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  • Secrecy and the Media

    The Official History of the United Kingdom's D-Notice System

    by Nicholas John Wilkinson ...
    Series series Government Official History Series
    Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication of British national security secrets. It is based on official documents, many of which have not previously been available to a general audience, as well as on media sources.From Victorian times, British governments have consistently seen the need, in the public ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • Big Fellow, Long Fellow. A Joint Biography of Collins and De Valera

    A Joint Biography of Irish politicians Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera

    by T. Ryle Dwyer ...
    Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera were the two most charismatic leaders of the Irish revolution. This joint biography looks first at their very different upbringings and early careers. Both fought in the 1916 Easter Rising , although it is almost certain they did not meet during that tumultuous week. Their first encounter came when Collins had been released from jail after the rising but de ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nixon Volume II

    The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972

    by Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    Stephen E. Ambrose’s biography of one of the most complex and puzzling US presidents at the apogee of his career, rebounding from defeat to an innovative, high-risk presidency, already sowing the seeds of his ruin.Starting with Nixon’s drive to the presidency, volume two of Ambrose’s major biography of America’s 37th president chronicles Nixon’s campaigns, his ultimate victory in 1962 as well as ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Change I Believe In

    Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama

    by Katrina vanden Heuvel ...
    On the night of the 2008 presidential election, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke for many: "For the first time in decades, electoral politics became a vehicle for raising expectations and spreading hope." But, she cautioned, "We progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough, and pragmatic about Obama as he is about us."Where I Stand collects vanden Heuvel's commentaries and columns from ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A History of Modern Uganda

    by Richard J. Reid ...
    This book is the first major study in several decades to consider Uganda as a nation, from its precolonial roots to the present day. Here, Richard J. Reid examines the political, economic, and social history of Uganda, providing a unique and wide-ranging examination of its turbulent and dynamic past for all those studying Uganda's place in African history and African politics. Reid identifies and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Congress and the Media

    Beyond Institutional Power

    by C. Danielle Vinson ...
    Over the last four decades, members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations as a way to influence national policymaking and politics. In 1977, nearly half of congressional members had no press secretary. Today, media relations is a central component of most congressional offices, and more of that communications effort is directed toward national media, not just the local press. ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Turnpike Trooper

    Racial Profiling & the New Jersey State Police

    by John I. Hogan ...
    Harrowing experiences and shocking details regarding the societal phenomenon known as, Racial Profiling fill the pages of this true story based on the life of New Jersey State Trooper John Hogan. Following his involvement in the infamous, Turnpike Shooting which ignited the nations firestorm regarding the issue of racial profiling, observe a first hand look at how New Jerseys politicians, not the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Hainan - State, Society, and Business in a Chinese Province

    by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard ...
    Series series China Policy Series
    This book examines the complex relationship between the state, society and business in China, focusing on the experience of the island province of Hainan. This island, for many years a provincial backwater, was given provincial rank in 1988 and became the testing ground for experiments of an economic, political, and social nature that have received great attention from Beijing, in particular the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Women Presidents of Latin America

    Beyond Family Ties?

    by Farida Jalalzai ...
    Women are gaining ground as presidents of Latin America. Women leaders in presidential systems (particularly women directly elected by the public) were generally limited to daughters and wives of male executives or opposition leaders. With the election of Michelle Bachelet in Chile, these traditional patterns appeared to be shifting. This book asks: what conditions allowed for a broadening of ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • The Social Citizen

    Peer Networks and Political Behavior

    by Betsy Sinclair ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political science, social relationships are generally thought of as mere sources of information, rather than active influences on one’s political decisions.Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin

    Honor in International Relations

    by Andrei P. Tsygankov ...
    Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in acquiring power, security and welfare are filtered through this cultural belief and that different ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Obama 2012

    For a Compassionate America

    by Jacques P. Ferraris ...
    Using any lies to demonize Obama, the conservative crowd tries to frighten theAmerican people by accusing him of promoting CLASS WARFARE. During hisinspiring State of the Union, the President clearly stated that he and Democratsare not at all against financial success. On the contrary, we admire success ASLONG AS IT IS OBTAINED HONESTLY. What we demand is a tax code revision sothat those, like ... Read more

    $3.99 USD