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  • Privileged and Confidential

    The Secret History of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

    by Kenneth Michael Absher, Michael C. Desch, Roman Popadiuk ...
    The history of one of the most secretive segments of America's intelligence community.Above the politics and ideological battles of Washington, DC, is a committee that meets behind locked doors and leaves its paper trail in classified files. The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is one of the most secretive and potentially influential segments of the US intelligence community. ... Read more

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  • Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations

    by Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, Michael J. Tierney, Amanda Murdie, Sarah E. Mendelson, Jessica F. Green0, Thomas Hale1, Marc A. Levy2, Christina J. Schneider3, Steven Radelet4, Edward D. Mansfield5, Jon C. W. Pevehouse6, Robert B. Zoellick7, Thomas B. Pepinsky8, David A. Steinberg9, Dimitri G. Demekas0, Sarah Kreps1, Jessica Weeks2, Peter D. Feaver3, Michael G. Findley4, Joseph K. Young5, Scott Edwards6, Paul C. Avey7, Michael C. Desch8, John R. Harvey9 ...
    There is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time.The essays in this volume use data ... Read more

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  • Power and Military Effectiveness

    The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism

    by Michael C. Desch ...
    Since 1815 democratic states have emerged victorious from most wars, leading many scholars to conclude that democracies are better equipped to triumph in armed conflict with autocratic and other non-representative governments.Political scientist Michael C. Desch argues that the evidence and logic of that supposition, which he terms “democratic triumphalism,” are as flawed as the arguments for the ... Read more

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  • Cult of the Irrelevant

    The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security

    by Michael C. Desch ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    How professionalization and scholarly “rigor” made social scientists increasingly irrelevant to US national security policyTo mobilize America’s intellectual resources to meet the security challenges of the post–9/11 world, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates observed that “we must again embrace eggheads and ideas.” But the gap between national security policymakers and international relations ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena

    Professors or Pundits?

    Edited by Michael C. Desch ...
    What is a public intellectual? Where are they to be found? What accounts for the lament today that public intellectuals are either few in number or, worse, irrelevant? While there is a small literature on the role of public intellectuals, it is organized around various thinkers rather than focusing on different countries or the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in varied disciplines or ... Read more

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    The Military Operations of Genghis Khan and Sübe'etei

    by Carl Fredrik Sverdrup ...
    "A scholarly, detailed history of how the Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire in history" ( Midwest Book Review).The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insignificant tribal leader, Genghis Khan gradually increased his power, overcoming one rival after another. After he had subjugated ... Read more

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  • The Drone Memos

    Targeted Killing, Secrecy and the Law

    by Jameel Jaffer ...
    "A trenchant summation" and analysis of the legal rationales behind the US drone policy of targeted killing of suspected terrorists, including US citizens ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In the long response to 9/11, the US government initiated a deeply controversial policy of "targeted killing"—the extrajudicial execution of suspected terrorists and militants, typically via drones. A ... Read more

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  • The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

    by David Bercovici ...
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    Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.With wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000

    by John Gibney ...
    A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first centuryFive centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. John Gibney proceeds from the beginning of Ireland’s modern period and continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

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  • Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red

    The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases

    by Andrew Thompson ...
    Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining & often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this trivia book from a bestselling author.English is filled with interesting phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:• Read between the Lines• Cat Got Your Tongue?• Put a Sock in It• Close, but No Cigar• ... Read more

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  • Dirt

    A Social History as Seen Through the Uses and Abuses of Dirt

    by Terence McLaughlin ...
    Delve into the fascinating world of dirt in this history of culture, cleanliness, and our evolving perceptions of what is and isn't gross.In this engaging and often humorous study of life's imperfections, public health and hygiene authority Terence McLaughlin dissects our attitudes toward the filth that has accompanied society throughout human history. According to him, "dirt" is a matter of ... Read more

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  • Whose Middle Ages?

    Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

    by Geraldine Heng ...
    Series series Fordham Series in Medieval Studies
    "An ethical and accessible introduction to a historical period often implicated in racist narratives of nationalism and imperialism." —Sierra Lomuto, Assistant Professor of Global Medieval Literature, Rowan UniversityA collection of twenty-two essays, Whose Middle Ages? gives nonspecialists access to the richness of our historical knowledge while debunking damaging misconceptions about the ... Read more

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