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War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 23.00There is a common belief that the system of sovereign territorial states and the roots of liberal democracy are unique to European civilization and alien to non-Western cultures. This book explores why China and Europe's development of state systems began similarly but experienced opposite outcomes. more...
Germany's Uncertain Power
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 110.00This comprehensive, in-depth assessment of the German foreign policy record under the Red-Green government of Gerhard Schröder and Joschka Fischer from 1998 to 2005, produced by a team of German and international experts, explores the idea of continuity and the sources, depths and directions of German foreign policy. more...
The Illusion of Control
Brookings Institution Press 2003; US$ 19.95In the last decade of the 20th century threats and applications of force often took centre stage. This text maintains that the use of force as an instrument of foreign policy is likely to grow, and that this prospect warrants concern and open debate. more...
Making War to Keep Peace
HarperCollins 2007; US$ 13.99When Jeane J. Kirkpatrick died in December 2006, she left behind more than her legacy as a "heroine of conservatives." She had just completed work on this extraordinary survey of American foreign policy in the post?Cold War age: a bold and revisionist assessment of two decades of American interventions abroad?a troubled period of small successes,... more...
International Relations in Uncommon Places
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 39.00The central claim developed in this book is that disciplinary International Relations (IR) is identifiable as both an advanced colonial practice and a postcolonial subject. The starting problematic here issues from disciplinary IR's relative dearth of attention to indigenous peoples, their knowledges, and the distinctive ways of knowing that underwrite... more...
The Hidden Power of the American Dream
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 50.00Shows why the global appeal of the American dream is the root of its power, and why maintaining that power is predicated on maintaining the world's belief not only in the American dream itself, but also in the idea that the United States is the best exemplar of that ideal. more...
Imperial Overstretch
Zed Books 2004; US$ 20.95George W. Bush has fundamentally changed Americas place in the world. In some neo-conservative circles the word empire is back in fashion, and a great republic that broke away from the British empire is now supposed to be proud of its new imperial role. This book explains how the neo-conservatives and the petro-military complex have... more...
Mainsprings of Indian and Pakistani Foreign Policies
University of Minnesota Press 1974; US$ 72.00This study by a South Asian specialist illuminates a vast and complex field. For the first time Indian and Pakistani foreign policies have been paralleled within the covers of a single volume. Also for the first time the author has not chosen as his sta more...
Taxing Wages 2006-2007, 2007 Edition
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 168.00Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and social security contributions levied on employees and their employers in OECD countries. In addition, this annual publication specifies family benefits paid as cash transfers. Amounts of taxes and benefits are detailed program by program, for eight household types which differ... more...
Pakistan-Japan Relations
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 178.00This is the first book-length study to explain the complex nature of Pakistan-Japan relations. It analyses the evolution and development of relations between the two countries by defining two key factors: economic interests and security concerns in the US-led global security system. Providing a thorough analysis of the history of relations between... more...









