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  • Fuel to the Fire

    How Trump Made America’s Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse (and How We Can Recover)

    As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump broke not only from the Republican Party but also from the bipartisan consensus on U.S. foreign policy. Calling the Iraq War a terrible mistake and lamenting America’s nation-building expeditions, Trump evinced little interest in maintaining the traditional form of American leadership of the liberal international order. Instead, Trump’s “America First” ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Peace, War, and Liberty

    Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy

    In its dealings with the broader world, has the United States been a force for liberty? Should it be? And if so, how?To answer these questions, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy traces the history of United States foreign policy and the ideas that have animated it, and considers not only whether America's policy choices have made the world safer and freer but also the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Power Problem

    How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free

    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Numerous polls show that Americans want to reduce our military presence abroad, allowing our allies and other nations to assume greater responsibility both for their own defense and for enforcing security in their respective regions. In The Power Problem, Christopher A. Preble explores the aims, costs, and limitations of the use of this nation's military power; throughout, he makes the case that ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • A Dangerous World?

    Threat Perception and U.S. National Security

    In 2013, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey stated that the world is “more dangerous than it has ever been.” Is this accurate? Do we live in a world that is uniquely dangerous? Is it possible that the many threats and dangers promoted by policymakers and the media are exaggerated or overblown? In this timely edited volume, experts on international security assess – and put ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Who Rules the World?

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    Series series American Empire Project
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  • Forgotten Ally

    China's World War II, 1937–1945

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    The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes

    An ISIS terrorist planned to kill more than 500 people. He would have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear.On August 21, 2015, Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train #9364 in Brussels, bound for Paris. There could be no doubt about his mission: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on board. Slipping into the ... Read more

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  • The Pendulum of War

    The Fight for Upper Canada, January-August 1813

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    LIMITED TIME OFFERIn his second of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved -- War of 1812, author Richard Feltoe continues a battlefield chronicle that combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotes from original official documents and personal letters, bringing to life the crucial first six months of the 1813 American campaign to invade and conquer Upper Canada. The ... Read more

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  • Thieves of State

    Why Corruption Threatens Global Security

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    **Winner of the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest."I can’t imagine a more important book for our time." —Sebastian Junger**The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together? ... Read more

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