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  • Gone the Redeemer

    by Scott Gates ...
    Thomas Sparkman wasn't looking for trouble. He never could have imagined being on a wanted poster, let alone becoming a notorious gold robber hunted in two states.But when Thomas sneaks off the Cuban front of the Spanish-American War with his sights set on returning home to California, where his wife is expecting their first child, his path takes a series of unexpected turns. He's joined on his ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hard Road South

    by Scott Gates ...
    The Civil War is over. Soldiers have returned home, and families have begun to piece their lives back together. But for Union Army veteran Solomon Dykes, there is no kin waiting; his Connecticut home holds no promise. He hopes to make a fresh start in Virginia, where he can farm a piece of land and start a family.But the contentious times don't favor such ambition.Dykes settles near Jeb Mosby, a ... Read more

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  • Games, Information, and Politics

    Applying Game Theoretic Models to Political Science

    by Scott Gates, Brian D. Humes ...
    Series series Analytical Perspectives On Politics
    To study the strategic interaction of individuals, we can use game theory. Despite the long history shared by game theory and political science, many political scientists remain unaware of the exciting game theoretic techniques that have been developed over the years. As a result they use overly simple games to illustrate complex processes. Games, Information, and Politics is written for political ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Limited War in South Asia

    From Decolonization to Recent Times

    by Scott Gates, Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Military Strategy and Operational Art
    This book examines the origins, courses and consequences of conventional wars in post-colonial South Asia.Although South Asia has experienced large-scale conventional warfare on several occasions since the end of World War II, there is an almost total neglect of analysis of conventional warfare in the Indian subcontinent. Focusing on China, India and Pakistan, this volume, therefore, takes a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Unconventional Warfare in South Asia

    Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency

    by Scott Gates, Kaushik Roy ...
    India is the world's tenth largest economy and possesses the world's fourth largest military. The subcontinent houses about one-fifth of the world's population and its inhabitants are divided into various tribes, clans and ethnic groups following four great religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. Framing the debate using case studies from across the region as well as China, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • War and State-Building in Afghanistan

    Historical and Modern Perspectives

    Edited by Scott Gates, Dr Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
    The Mughals, British and Soviets all failed to subjugate Afghanistan, failures which offer valuable lessons for today. Taking a long historical perspective from 1520 to 2012, this volume examines the Mughal, British, Soviet and NATO efforts in Afghanistan, drawing on new archives and a synthesis of previous counter-insurgency experiences. Special emphasis is given to ecology, terrain and logistics ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Conventional Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Critical Essays on Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present
    The essays included in this volume focus on conventional war on land, sea and air fought by the states of South Asia and their impact on the host societies and economies. The authors are drawn from academia and the military in India and Pakistan, as well as from outside the subcontinent in order to give a wide perspective. In the introduction the editors describe the changing contours of warfare ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Nuclear Shadow over South Asia, 1947 to the Present

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Critical Essays on Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present
    This collection of seminal articles illustrates the reasons for the spiraling nuclear race in the Asian subcontinent and introduces the principal debates in the field. Authors discuss whether the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the South Asian powers has raised the likelihood of a nuclear war in the subcontinent or reduced the chance of a conventional war breaking out. They examine whether a ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Unconventional Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Critical Essays on Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present
    Unconventional war is an umbrella term which includes insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, terrorism and religious conflicts. Insurgencies and communal conflicts have become much more common in this region since 1947, and more people have died in South Asia due to unconventional wars than conventional warfare. The essays in this volume are organized in two sections. While the first section deals ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Train Dreams

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    by Denis Johnson ...
    Now a major motion picture starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones–coming to Netflix on November 21!A New York Times Notable Book for 2011One of The Economist**'s 2011 Books of the Year**One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes</stron... ... Read more

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  • The Unfinished Child

    by Theresa Shea ...
    Marie finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at 39. Meanwhile, her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. In a genetic test routinely offered to older mothers, Marie discovers that the child she is carrying has Down syndrome. Intertwined throughout the novel is the story of Margaret, a woman who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome in ... Read more

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