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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “deepak tripathi”
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  • American Exceptionalism, 1607-2025

    Power and Limits

    by Deepak Tripathi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book sheds light on American exceptionalism—the belief that the United States is unique and superior and is destined to lead the world. It argues that this idea is not exclusive to the United States, as many other nations, including China, India, France, and Germany, have also claimed uniqueness based on their history, culture, or power. Such claims often distort reality, ignore comparisons, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • The Impact of Wars on World Politics, 1775–2023

    Hope and Despair

    by Deepak Tripathi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In a study of cyclical history, this book presents a grand sweep of modern history and how decades of savage wars, and turbulence, led to a brief era of exhilaration and hope, followed by despair in the new century. The collapse of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the Soviet Union (1991), marking the end of the Cold War, were celebrated with great euphoria.The book points out that the defeat of Soviet ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Afghanistan and the Vietnam Syndrome

    Comparing US and Soviet Wars

    by Deepak Tripathi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Great powers have often found that military adventurism to force their will in distant lands comes with the risk of spending excessive military, economic, and moral capital to the extent that war is no longer sustainable. Written by a former BBC Afghanistan correspondent who set up the corporation’s bureau in Kabul in the early 1990s, this book draws both from scholarly knowledge as well as first ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Imperial Designs

    War, Humiliation & the Making of History

    by Deepak Tripathi ...
    Since the age of Alexander the Great, waves of foreign armies have invaded the Middle East and South Asia to plunder their vast treasures. In Imperial Designs, Deepak Tripathi offers a powerful and unique analysis of how this volatile region has endured the manipulation and humiliation of war, especially since World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. He argues that these foreign invasions ... Read more

    $26.95 USD

  • Modern Populism

    Weaponizing for Power and Influence

    by Deepak Tripathi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book sheds light on modern populism and discusses the link between populism and identity politics against the backdrop of populist leaders asserting the identity of their own group, while maintaining the separation from others.Written by former BBC correspondent and commentator Deepak Tripathi, the book explains how populism has a long history with early discernable origins in the Tsarist ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Breeding Ground

    by Deepak Tripathi; Richard Falk ...
    Beginning with the Communist Saur Revolution of 1978 and continuing through Gen. David Petraeuss 2010 appointment replacing Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, this book is an inside account of one of the most vicious conflicts fought between the two Cold War superpowers: the Soviet war in Afghanistan (197989). Analyzing the behind-the-scenes decisions made in Moscow, ... Read more

    $26.95 USD

  • Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan

    by ; John Tirman; Deepak Tripathi ...
    The military adventure that George W. Bush embarked on within months of his inauguration in 2001 was to eclipse everything else in his presidency. His name will forever be synonymous with the war on terror. What started as a military response to al Qaedas attacks in New York and Washington on 9/11, with the goal of neutralizing al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts in Afghanistan, quickly fused with the ... Read more

    $24.95 USD

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  • The Duel

    Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power

    by Tariq Ali ...
    Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It is the only Islamic state to have nuclear weapons. Its border with Afghanistan extends over one thousand miles and is the likely hideout of Osama bin Laden. It has been under military dictatorship for thirty-three of its fiftyyear existence. Yet it is the linchpin in the United States' war on terror, receiving over $10 billion of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Struggle for Egypt

    From Nasser to Tahrir Square

    by Steven A. Cook ...
    The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life, Egypt is a lynchpin of the US's Middle East strategy, receiving more aid than any nation except Israel. This is not the first time that the world and has turned its gaze to Egypt, however. A half century ago, Egypt under Nasser became the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Sowing Crisis

    The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East

    by Rashid Khalidi ...
    Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war superpowers, Khalidi explains how the momentous events that ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Arab Lobby

    The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East

    by Mitchell Bard ...
    From "a research scholar with impeccable academic credentials . . . A complete, patient catalogue of the financial details of Saudi influence peddling" ( National Review).While critics claim that a nefarious Israel Lobby dictates U.S. policy in the Middle East, the Arab Lobby in this country is older, richer, and more powerful than the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The Arab ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bleeding Afghanistan

    Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence

    by Sonali Kolhatkar, James Ingalls ...
    Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of U.S. policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post-9/11 era. Drawing from declassified government documents and on-the-ground interviews with Afghan activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, Bleeding Afghanistan examines the connections between the U.S. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD