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  • Catastrophic Success

    Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong

    by Alexander B. Downes ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    In Catastrophic Success**, Alexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries.** Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change increases the likelihood of civil war and violent leader removal in target states and fails to reduce the probability of conflict between intervening states and their targets. As Downes ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • We Landed At Dawn; The Story Of The Dieppe Raid

    by Alexander B. Austin ...
    The only war correspondent who accompanied the Allied Dieppe raid tells the story of the brave, heroic but ultimately futile assault landing which would lay the foundation for the success in Normandy two years later.Alexander Berry Austin was a noted war correspondent who worked for the London Herald during the Second World War. He was exceptionally dedicated and would often "embed", to use a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The European Culture Area

    A Systematic Geography

    by Alexander B. Murphy, Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov, Bella Bychkova Jordan ...
    Series series Changing Regions in a Global Context: New Perspectives in Regional Geography Series
    Now in a completely updated, full-color edition, this leading textbook has been thoroughly revised to reflect the sweeping economic, social, and political changes the past decade has brought to Europe and to incorporate new research and teaching approaches in regional geography. The authors have especially expanded their discussion of climate change and other environmental challenges facing Europe ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

  • Their Maryland

    The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862

    by Alexander B. Rossino ...
    "Engagingly written and persuasively argued, this daringly revisionist book is an essential addition to the Antietam bibliography." —Brian Matthew Jordan, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Marching HomeWhat if the histories previously written about Robert E. Lee's 1862 Maryland Campaign, the first major Confederate operation north of the Potomac River, missed key sources, proceeded from ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Valley of Sorrow

    A Layman's Guide to Understanding Mental Illness

    by Alexander B. Morrison ...

    $12.99 USD

  • Minutes of Empire

    Dutch West India Company Politics, 1618–1648

    by Alexander B. Bick ...
    In September 1645, the directors of the West India Company gathered to discuss the most important crisis in the company's history, one that would determine the fate of a burgeoning Dutch imperial project in the New World. In this book, Alexander Bick tells the story of this meeting, applying the tools of microhistory to the boardroom of one of early modern Europe's most enigmatic trading companies ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Targeting Civilians in War

    by Alexander B. Downes ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Accidental harm to civilians in warfare often becomes an occasion for public outrage, from citizens of both the victimized and the victimizing nation. In this vitally important book on a topic of acute concern for anyone interested in military strategy, international security, or human rights, Alexander B. Downes reminds readers that democratic and authoritarian governments alike will sometimes ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Guns of September

    A Novel of McClellan’s Army in Maryland, 1862

    by Alexander B. Rossino ...
    After John Pope’s devastating defeat at Second Bull Run, George McClellan reconstitutes the Army of the Potomac and marches in pursuit of Robert E. Lee’s invading Army of Northern Virginia. The Confederates have pushed north of the Potomac River into the border state of Maryland in search of one more decisive victory that might bring about Southern independence. Fortune smiles on “Little Mac” when ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Geography

    Why It Matters

    by Alexander B. Murphy ...
    Series series Why It Matters
    Ever since humans sketched primitive maps in the dirt, the quest to understand our surroundings has been fundamental to our survival. Studying geography revealed that the earth was round, showed our ancestors where to plant crops, and helped them appreciate the diversity of the planet.Today, the world is changing at an unprecedented pace, as a result of rising sea levels, deforestation, species ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • Who Wrote the Lost Copy of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191

    A Handwriting Analysis Companion to Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam

    by Alexander B. Rossino ...
    Who wrote Lee’s lost orders? Scholars have long asserted that Col. Robert H. Chilton played a pivotal role in drafting and distributing Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 near Frederick, Maryland, on September 9, 1862. One copy, addressed to Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill and outlining the Confederate plan to attack the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry, fell into the hands of Union Maj. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art and Practice of Court Administration

    by Alexander B. Aikman ...
    Series series Public Administration and Public Policy
    The****Art and Practice of Court Administration explores the context in which court administration is practiced and identifiesthe qualities and skills court administrators need.Divided into two major parts, part one covers the history of the fieldand how courts are organized, environmental conditions in which court administration is practiced, special impact on courts of the elected clerk of court ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • COUNTERING TERRORISM

    THE ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPIC MASSACRE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT COVERT ACTION TEAMS

    by Alexander B. Calahan ...
    Israelis and top intelligence officials put pressure on Meir, and he reluctantly gave the go-ahead for the broad assassination campaign to begin. But when West Germany released the three people who were still alive after the massacre a few months later, as the hijackers of Lufthansa Flight 615 had asked, she no longer felt ambivalent. For Israeli intelligence, the committee's first task was to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD