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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “john dumbrell”
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  • The Obama Presidency and the Politics of Change

    Edited by Edward Ashbee, John Dumbrell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume considers the extent to which the Obama presidency matched the promises of hope and change that were held out in the 2008 election. Contributors assess the character of “change” and, within this context, survey the extent to which there was enduring change within particular policy areas, both domestic and foreign. The authors combine empirical detail with more speculative ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Issues in American Politics

    Polarized politics in the age of Obama

    Edited by John Dumbrell ...
    This wide ranging book provides readers with a reliable and lively guide to contemporary American political practices, processes and institutions.Essays in the proposed volume will cover phenomena such as the Tea Party upsurge in the Republican Party, Obama’s health care reforms, recent changes to campaign funding emanating from the key Citizens’ United Supreme Court decision, US foreign policy ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • America's 'Special Relationships'

    Foreign and Domestic Aspects of the Politics of Alliance

    Edited by John Dumbrell, Axel Schäfer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
    This unique volume offers an original collection of essays on the theme of America’s ‘special relationships’. It interrogates in an original and provocative manner the distinctive character of America’s interactions with an array of allies and clients, both international and domestic.The essays vary in their focus; some are primarily historical, some are more contemporary. All consider the quality ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Vietnam in Iraq

    Tactics, Lessons, Legacies and Ghosts

    Edited by David Ryan, John Dumbrell ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    More than most post-1970 conflicts involving US forces, the conflict in Iraq has been fought out against a background of frequently invoked memories from the era of the Vietnam War. The essays in this book offer a series of perspectives on connections and parallels between the Vietnam War and the 2003 invasion of, and conflict in, Iraq.The contributors particularly examine the impact of the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Clinton's Foreign Policy

    Between the Bushes, 1992-2000

    by John Dumbrell ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This volume is a detailed account of President Clinton's foreign policy during 1992-2000, covering the main substantive issues of his administration, including Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo.The book emphasizes Clinton's adaptation of the elder Bush's 'New World Order' outlook and his relationship to the younger Bush's 'Americanistic' foreign policy. In doing so, it discusses in detail such key policy ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • The Return of History

    Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century

    by Jennifer Welsh ...
    Series Book 2016 - The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.In 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Myth of the Strong Leader

    Political Leadership in the Modern Age

    by Archie Brown ...
    From one of the world's preeminent political historians, a magisterial study of political leadership around the world from the advent of parliamentary democracy to the age of Obama.All too frequently, leadership is reduced to a simple dichotomy: the strong versus the weak. Yet, there are myriad ways to exercise effective political leadership -- as well as different ways to fail. We blame our ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction

    by Klaus Dodds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' - in Europe or the US ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Future of War

    A History

    by Lawrence Freedman ...
    An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this uniquely human form of political violence.Questions about the future of war are a regular feature of political debate, strategic analysis, and popular fiction. Where should we look for new dangers? ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • 50 Things You Want to Know About World Issues. . . But Were Too Afraid to Ask

    by Keith Suter ...
    Everything you need to know about world issues but were too afraid to ask.Is China the next superpower? Can the West win the war on terrorism? Is the world running out of oil? What is the McDonald's Golden Arches Theory of World Peace? Is Microsoft more powerful than a nation like Australia? Why did the United States invade Iraq? Will there ever be peace in Israel and Palestine?In an increasingly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Humanitarian Imperialism

    Using Human Rights to Sell War

    by Jean Bricmont ...
    Translated by Diana Johnstone ...
    Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers—above all, the United States—in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive, from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan to Iraq. Until ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Who Are We -- And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?

    by Gary Younge ...
    From those who insist that Barack Obama is Muslim to the European legislators who go to extraordinary lengths to ban items of clothing worn by a tiny percentage of their populations, Gary Younge shows, in this fascinating, witty, and provocative examination of the enduring legacy and obsession with identity in politics and everyday life, that how we define ourselves informs every aspect of our ... Read more

    $17.99 USD