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This work provides a thorough overview and analysis of the increasing gap between the Americans at the top and bottom of the economic scale.

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Ranging primarily from the late 18th century to the present, this volume tells the history of rifled weapons and ammunition for military use. Author David Westwood has handled every weapon he describes, from muskets to breechloaders, from repeaters and bolt- action rifles to semiautomatics and self-loaders.

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Crisis events hold the seeds of great wisdom. This is the story of two congressmen; an Independent and a Republican, who wait out an Insurrection in the bowels of the Capitol and find a way forward for the country. This work of historical fiction is a quest for wisdom from chaos.

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Presents an overview of Paine's career as political theorist and pamphleteer, and supplies background material to "Rights of Man". This book discusses how Paine created a language of modern politics that brought various issues to the common man and the working classes and assesses the debt owed to Paine by American and British radical traditions.

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Takes a wild trip through the new activism sweeping the world. The political march is back in a big way, as communities rally to build movements for environmental and social justice. Crossing the globe, Clare Press meets passionate change-makers who believe in the power of the positive.

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In recent years, people's experience of welfare has undergone dramatic transformation, with the responsibility for managing risk being shifted from state institutions to non-governmental agencies and individuals. In this transformation moral and ethical questions about collective responsibility for social and economic risks abound.

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The world is changing, as political and economic power shift further towards Asia. This title shows the ways in which our future will be dominated not by one, but by three Asian giants - China, India and Japan.

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In 1941, RG Menzies delivered to war-time Australia what was to be his richest, most creative speech, and one of his most influential. Taking us deep into both the man and the culture Menzie represented and well beyond the restraints of conventional biography, this work reveals the ambivalence that lay at the heart of the Australian self-image.

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All three principal uses of rocket technology are covered in detail: missiles as long-range strategic weapons and short-range tactical weapons, and rockets as launch vehicles for sending payloads into space The book concludes with a survey of several types of non-chemical rockets now under development for use in outer space.

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Born in Ireland in 1864 Roger Casement acted as British Consul in various parts of Africa (1895-1904) and Brazil(1906-11) where he denounced atrocities among Congolese and Putumayo rubber workers.

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Role Change: A Resocialization Perspective is a comprehensive introduction to role change theory and the first volume to systematically apply resocialization concepts to problem solving.

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His staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders were an extremely capable collection of military leaders that included 12 future generals (two of them SS), and two colonels who briefly commanded panzer divisions but never reached general rank.

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In the spring of 1945, as the Allied victory in Europe was approaching, the shape of the postwar world hinged on the personal politics and flawed personalities of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. Roosevelt's Lost Alliances captures this moment and shows how FDR crafted a winning coalition by overcoming the different habits, upbringings, sympathies

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'The Roots of War and Terror' is an indispensable work for anyone wishing to understand the psychological basis of war or hoping to discover ways in which the unimaginable catastrophe of nuclear war could be avoided. 'Denial and dissociation, repression and projection enable us to remain cheerfully unconscious.

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This is an introduction to the life and achievements of one of the leading theoretical figures of the Socialist Movement, who is seen as a skilful agitator and politician. The volume offers a synthesis of the findings of recent major monographs and other European literature.

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Draws on interviews with Perot, his family, and his business associates to trace Perot's life, from his humble Texas childhood to his astounding business success, and offer insight into his leadership ability.

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Troy Bramston is a former principal speechwriter for Kevin Rudd and an adviser to the Rudd government. He spent 10 years working as an adviser to federal Labor politicians in government and in opposition. He has been a party member for nearly 20 years and has held many positions in the party at a local and state level.

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Guides young revolutionaries in the art of human communication and explains the tactics of organizing others to work within the system for social change.