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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “bevan sewell”
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  • John Foster Dulles

    Apostle of American Empire

    by Bevan Sewell ...
    A compelling biography of John Foster Dulles, one of the most complex and underexamined architects of US foreign policy.John Foster Dulles is a towering yet misunderstood figure in American and international history. Best known as secretary of state under Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the namesake for the Dulles airport, he has long been cast as a Cold War hardliner—moralizing, rigid, and ready to ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • The US and Latin America

    Eisenhower, Kennedy and Economic Diplomacy in the Cold War

    by Bevan Sewell ...
    Series series Library of Modern American History
    The US in the 1950s and 1960s wanted to prevent a new communist regime in the Western hemisphere at any cost. Under President Eisenhower the US pursued a policy of support for dictators, the economic shoring up of regimes that impoverished their own people and sanctioned direct interventions such as the overthrow of the Guatemalan government in 1954. When John F. Kennedy came to power, he promised ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Foreign Policy at the Periphery

    The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II

    Edited by Bevan Sewell, Maria Ryan ...
    Series series Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
    As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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  • Mrs. Engels

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    by Gavin McCrea ...
    One of Amazon's Top Twenty Books of 2015 • Selected as both a Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2015 • Longlisted for The Guardian 2015 First Novel Award"The illiterate lover and eventual wife of a coauthor of The Communist Manifesto is the star of this enthralling work of historical fiction." —O: The Oprah Magazine"Lizzie has been brought to life with exuberant force."... ... Read more

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  • Why Not Socialism?

    by Gerald A. Cohen ...
    A compelling case for why it's time for socialismIs socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, ... Read more

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  • The Souls of China

    The Return of Religion After Mao

    by Ian Johnson ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today—its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China’s future.The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world’s great spiritual revivals. Following a century of violent anti-religious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, ... Read more

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  • Gorbachev

    On My Country and the World

    by Mikhail Gorbachev ...
    The last president of the Soviet Union discusses Communism, the Cold War, and bringing democracy to Russia in this sweeping political memoir.Drawing on his own experience and rich archival material, Mikhail Gorbachev shares his illuminating perspective on Russia's past, present, and future place in the world. Beginning with the October Revolution of 1917, he notes how much Vladimir Lenin and the ... Read more

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  • The Blame Game

    Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government

    by Christopher Hood ...
    The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance ... Read more

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  • The Fathers of Socialism: The Life and Legacy of Karl Marx

    by Charles River Editors ...
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  • The Communist Manifesto

    A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document

    by Karl Marx, Frederick Engels ...
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    by Vaclav Smil ...
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    World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resourceIn this fully revised and updated edition, Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.' Bill GatesOil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be ... Read more

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