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New Titles - Politics
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Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist
Jennet Conant · Simon & Schuster Pages: 608 Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant - a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War - told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant.James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center... |
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A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949
KEVIN PERAINO · Crown Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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A gripping narrative of the Truman Administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist forces in 1949--an extraordinary political revolution that continues to shape East Asian politics to this day. In the opening months of 1949,... |
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From Global to Local: The Making of Things and the End of Globalization
FINBARR LIVESEY · Pantheon Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments the world over to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed and, if left unexamined, will lead corporations and countries astray, with... |
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In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
ALFRED MCCOY · Haymarket Books Pages: 280 Format: Paperback
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In a completely original analysis, prize-winning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power - from the 1890s through the Cold War - and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts,... |
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Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War
Jeremy A Rabkin · Encounter Books Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Threats to international peace and security include the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions, rogue nations, and international terrorism. The United States must respond to these challenges to its national security and to world stability by embracing new military technologies such... |
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The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World
Oona Hathaway · Simon & Schuster Pages: 608 Format: Hardcover
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A bold and provocative history of the men who fought to outlaw war and how an often overlooked treaty signed in 1928 was among the most transformative events in modern history.On a hot summer afternoon in 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year,... |
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Bettany Hughes · Da Capo Press Pages: 856 Format: Hardcover
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Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide.From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, it has been the capital... |
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The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
David R Boyd · ECW Press Pages: 280 Format: Paperback
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An important and timely recipe for hope for humans and all forms of lifePalila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement... |
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