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  • Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century

    A Reader

    Edited by Edwin Daniel Jacob ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume helps bridge the elusive gap between theory and practice in dealing with the issue of "security" broadly conceived. A quarter of a century has passed since the crumbling of the Berlin Wall. Yet our notions of security remain mired in Cold War thinking whose realist ethos is predicated on holding the nation state's power, interests, and survival as the guiding unit of analysis in ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

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  • Understanding American Politics, Second Edition

    by Stephen Brooks, J. Matthew Wilson, Douglas Koopman ...
    Understanding American Politics provides a unique introduction to the contemporary political landscape of the United States by using as its core organizing feature the idea of "American exceptionalism," a concept that is at least as old as Tocqueville's study of American democracy.The second edition of Understanding American Politics maintains the unique strengths of the first edition while ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Rwanda

    History and Hope

    by Margee M. Ensign, William E. Bertrand ...
    Imagine a nation with the highest proportion of women legislators in the world. Imagine a country where a democratically elected president is committed to gender equality and poverty reduction, where urban and rural schools are being wired to the Internet, and where the government is committed to becoming a middle-income country by 2020. Imagine that this country is located in the heart of sub ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Italian Military Operations Abroad

    Just Don't Call it War

    by P. Ignazi, G. Giacomello, F. Coticchia ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Peace support operations are one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This book is a study of Italian military operations in the last twenty years. Italy's operations are examined through an analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Selling Ronald Reagan

    The Emergence of a President

    by Gerard DeGroot ...
    Before 1966, the idea of Reagan in politics provoked widespread scorn. To most people, he seemed a has-been actor, a right-wing extremist and a 'dunce'. Journalists therefore ridiculed his aspirations to be governor of California. No one, however, doubted his incredible ability to communicate with a crowd. In order to succeed in his campaign, Reagan had to be packaged as an outsider - an antidote ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • US Foreign Policy and the Multinational Force in Lebanon

    Vigorous Self-Defense

    by Corrin Varady ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers a fresh perspective on the impact of the US intervention in Lebanon in 1982 and the decision-making drivers that led the Reagan Administration into the Lebanese Civil War. Based on newly released archival materials from high level Washington officials such as President Reagan, Secretary of State Shultz and Secretary of Defense Weinberger, it argues that the failure of the Reagan ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The US Commitment to NATO in the Post-Cold War Period

    by Yanan Song ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the continuing US commitments to NATO in the post-Cold War era. The initial focus is on the recommitment decisions of the Clinton administration. It also extensively explores the US operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan and, in particular, Libya. The case study on Libya is especially important in exploring the Obama administration’s understanding of the purpose of NATO in the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Responding to Catastrophic Events

    Consequence Management and Policies

    Edited by J. Larsen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    An introduction to the range of potential disaster scenarios, covering the issues and organizational relationships of importance to the student of consequence management. These include the roles, responsibilities, and coordination requirements of first responders, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the military. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Politics of Civil Wars

    Conflict, Intervention & Resolution

    by Amalendu Misra ...
    Civil war is one of the critical issues of our time. Although intrastate in nature, it has a disproportionate and overwhelming effect on the overall peace and stability of contemporary international society.Organized around the themes of contested nationalism, violence, external intervention, post-conflict reconstruction, reconciliation and governance, Amalendu Misra investigates why civil wars ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The New US Security Agenda

    Trends and Emerging Threats

    by Brian Fonseca, Jonathan D. Rosen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    War, nuclear weapons, and terrorism are all major threats to US security, but a new set of emerging threats are challenging the current threat response apparatus and our ability to come up with creative and effective solutions. This book considers new, 'non-traditional' security issues such as: transnational organized crime, immigration and border security, cybersecurity, countering violent ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • US-China Rivalry and Taiwan's Mainland Policy

    Security, Nationalism, and the 1992 Consensus

    by Dean P. Chen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines changes in Taiwan’s policies toward Mainland China under former Republic of China (ROC) President Ma Ying-jeou (2008-16) and considers their implications for US policy toward the Taiwan Strait. In recent years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s increasingly assertive foreign policy behaviors have heightened tensions with its regional neighbors as well as the United States. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Aid, Peacebuilding and the Resurgence of War

    Buying Time in Sri Lanka

    by S. Holt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD