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  • The Military And Security In The Third World

    Domestic And International Impacts

    by Sheldon W. Simon ...
    This book explores two of the most important dimensions of the military as an institution in Third World politics: its role in domestic power structures and internal development, and its impact on the formation and execution of the security aspects of foreign policy. These internal and external orientations are compared here across selected Third World countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Southeast Asian Security in the New Millennium

    by Richard J. Ellings, Sheldon W. Simon ...
    Assessing trends toward creating innovative forms of political, economic and security co-operation in Southeast Asia, this text discusses the international dynamics of Southeast Asian security, and its impact on such external factors as the US, China and Japan. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • East Asian Security in the Post-Cold War Era

    by Sheldon W. Simon ...
    This edition adds chapters on Burma and Vietnam, and updated material throughout reflects the current economic crisis in the region. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia

    Disrupting Violence

    Edited by Linell E. Cady, Sheldon W. Simon ...
    Series series Asian Security Studies
    A major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in the contemporary world, with a special focus on South and Southeast Asia.Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia shows how this region is the site of recent and emerging democracies, a high degree of religious pluralism, the largest Muslim populations in the world, and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Paradigms and Sand Castles

    Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics

    by Barbara Geddes ...
    Series series Analytical Perspectives On Politics
    Paradigms and Sand Castles demonstrates the relationship between thoughtful research design and the collection of persuasive evidence in support of theory. It teaches the craft of research through interesting and carefully selected examples from the field of comparative development studies.Barbara Geddes is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A Contest for Supremacy

    China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia

    by Aaron L. Friedberg ...
    “Sober and well-informed. . . . A careful and compelling examination of the U.S.-Chinese relationship from a number of angles.”—Financial TimesThere may be no denying China's growing economic strength, but its impact on the global balance of power remains hotly contested. Political scientist Aaron L. Friedberg argues that our nation's leaders are failing to act expeditiously enough to counter ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Logic of Violence in Civil War

    by Stathis N. Kalyvas ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and that it has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, and cultures than currently believed. Kalyvas specifies a novel theory of ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Blowback

    The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

    by Chalmers Johnson ...
    Series series The American Empire Project
    "A brilliant and iconoclastic assault on American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War" from the bestselling author of The Sorrows of Empire ( Los Angeles Times ).The term "blowback," invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American policies. In this sure-to-be-controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our ov... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Politics of Authoritarian Rule

    by Milan W. Svolik ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they rule - the problem of authoritarian control. Secondly from the elites with whom dictators rule - the problem of authoritarian power-sharing. Using the tools of game theory, Svolik explains why some dictators establish ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • North Korea

    State of Paranoia

    by Paul French ...
    Series series Asian Arguments
    North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world's most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Internet and bans its people from talking to foreigners without official approval. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, internationally best-selling author Paul French examines in forensic detail the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Edward Said

    by Conor McCarthy ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    One of the most famous literary critics of the twentieth century, Edward Said's work has been hugely influential far beyond academia. As a prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause and a noted music critic, Said redefined the role of the public intellectual. In his books, as scholarly as they are readable, he challenged conventional critical demarcations between disciplines. His major opus, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Inside China's Grand Strategy

    The Perspective from the People's Republic

    by Ye Zicheng ...
    Series series Asia in the New Millennium
    China's enormous size, vast population, abundant natural resources, robust economy, and modern military suggest that it will emerge as a great world power. Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective from the People's Republic offers unique insights from a prominent Chinese scholar about the country's geopolitical ambitions and strategic thinking. Ye Zicheng, professor of political science in ... Read more

    $32.79 USD