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American-Australian Relations
University of Minnesota Press 1947; US$ 67.50This new study fills a wide gap in the story of American-Australian relations and is a timely addition to the literature in this field. There has been no comprehensive treatment of the topic before, and it will be of interest to those seeking information more...
The American Challenge
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95This indispensable book looks at whether policy failure in Iraq and declining US soft and hard power mark the beginning of the end of US hegemony or whether the resilience of America's military and economic foundations will once again prove observers wrong. more...
Studies in Atatürk's Turkey
BRILL 2009; US$ 145.00Drawing on hitherto untapped diplomats' memoirs, journalistic accounts, and U.S. State Department records, this book offers a new reading of U.S.-Turkey relations from the 1920s and 1930s. Original sources are what make this book authentic. more...
The Limits of Influence
Brookings Institution Press 2009; US$ 34.95This is the first systematic history of U.S. efforts to help forge a settlement between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir question.Former ambassador Howard B. Schaffer draws on interviews with senior American officials, historical research, and his decades of experience in South Asia to explain and evaluate three generations of U.S. activities... more...
Eisenhower and Adenauer
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 84.99This book addresses the US-West German alliance in the 1950s, during which time Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Konrad Adenauer in the Federal Chancery. This is a unique multi-lateral, multi-archival work that analyzes the dilemmas and ultimate successes of the Cold War alliance that was most crucial for Western Europe during the early... more...
American Diplomacy and Strategy toward Korea and Northeast Asia, 1882 - 1950 and After
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00This book examines the dramatic unfolding of US occupation, withdrawal, and intervention in the Korean peninsula in the past and sheds light on the broader issue of US military occupations of other countries in the twentieth first century. more...
The United States and Iraq since 1979
Edinburgh University Press 2009; US$ 133.00This book represents the first comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and the first attempt to place the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context.Using a modified version of World Systems Theory, the book places American policy toward Iraq at the centre of a number of dynamics,... more...
Isolationism
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00The roots of isolationism in the United States can be traced back to the American Revolution. As a young nation, the United States limited its involvement in world affairs, focusing mostly on trade issues. Only when America's vital interests were threatened did the United States react with military force. In the 19th century, it was possible to... more...
États-Unis/Cuba
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2007; US$ 26.25Malgré la reconnaissance universelle des principes du droit international, tels que la non-intervention dans les affaires intérieures des États et le droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes, et donc de choisir leurs systèmes économique, politique et social, les États-Unis sont tout de même résolus à maintenir envers Cuba leur politique axée sur la... more...
Der lange Weg zur Demokratie
Diplomica Verlag 2007; US$ 41.88Hauptbeschreibung "Democratization is a risky enterprise and experiments that begin with transition do not always end in consolidation." (Jean Grugel). Das Erkenntnisinteresse meiner Magisterar-beit lag in der Frage, ob die politischen Systeme, die in Thailand und Indonesien nach der Transition entstanden sind, als konsolidierte Demokratien bezeichnet... more...









