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Development and the African Diaspora
Zed Books 2008; US$ 34.95This book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora... more...
Backstabbing for Beginners
Nation Books 2008; US$ 16.99A riveting, first-person account of the backstabbing and hypocrisy that led to the U.N.?s Oil-for-Food Program becoming the most corrupt enterprise ever overseen by the international community. more...
National Security Cultures
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 53.95This edited collection examines changes in national security culture in the wake of international events that have threatened regional or global order, and analyses the effects of these divergent responses on international security. Tracing the links between national security cultures and preferred forms of security governance the work provides... more...
Talking to Terrorists
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95This book examines the doctrine of giving no concessions to terrorists, and uses empirical research to establish whether there is any link between negotiating with such groups and the spread of violence. The logic of the no-concessions doctrine is based on the argument that other terrorist groups multiply when they realize that terrorism succeeds... more...
The Price of Fire
AK Press 2007; US$ 11.95Bolivia's powerful social movements and the forces they're up against. more...
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000; US$ 7.99A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home. As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times , Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political... more...
Terrorism: The Basics
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 19.95Terrorism: The Basics is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in one of the most discussed, written about and analysed aspects of modern life. Common misconceptions are dispelled as the authors provide clear and jargon-free answers to the big questions: What does terrorism involve? Who can be classified as a terrorist?... more...
The Race for What's Left
Henry Holt and Co. 2012; US$ 16.99From Michael Klare, the renowned expert on natural resource issues, an invaluable account of a new and dangerous global competition The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion?a crisis that goes beyond ?peak oil? to encompass shortages of coal and uranium, copper and lithium, water and arable land. With all of the planet?s... more...
Battle for Our Minds
Threshold Editions 2012; US$ 26.00From political communications expert Dr. Michael Widlanski comes a rich and detailed portrayal of how intellectual arrogance and complacency in our government has led to a failure to effectively use counter-terrorism intelligence. When 3,000 people were murdered in simultaneous terror attacks on September 11, 2001, The New York Times said the... more...
Getting Our Way
Orion 2013; Not AvailableWe have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow' -Lord Palmerston, 1848 This is a highly informed insider's account of some of the 'honest men' as they sought, by fair means or foul, to get Britain its way in the world. more...









