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America's Three Regimesby Morton Keller
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 19.95Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the single best book written in recent years on the sweep of American political history," this groundbreaking work divides our nation's history into three "regimes," each of which lasts many, many decades, allowing us to appreciate as never before the slow steady evolution of American politics, government, and law. The three regimes, which mark longer periods of continuity than traditional eras reflect, are Deferential and Republican, from the colonial period to the 1820s; Party and Democratic, from the 1830s to the 1930s; and Populist and Bureaucratic, from the 1930s to the present. Praised by The Economist as "a feast to enjoy" and by Foreign Affairs as "a... more...
Superpowersby Paul Dukes
Routledge 2000; US$ 35.95The Superpowers traces the development of the USA and Russia from 1898 to 2000, placing the cold war, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political context. more...
Fifty Years Warby Richard Crockatt
Routledge 1994; US$ 79.95This is an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Cold war and the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union that has dominated world politics in the second half of the twentieth century. more...
Thanks for the Memories, Mr. Presidentby Helen Thomas
Simon & Schuster 2003; US$ 10.99In a natural follow-up to her national bestseller Front Row at the White House, the dean of the White House press corps presents a vivid and personal presidential chronicle. Currently a columnist for Hearst and a former White House bureau chief for UPI, Helen Thomas has covered an unprecedented nine presidential administrations, endearing herself with her trademark "Thank you, Mr. President," at the conclusion of White House press conferences. Thomas has amassed many wonderful tales about her personal interactions with and observations of the presidents and their families that can all be found in Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President. In nine riveting chapters -- one for each administration -- Thomas delights, informs, spins yarns,... more...
From Arab Nationalism to OPEC, second editionby Nathan J. Citino
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 33.55As OPEC approaches its 50th anniversary, the paperback edition of Nathan J. Citino's well-received study advances a challenging, revisionist interpretation of U.S.-Saudi relations and OPEC's historical significance. Citino re-examines the relationship between President Eisenhower and King Sa'ūd in the context of the transition from British imperial hegemony to an American capitalist order in the Middle East. He shows how the political realignment that resulted in OPEC ensured that wealth and power subsequently remained in the hands of oil-producing governments. Using American and British archives, corporate records, and Arabic ... more...
Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Centuryby Alan P. Dobson
Routledge 1995; US$ 54.95Dobson's concise and readable book covers the whole of this century and employs selected historical detail to expose the special relationship between Britain and America in its true light. more...
United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000by Kenton Clymer
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 195.00This book is a diplomatic history of relations between the US and Cambodia from the Vietnam war to Clinton's visit there in the late 1990s. more...
Don't Disturb the Neighborsby Jacqueline Mazza
Routledge 2001; US$ 50.95Don't Disturb the Neighbors provides a comprehensive review and analysis of US Mexican relations over the past two decades - from the days of the Central American crisis of the Reagan administration to the 1995 Mexican Peso Crisis. more...
USA in the Making of the USSRby Paul Dukes
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 178.00The author shows that, even though Russia was not invited to the Washington Conference of 1921-22, the 'Russian Question' was one of the major influences on the statesmen who did attend. more...
American Editor in Early Revolutionary Chinaby Neil L. O'Brien
Routledge 2003; US$ 153.00This is a study of Sino-American relations and the editorial policy of the China Weekly Review/China Monthly Review, published in Shanghai by John William Powell during the Chinese Civil War. more...









