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  • Base Nation

    How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World

    by David Vine ...
    Series series American Empire Project
    From Italy to the Indian Ocean, from Japan to Honduras, a far-reaching examination of the perils of American military bases overseasAmerican military bases encircle the globe. More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands. These bases are usually taken for granted or overlooked entirely, a little-noticed part ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Island of Shame

    The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia

    by David Vine ...
    The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instrumental in American military operations from the Cold War to the war on terror and may house a top ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia

    by David Vine ...
    The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport the base was a little-known launch pad for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and may house a top-secret CIA prison where terror suspects ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Letters of Love

    by Melissa Desveaux, Melysa Aldiano, Naomi Beverly, Willema Girard, Libby Monica, Sarah Pridham, Rebekah. J. Samuel, Veronica Sanchez, Kerri-Ann Sheppard, Abigail Sinclaire, Nor Suhir, David Vine ...
    We all need love in our lives. Without it, we wouldn't experience happiness, dedication, or determination.We wouldn't be selfless or kind.Love isn't just a word, but a feeling, an action … and it's pure.In this new book titled Letters of Love, 12 inspiring and award-winning authors courageously write their own letters of love. They express the love of themselves to their family, to God, to the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The United States of War

    A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State

    by David Vine ...
    Series Book 48 - California Series in Public Anthropology
    2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, HistoryA provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today’s costly, endless wars to the prominence of violence in everyday American life.The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Island of Shame

    The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia

    by David Vine ...
    The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instrumental in American military operations from the Cold War to the war on terror and may house a top ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Leaderless Economy

    Why the World Economic System Fell Apart and How to Fix It

    by Peter Temin, David Vines ...
    A new way to understand financial crises—and a blueprint for tomorrow's recoveryThe Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that our current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the Great Depression. Taking an in-depth look at the history ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Keynes

    Useful Economics for the World Economy

    by Peter Temin, David Vines ...
    Why Keynes is relevant to today's global economic crisis, and how Keynesian ideas can point the way to renewed economic growth.As the global economic crisis continues to cause damage, some policy makers have called for a more Keynesian approach to current economic problems. In this book, the economists Peter Temin and David Vines provide an accessible introduction to Keynesian ideas that connects ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Macroeconomic Policy

    Inflation, Wealth and the Exchange Rate

    by Martin Weale, Andrew Blake, Nicos Christodoulakis, David Vines, James Meade ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Macroeconomics
    This analysis of macroeconomic policy, originally published in 1989, argues that key government objectives, such as reduced inflation, decreased unemployment and an adequate level of national saving can be achieved only by employing both monetary and fiscal policies, in conjunction with supply-side policies expressly designed to improve the workings of the labour market.Part 1 is a comparative ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Integrity in the Public and Private Domains

    Edited by Alan Montefiore, David Vines ...
    Integrity in the Private and Public Domains explores the issue of public and private integrity in politics, the media, health, science, fund-raising, the economy and the public sector.Over twenty essays by well-known figures such as Amelie Rorty, David Vines, the late Hugo Gryn, Alan Montefiore and Hilary Lawson present a compelling insight into debates over integrity today.A key chapter of the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The War Machine and Global Health

    by Abigail E. Adams, Hans A. Baer, Avram Bornstein, Patrick F. Clarkin, Scott Harding, Elaine A. Hills, G Derrick Hodge, Rohit Karki, Brandon A. Kohrt, Kathryn Libal, Judith Pettigrew, Adrienne Pine, Wietse A. Tol, David Vine, Dahlia S. Wasfi ...
    In the contemporary world, war rivals infectious disease as a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Since the end of World War II, there have been at least 160 wars around the world with as many as 25 million (and probably many more) people killed, most of them civilians. Directly or indirectly, war touches the lives of most people on the planet, often with lasting and costly impact. Framed by ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    The United States of War

    A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, From Columbus to the Islamic State

    by David Vine ...
    Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 9 min

    The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In The United States of War, David Vine traces this pattern of bloody conflict from Columbus's 1494 arrival in Guantanamo Bay through the 250 ... Read more

    $24.99 USD