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Written by the leading political expert on Suriname, this thrilling tale describes ethnically inspired guerilla warfare, terrible human rights violations, military coups, painful redemocratization processes, and economic implosion.

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The distinguished historian R. R. Palmer compares the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and his father. Count Herve de Tocqueville. on the causes of the French Revolution of 1789. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distin

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Vincent Cannato takes us back to the time when John Lindsay stunned New York with his liberal Republican agenda, WASP sensibility, and movie-star good looks. With peerless authority, Cannato explores how Lindsay Liberalism failed to save New York, and, in the opinion of many, left it worse off than it was in the mid-1960's.

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This book describes six years of conflict management, involving much confrontation and selective diplomacy, during which Cuba was put progressively on the defensive by political (surrogate radio broadcasting and human rights), economic (strengthening the embargo) and military (Grenada) actions.

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Covering the period from the seventeenth century, when trade between the United States and Latin America began, to the present, this historical dictionary provides information on the people, organizations, institutions, and events associated with the United States' presence in Latin America.

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Revised edition of: Twentieth-century America. London: Arnold; New York: Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.

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An inside look at America's investment community between 1969 and 1975. Based on revealing talks with people who actually participated in the events of those tumultuous seven years, on official oral histories and on his own observations, Alec Benn shows how those events and changes occurred.

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An inside look at America's investment community between 1969 and 1975. Based on revealing talks with people who actually participated in the events of those tumultuous seven years, on official oral histories and on his own observations, Alec Benn shows how those events and changes occurred.

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Details the story of the author's father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression - John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson. This book provides a telling of the gangster era, seen from the perspective of the pursuers.

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This text examines the strategy, battles and consequences of the Virginia Campaign. It provides a dissection of alternative plans of campaigns and includes analyses into the battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Court House, Cold Harbour, the siege of Petersburg and the capture of Richmond.

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This work provides an exploration of the major decisions and personalities of the Supreme Court during the 14-year tenure of Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite. It shows how the Waite Court was the first to engage racial equality and civil rights issues on a sustained basis.

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This volume explains what led to America's decision to take up arms against Great Britain in 1812 and assesses the three terrible years of fighting that followed on land and sea, where battles such as Lake Erie and Lake Champlain launched American naval traditions.

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The companion volume to a major PBS documentary series is a vivid look at arguably the most pivotal war in early American history. Beautifully illustrated, this is the story of how America emerged from a series of fractured colonies and warring tribes into a nation ripe for independence.

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Recovers the stories of civilians from Natchez to New England. This collection of essays address the experiences of men, women, and children; of whites, slaves, and free blacks; and of civilians from numerous classes.

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It focuses attention on the Justice Department's Economic Warfare Section as it utilized its resources in uncovering economic and strategic information that could be used in the war effort, such as the selection of economic bottlenecks for bombing.

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An account of the Watergate crisis and its impact on America.

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This reference provides background information about the Watergate crisis and discusses its significance to U.S. politics today.

Relatively insignificant at first glance, the Watergate crisis led to the downfall of a president and emerged as the most important constitutional crisis since the Civil War.