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  • Unsteady Crowns

    Why the World's Monarchies are Struggling for Survival

    by A.W. Purdue ...
    War and austerity, unrest and revolution: the institution of monarchy has remained stalwart through every challenge levelled at it, but just what is its role and how secure is its future in our modern society?At the beginning of the twentieth century, monarchy was by far the most common form of government: emperors sat on the thrones of Germany, Austria–Hungary, Persia, Japan, China, Russia and ... Read more

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  • What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War

    by H. G. Wells ...
    This volume contains a series of predictions made by H. G. Wells as to the ramifications of World War I, covering such areas as politics, economics, border changes, education, media, law, and more. Contents include: "Forecasting The Future", "The End Of The War", "Nations In Liquidation", "Braintree, Bocking, And The Future Of The World", "How Far Will Europe Go Toward Socialism?", "Lawyer And ... Read more

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  • Building Resilience

    Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

    The factor that makes some communities rebound quickly from disasters while others fall apart: "A fascinating book on an important topic."—E.L. Hirsch, in ChoiceEach year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid ... Read more

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  • The Intra-Arab War for Oil : 1950-1970

    Egypt is the largest and most important country of the Arab world. However Egypt is very poor in oil and natural gas reserves, at least when compared to the other Arab countries of the Persian Gulf and North Africa. In the 1950s and 1960s, Gamal Nasser, an Egyptian military officer, tried to unite all Arabs in one country, under his leadership, in order for Egypt to control the oil of the Persian ... Read more

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  • Long War for Freedom

    by Barry Rubin ...
    This book foresaw the "Arab Spring" of 2011. It was obvious years before that the old Arab nationalist dictatorships had failed and were being challenged by two forces: liberal democracy advocates and revolutionary Islamists. While the Long War for Freedom focuses on the moderates, it also, by necessity, presents the worldview and strategy of the Islamists.In brief, the book's theme is that while ... Read more

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  • Jewish Identities in Postcommunist Russia and Ukraine

    An Uncertain Ethnicity

    by Zvi Gitelman ...
    Before the USSR collapsed, ethnic identities were imposed by the state. This book analyzes how and why Jews decided what being Jewish meant to them after the state dissolved and describes the historical evolution of Jewish identities. Surveys of more than 6,000 Jews in the early and late 1990s reveal that Russian and Ukrainian Jews have a deep sense of their Jewishness but are uncertain what it ... Read more

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  • The True Causes of Greek Anti-Semitism

    This essay explores the true causes of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism is alwasy a financial phenomenon, and the essay examines the interaction betweeen the Greek political and economic elites with the Arab world, and explains how this interaction affects Greek anti-Semitism. ... Read more

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  • Questioning Secularism

    Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt

    Series series Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
    The central question of the Arab Spring—what democracies should look like in the deeply religious countries of the Middle East—has developed into a vigorous debate over these nations' secular identities. But what, exactly, is secularism? What has the West's long familiarity with it inevitably obscured? In Questioning Secularism, Hussein Ali Agrama tackles these questions. Focusing on the fatwa ... Read more

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  • Assimilation and its Discontents

    by Barry Rubin ...
    When I realized that nobody had written a comprehensive history of Jewish assimilation, I knew that I had to try doing it myself. It was a remarkable learning experience as I researched a wide range of cultural and historical issues and discovered lots of people and events of which I'd previously known nothing. The tremendous differences between Europe and America required that they be treated ... Read more

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  • Political Economy Arguments

    This eBook defines the Seven Estates (Domains) and their relationship to Commodity Production in society. It analyses the various forms of creating money over the ages. Gold and PM are discussed right up to an analysis of creation of Bitcoins and the revolutionary impact they are bound to have on the globe - especially in tamping down the pernicious of present day Banksterism which is absolutely ... Read more

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  • South Korea's Rise

    Economic Development, Power, and Foreign Relations

    South Korea's phenomenal rise has been studied extensively by political scientists and economists both in terms of its impact on democratisation and as a role model for economic development. Yet little attention has been devoted to exploring the nexus between economic development and foreign policy. In South Korea's Rise, Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig propose a new theoretical framework to illustrate ... Read more

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  • Israel: A One State Solution

    Israel - A One State Solution sheds light on the age-old question of who owns the title deed to the land of Canaan? The book explores Ancient Biblical History, God's Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael, Israel – He Who Struggles with God, the History and Control of Palestine Since A.D. 70, The Ezekiel 38 Prophesy, WWI and the Balfour Declaration, the United Nations Plan for Partition of ... Read more

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