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  • 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World

    by John Tirman ...
    What do George W. Bush, Wal-Mart, Halliburton, gangsta rap, and SUVs have in common? They're all among the hundred ways in which America is screwing up the world. The country that was responsible for many, if not most, of the twentieth century's most important scientific and technological advancements now demonizes its scientists and thinkers in the twenty-first, while dumbing down its youth with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Deaths of Others

    The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars

    by John Tirman ...
    Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in The Deaths of Others. Between ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Dream Chasers

    Immigration and the American Backlash

    by John Tirman ...
    How the immigration battle plays out in America, from curriculum disputes to federal raids to the civil rights activism of young “Dreamers.”Illegal immigration continues to roil American politics. The right-wing media stir up panic over “anchor babies,” job stealing, welfare dependence, bilingualism, al-Qaeda terrorists disguised as Latinos, even a conspiracy by Latinos to “retake” the Southwest. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Republics of Myth

    National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict

    by Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, John Tirman ...
    Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist?Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut from harsh rhetoric to hostage-taking, from crippling sanctions to targeted killings. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Women, Migration, and Conflict

    Breaking a Deadly Cycle

    Edited by Susan Forbes Martin, John Tirman ...
    An estimated 35 million people worldwide are displaced by conflict, and most of them are women and children. During their time away from their homes and communities, these women and their children are subjected to a horrifying array of misfortune, including privations of every kind, sexual assaults, disease, imprisonment, unwanted pregnancies, severe psychological trauma, and, upon return or ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Becoming Enemies

    U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979–1988

    by James G. Blight, janet M. Lang, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, John Tirman ...
    Becoming Enemies brings the unique methods of critical oral history, developed to study flashpoints from the Cold War such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, to understand U.S. and Iranian relations from the fall of the Shah in 1978 through the Iranian hostage crisis and the Iran-Iraq war. Scholars and former officials involved with U.S. and UN policy take a fresh look at U.S and Iranian relations ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Deaths of Others

    The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars

    by John Tirman ...
    Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in The Deaths of Others. Between ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • U.S.-Iran Misperceptions

    A Dialogue

    Edited by Abbas Maleki, John Tirman ...
    Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history? U.S.-Iran Misperceptions is the first written dialogue on the key issues that separate these two great countries. Bringing together former policy makers and international relations experts from the United States and Iran, U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue provides new insights into and arguments about how each ... Read more

    $32.99 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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    Republics of Myth

    National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict

    by Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, John Tirman ...
    Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 47 min

    Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist?Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself. Their often-deadly confrontation derives from the very different national ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions

    by Marwan Bishara ...
    The Invisible Arab traces the roots of the revolutions in the Arab world. Marwan Bishara, chief policy analyst of Al Jazeera English and the anchor of the program "Empire", combines on-the-ground reporting, extensive research and scholarship, and political commentary in this book on the complex influences that made the revolutions possible. Bishara argues that the inclusive, pluralistic ... Read more

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  • Arab Voices

    What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters

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    The Arab World is a region that has been vastly misunderstood in the West. Arab Voices asks the questions, collects the answers, and shares the results that will help us see Arabs clearly. The book will bring into stark relief the myths, assumptions, and biases that hold us back from understanding this important people. Here, James Zogby debuts a brand new, comprehensive poll, bringing numbers to ... Read more

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