could be useful in several kinds of collections: sports, the Middle Ages, and multicultural studies." - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin"This reference book will only be useful occasionally, but then it will be a lifesaver for students writing reports on medieval cultures across the world...This volume is recommended for junior high and high schools. If medieval study is in the elementary school curriculum, you might ask your teachers if this would be a helpful reference for them to use in their planning." - Gale-Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction Games and Human History The Middle Ages Methodology Some Notes on the Theory of Games Definitions Adaptations Africa Asia Europe Middle East Latin America North America Oceania Appendix A: Making and Finding Pieces for Games Appendix B: Making Balls Appendix C: Making Bows, Atlatls, and Other Weapons Appendix D: A Note about Gambling Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO Skateboarding
Book SynopsisFrom skateboarding's distant origins in the 1940s to the heyday of the Z-Boys to Tony Hawk's lifelong and lucrative career as a professional skateboarding icon, this book showcases what skateboarding was in the past and what it's now evolved into.Table of ContentsSeries Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Skateboarding Timeline 1. Introduction: Alternative and Mainstream 2. Origins and Development of Skateboarding 3. Venues for Creativity: Sites, Events, and Competitions 4. Pioneers and Heroes 5. Navigating the Built Environment: Technology and Physics 6. Future Trends Resource Guide Glossary Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO Underground Dance Masters
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive, historical bible on the subject of urban street dance and its influence on modern dance, hip hop, and pop culture.Urban street dance—which is now referred to across the globe as "break dance" or "hip-hop dance"—was born 15 years prior to the hip hop movement.Trade ReviewAn intriguing window into the work and world of Guzman-Sanchez, an urban street dancer, and the performances he was part of, starting in the mid-1960s and continuing through the 1970s and beyond. . . . Because of the author's central participation in the era examined, this brief volume serves as a primary document from a true believer and respected practitioner. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue 1. Forgotten Era—An Initial Spark 2. 1965 and Soul Boogaloo 3. The Oakland Funk Boogaloo Generation 4. The Next Evolution in Oakland 5. South Central Los Angeles 6. Chain Reaction—The Valley Evolution 7. Posing to Punking 8. Oakland to San Francisco 9. Oakland Funk Boogaloo to Popping 10. The Bronx to the Burroughs 11. Reduced to the Level of a Toy Epilogue Notes Index
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ABC-CLIO The European Invasion of North America
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France.Trade ReviewOverall, this is a very worthwhile work. It seems clear that much work went into including the details of names and numbers along with extensive descriptions of works constructed by the combatants and the terrain involved in key events. Even with the level of detail, the book reads well and one does not get a feeling of getting bogged down. I would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in this topic or in colonial operations in this period in general. * The Journal of America's Military Past *Appropriate for circulating collections at larger public and academic institutions and for smaller collections (including in high schools) where there is a need or interest. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The First Volley 2. The Long Storm 3. The King's Men 4. Courcelle's Folly 5. The Mohawks at Bay 6. The New Netherlands 7. Toil, Turmoil, and Defeat 8. New York 9. The Burning of Schenectady 10. To the Gates of Montreal 11. The Mohawk Expedition 12. Queen Anne's War 13. A Chain of Forts 14. The Scourge of Scalp Point 15. Stalemate and Skirmish 16. "A Most Favorable Opportunity" 17. The Bloody Morning Scout 18. The Battle of Lake George 19. No Advance, No Retreat 20. Fort Vaudreuil 21. "Our Wisdom Is Be Come Folly, Our Councils Confusion" 22. The Partisan War 23. Rigaud's Expedition 24. Fort William Henry 25 Siege 26. "Relief Is Greatly Wanted" 27. Tainted Victory 28. The French Zenith 29. "An Irruption into Canada" 30. An Impossible Task 31. "Never (a) Ball Had a More Deadly Direction" 32. The Heights of Carillon 33. The Battle of Ticonderoga 34. Mr. Nabbercromby's Army 35. Amherst 36. A Reversal of Fortune 37. Iron Men and Wooden Ships 38. "The Total Reduction of Canada" 39. The Old Invasion Route Appendix A: Maps of the Hudson–Champlain Corridor Appendix B: French and English Casualty Returns for the Battles of Lake George and Ticonderoga Appendix C: Warships on Lake George and Lake Champlain, 1742–1760 Notes Sources Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO Intelligence Collection How To Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection In Complex Environments Praeger Security International
Book SynopsisThis book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundation of effective modern intelligence collectionthe strategies required to support intelligence analysis of the modern, complex operational environments of today's military conflicts or competitive civilian situations such as business.Just as the old rules of conventional warfare and intelligence analysis do not apply fully in the 21st-century environment, neither does the traditional methodology of collecting intelligence on these elusive, adapting foes operating as complex adaptive systems (CAS)adversaries that excel in today's complex contexts.Intelligence Collection: How To Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection In Complex Environments proposes substantive improvements in the way the U.S. national security system collects intelligence and supports intelligence analysis. The work draws on the groundbreaking work of a diverge group of theorists ranging from Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu to M. MitTable of ContentsForeword by Ervin J. Rokke Foreword by David A. Deptula Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction Part I: Underpinnings for Advanced Collection 1. The Operational Environment 2. The Adversary Part II: Operations and Advanced Collection 3. The Vagaries of Irregular Warfare and Implications for Command and Control 4. Collection Contradictions in Irregular Warfare 5. Overcoming Collection Contradictions: A Macro View 6. Elemental Thinking about Advanced Collection Part III: The Specifics of Advanced Collection 7. Enablers of Advanced Collection 8. Rationale for Advanced Collection 9. The Basics of Advanced Collection 10. Performance Requirements for Advanced Collection Operations 11. Point Persistent Surveillance Operations in Advanced Collection Part IV: Synthesis 12. Critical Thinking for Advanced Collection 13. Philosophy of Advanced Collection 14. Tools for Advanced Collection 15. Closing Thoughts—Meeting Irregular Warfare Collection Challenges Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Little, Brown & Company Takeover
Book SynopsisIn 1789, the Founders devised a system of checks and balances to keep kingly powers out of the hands of presidents. But in the 1970s and 80s, a faction of Republicans, outraged by the weakening of the presidency after Watergate and Vietnam, abandoned the traditional conservative suspicion of concentrated government power. These men hatched a plot that would allow the White House to wield enormous powers, operating behind a veil of secrecy and unchecked by Congress or the courts.Today''s administration is bringing this project to fruition. TAKEOVER reveals the machinations behind the headlines and lays bare a hidden agenda three decades in the making, one that links warrantless wiretapping and Bush''s judicial nominees, torture and Cheney''s energy task force, the faith-based initiative and the imprisonment of citizens without trial. It tells the story of how a group of true believers, led by Cheney, set out to establish near-monarchical executive powers that, in the words oTrade ReviewOne of the key texts of the Bush years...A masterful work of investigative journalism * SAN FRANCISCO Chronicle *
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Hachette Nashville Balls
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Little, Brown & Company Life of the Party the Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Theories of European Integration The European Union Series
Book SynopsisBEN ROSAMOND is Lecturer in European Integration, University of Warwick.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Nationalism in Belgium Shifting Identities 17801995
Book SynopsisThis is a book about shifting national identities in Belgium. It aims at explaining why the Belgian identity, which in 1830 was so strong that it could create a new nation-state, has become so weak that today it has to accept a mere overarching role above and in competition with the new national loyalties.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; K.Deprez & L.Vos PART ONE: BELGIAN NATION BUILDING Belgian Liberties and Loyalty to the House of Austria; J.Roegiers The Two Belgian Revolutions; L.Wils Painting at the Service of the New Nation-State; L.Pil National Imagery in 19th Century Flemish Literature; P.Couttenier The Symbolic Deficit. French Literature in Belgium and 19th Century National Sentiment; C.Berg Henri Conscience and the French Revolution; P.Raxhon PART TWO: THE WANING OF BELGIUM The Flemish National Question; L.Vos The Language of the Flemings; K.Deprez The Catholic Church and the Flemish Movement; L.Gevers Sport and the Flemish Movement. Resistance and Accommodation 1868-1914; R.Renson The Christian Workers' Movement as a Mass Foundation of the Flemish Movement; E.Gerard The Growth of the Walloon Movement; C.Kesteloot Four Definitions of Culture in Francophone Belgium; J.Fontaine PART THREE: NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN A FEDERAL STATE Unequal Economic Development at the Origin of the Federalisation Process; P.Saey, C.Kesteloot & C.Vandermotten Belgium's Peculiar Way to Federalism; R.Falter The National Consciousness of the Flemings and the Walloons. An Empirical Investigation; B.Maddens, R.Beerten & J.Billiet Nationalism in Present-Day Flanders; J.Bouveroux Present-Day Wallonia. The Search for an Identity without Nationalist Mania; P.Destatte A Brussels Identity? A Speculative Interpretation; S.Govaert Germans, German Belgians, German-Speaking Belgians; H.Jenniges Are the Immigrants the Last Belgians?; A.Morelli & J-P.Schreiber Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Oil and the ArabIsraeli Conflict 19481963 St Antonyquotes Series
Book SynopsisList of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE ECLIPSE OF HAIFA Fuel: Supply and Demand in Palestine Twilight of British Rule The 1948 War International Oil Diplomacy and War Cutting the Losses Legal Readjustment, Israel and the Oil Companies PART TWO: BETWEEN MOSCOW AND TEHRAN The Establishment of 'Delek' Oil Company Alternative Sources: Venezuela, Kuwait Entrée to Moscow At the Gates of Tehran The Departure of the Oil Companies The Eilat Connection A Land of Milk, Honey, and No Oil Notes Appendices IndexTrade Review'This fascinating and intriguing book rightly claims to contribute to the field of international political economy. It describes and analyzes in considerable detail Israel's oil diplomacy during the first fifteen years of statehood, and the extremely adverse circumstances under which the country's energy suppliers were procured. At the time, petroleum was the only practical source of energy for Israel's rapidly growing population and its expanding and modernizing economy.' - Nachum T. Gross, EH. NETTable of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE ECLIPSE OF HAIFA Fuel: Supply and Demand in Palestine Twilight of British Rule The 1948 War International Oil Diplomacy and War Cutting the Losses Legal Readjustment, Israel and the Oil Companies PART TWO: BETWEEN MOSCOW AND TEHRAN The Establishment of 'Delek' Oil Company Alternative Sources: Venezuela, Kuwait Entrée to Moscow At the Gates of Tehran The Departure of the Oil Companies The Eilat Connection A Land of Milk, Honey, and No Oil Notes Appendices Index
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Palgrave Macmillan The British General Election of 2001
Book SynopsisThe renowned series from Nuffield College, Oxford, which covers every postwar British election, provides the authoritative, highly readable description and analysis of the background, the campaign and results. For the first time the book will include chapters on the campaign in Scotland and campaigning by email and the internet.Trade Review'...the Nuffield series...has consistently offered both the best insider account and best analysis.' - Peter Riddell, Times 'No British election is complete without David Butler. His Nuffield studies, a unique cocktail of analysis, narrative and insider insight, are the authoritative guide to postwar electoral politics.' - Andrew Adonis, Times Literary Supplement 'A formidable achievement...The Nuffield election studies have become by now almost part of our democratic fabric.' - Anthony Howard, The Listener 'The renowned Nuffield election books demand shelf space and deserve frequent reference. Essential to the scholar of the British politics of our time.' - Robert Worcester, MORI, Parliamentary History 'Anyone familiar with previous volumes knows what a joy this book is, how it is packed with juicy morsels of political fact and incisive analysis.' - Jay Adams, Times Higher Education Supplement 'If generations to come want to know exactly what happened they have a reliable source to look it up in...the solid, objective, verifiable story of what happened, when and why, set in impeccably numerate context.; - David McKie, Guardian 'The best series anywhere on national elections.' - Lancelot L. Farrar, Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Politics and the Media in Britain Contemporary Political Studies
Book SynopsisRAYMOND KUHN is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
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Palgrave Macmillan Violence A Reader Main Trends of the Modern World
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