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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
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available August 5, 2008
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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
by Thomas Frank

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From the author of the landmark bestseller What’s the Matter with Kansas?, a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate—and lucrative—conservative misrule In his previous book, Thomas Frank explained why working America...
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The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel
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The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel
by Stephen J. Sniegoski

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Although it is generally understood that American neoconservatives pushed hard for the war in Iraq, this book forcefully argues that the neocons' goal was not the spread of democracy, but the protection of Israel's...
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The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America
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The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America
by Jim Marrs

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New York Times bestselling conspiracy theorist Jim Marrs offers startling new evidence that the Nazis have been secretly planning a return to power---in the United States....
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
by Andrew J. Bacevich

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From an acclaimed conservative historian and former military officer, a bracing call for a pragmatic confrontation with the nation's problems The Limits of Power identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: the economy, in remarkable disarray, can...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America
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available September 8, 2008
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman

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Thomas L. Friedman’s No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world, and globalization, in a new way. With his latest book, Friedman brings a fresh and provocative outlook to another pressing issue: the...
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Sickness and Wealth: The Corporate Assault on Global Health
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Sickness and Wealth: The Corporate Assault on Global Health
by Meredith Fort

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In this powerful and accessible collection of new essays, international scholars and activists examine how official and corporate actors of globalization-including multinationals, the IMF and World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and "first world...
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
by Christopher Hitchens

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Christopher Hitchens, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great has been called a Tom Paine for our times, and in this addition to the Books that Changed the World Series, he vividly introduces Paine and his Declaration of the Rights...
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The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Jussi M. Hanhimaki

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The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a...
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Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from State and Local Government (Solutions to Social Problems)
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Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from State and Local Government (Solutions to Social Problems)
by D. Stanley Eitzen

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States and cities are sometimes ahead of the federal government in providing solutions to social problems. The federal bureaucracy often prefers no change to change. Congress is sometimes paralyzed by party and ideological differences resulting in...
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The Soviet Union: Internal and External Perspectives on Soviet Society
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The Soviet Union: Internal and External Perspectives on Soviet Society
by Eric Shiraev

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The authors of this book try to overcome the deep conflict dividing contemporary social scientists. Supporters of the first approach emphasize the existence of the objective social reality and the possibility of its accurate depiction. Their opponents...
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The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
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The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
by Peter W. Galbraith

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The End of Iraq, definitive, tough-minded, clear-eyed, describes America's failed strategy toward that country and what must be done now....
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The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution
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The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution
by Amir Taheri

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This timely and fast-paced book by celebrated Iranian-born journalist Amir Taheri examines the history of the Khomeinist movement in Iran to show how it is genetically programmed for war. It will also show how Khomeinsim can be defeated, enabling Iran to...
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The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century
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The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century
by James R. Norman

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Challenging the conventional wisdom surrounding high oil prices, this compelling argument sheds an entirely new light on free-market industry fundamentals. By deciphering past, present, and future geopolitical events, it makes the case that oil pricing...
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The Impact of Globalization on the United States [Three Volumes]
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The Impact of Globalization on the United States [Three Volumes]
by Beverly Crawford

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Over the past decade, a virtual cottage industry has arisen to produce book and articles describing the nature, origins, and impact of globalization. Largely and surprisingly absent from this literature, however, has been extensive discussion of how...
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Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy
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Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy
by Yoichiro Sato

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This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese foreign policy.  It explains the impact of norms on Japan’s foreign policy behavior, drawing on three major paradigms of international relations...
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Contemporary British Fascism
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Contemporary British Fascism
by Nigel Copsey

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For the first time since the 1970s when the National Front became Britain's fourth largest political party, the recent electoral success of the British National Party has put Britain's extreme right back on the political map. Nigel Copsey provides a...
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The Tyranny of Liberalism: Understanding and Overcoming Administered Freedom, Unquisitorial Tolerance, and Equality by Command
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The Tyranny of Liberalism: Understanding and Overcoming Administered Freedom, Unquisitorial Tolerance, and Equality by Command
by James Kalb

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When it comes to liberalism, the usual story in postwar America is one of decline, accompanied by the subplot of conservatism’s ascendance. But take a longer view—look beyond and below politics—and it is the unchallenged triumph of...
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Irredentism in European Politics: Argumentation, Compromise and Norms
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Irredentism in European Politics: Argumentation, Compromise and Norms
by Markus Kornprobst

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Territorial disputes and irredentist disputes are very prone to escalation and very difficult to resolve. Since the end of WWII, however, European states have tended to resolve their irredentist disputes peacefully. Markus Kornprobst argues that this...
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Negotiation and the Global Information Economy
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Negotiation and the Global Information Economy
by J. P. Singh

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What role do diplomacy and negotiations play in economic globalization? Many argue that great powers shape diplomacy to their advantage, while others argue that in a 'flat world' diplomacy helps everyone. Going beyond these polarized views, this book...
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From Marxism to Post-Marxism?
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From Marxism to Post-Marxism?
by Goran Therborn

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Comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory by major social theorist. In this succinct and panoramic work—both stimulating for the specialist and accessible to the general reader—one of the world's leading social theorists, G...
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