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The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy

Valerie M. Hudson , · Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first Secretary of State to declare the subjugation of women worldwide a serious threat to U.S. national security. Known as the Hillary Doctrine, her stance was the impetus behind the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomatic and Development Review of U.S. foreign policy,...
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The Expo Files: Articles by the Crusading Journalist

Stieg Larsson · MacLehose Press, New York, NY
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover

Now almost exclusively known as the author of the bestselling Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was first and foremost a professional journalist and an untiring crusader for democracy and equality.Collected in English for the first time, the articles in this volume explore the human rights...
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Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education

Jennifer De Leon · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback

College can be a complex time for Latinas, who are traditionally expected to leave home when they get married. In her essay "Only Daughter," author Sandra Cisneros remarks, "After four years in college and two more in graduate school, and still no husband, my father shakes...
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The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America

Amy Chua · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"That certain groups do much better in America than others - as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on - is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels racially charged. The irony is that the facts actually debunk racial stereotypes....
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Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama

Stephen Sestanovich · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover

From a writer with long and high-level experience in the U.S. government, a startling and provocative assessment of America's global dominance. Maximalist puts the history of our foreign policy in an unexpected new light, while drawing fresh, compelling lessons for the present and future....
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Happy Together: Thriving as a Same-Sex Couple in Your Family, Workplace, and Community

Sharon S. Rostosky and Ellen D. B. Riggle · American Psychological Association

As more states strike down laws restricting marriage to one man and one woman, same-sex relationships are becoming more visible and more socially accepted. Nevertheless, many couples still experience significant stress because of their same-sex status. In every life context family, work,...
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No Future for You: Salvos from The Baffler

John Summers (Editor), · The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

There's never been a better time to be outside the consensus -- and if you don't believe it, then peer into these genre-defining essays from The Baffler, the magazine that's been blunting the cutting edge of American culture and politics...
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