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Gang of Five
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 28.95In Gang of Five, bestselling author Nina J. Easton adds an important element to the history of American politics in the last thirty years. This is the story of the other, less well known segment of the baby-boom generation. These are young conservative activists who arrived on campus in the 1970s in rebellion against everything "sixties" and went... more...
America's Role in Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95In Iraq, the United States is facing its most challenging nation-building project since the 1940s. The authors draw lessons from seven case studies--Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan--then apply these to the Iraq case. The results suggest that nation-building will be difficult but possible. Success will, however, require... more...
Cassidy's Run
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 15.00Cassidy's Run is the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War?an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. At the highest levels of the government, its code name was Operation shocker. Lured by a double agent working for the United States, ten Russian spies, including... more...
After the Cold War
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 53.00The end of the Cold War provides challenges and opportunities for American foreign policy leadership that arguably have been equalled in modern times only by the period in which the Cold War began. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the partners of the Atlantic alliance have achieved a profound diplomatic... more...
Lights, Camera, Democracy!
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 19.00For fifteen years, Lewis Lapham has written a monthly column in Harper's Magazine , for which he won a 1995 National Magazine Award for his "exhilarating point of view in an age of conformity." This major collection of Lapham's essays defines his distinct view of the way the world really works, through vivid analysis of media, language, culture, and... more...
The United States and Right-Wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 24.00A comparative and comprehensive examination of American policy toward right-wing dictatorships in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War. It examines the debates and changes in American policy and attitudes toward authoritarian regimes that emerged after the Vietnam War. more...
Soldier
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006; US$ 19.00The first full biography of Colin Powell, from his Bronx childhood to his military career to his controversial tenure as secretary of state, with a new afterword detailing his life after the Bush White House. Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and one of the most... more...
The Architect
Crown Publishing Group 2006; US$ 14.95President George W. Bush dubbed Karl Rove ?The Architect? for his skill in creating an unprecedented campaign and fund-raising machine. But Rove?s ambitions have always been far more sweeping?to build a right-wing dynasty that can dominate American politics for decades. Rove?s master plan imagines a political system so controlled by Republicans that... more...
New Left, New Right and Beyond
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 159.00The 1960s represented a defining turning-point in the politics and cultures of western societies. But what of the lasting political and cultural legacies of the sixties? In this book a range of leading thinkers show how the sixties continue to influence contemporary debates on globalization and democracy. more...
US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 53.95Since the success of the best-selling first edition, the world has remained fascinated with US foreign policy, not least because of the far-reaching consequences of the US led invasion of Iraq. This fully updated textbook follows the events of the past two and a half years including the 2004 presidential campaign, whilst still providing a comprehensive... more...









