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This text compares the Third World policies of the two East European regimes that were most active in the South during the 1970s and 1980s. The study shows that this activity represented specific agendas for Honecker and Ceausescu in their efforts to alter their ties with the USSR.

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Introducing insights from literary studies and narratology into international relations, this study examines the romantic narratives of pirates in Somalia, rebels in Libya and private military and security companies in Iraq. -- .

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Romanticism and Civilization examines romantic alternatives to modern life in Rousseaus foundational novel Julie. It argues that through the novel's drama and characters, Rousseau seeks to recover the sincerity and longing of the heart and the unity of life.

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This book documents the influence of European Romantic nationalism in shaping the vision and practices of the Baathist regime in Syria, with particular attention to the impact of new concepts of gender in public life, the role of these constructs in perpetuating conflict and inequality, and current civic challenges to the Romantic Baathist ideal.

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This book is a thorough examination and fresh interpretation of Shakespeares presentation of the final throes of republican Romes decay and demise and the rise of Caesarism. Speech by speech and line by line, it brings out Shakespeares understanding of the political substance and the historical significance of republican Romes collapse.

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In Ronald Reagan's view, freedom was America's defining characteristic. Free society, however, depended on a number of elements that require deliberate cultivation. This work examines Reagan's approach to this view.

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Analyzes the reasons for the poor performance of the Reagan presidency in immigration policy.

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Examines Ronald Reagan's political development from New Deal liberal to conservative Republican. This book argues that Reagan's presidency cannot be fully understood and evaluated without significant attribution to the spiritual, political, and economic beliefs that he formed during his journey from Democrat to Republican.

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This original contribution largely based on unpublished material to the biography of an American president and to the diplomatic history of the United States traces Franklin Roosevelt's contacts with the French from his childhood until the end of his life.

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Offers both a theory of how the domestic political context affects foreign policy decisions in general and a fresh interpretation of FDR's post-Munich policies based on the insights that the theory provides. This book develops a political approach to decision-making.

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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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This book focuses on the longstanding social and economic ills that caused society to disintegrate into violence during the social and economic Latin American revolutions. Based upon the author's firsthand knowledge as a journalist focused on Latin America, this book provides the latest information, historical or present, on such revolutions.

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This fascinating book examines how and why Americans built an informal trading empire and why the British Empire needed to be removed before a Pax Americana could be built. It offers a systematic explanation for the rise of this super empire, and explains in detail how it is governed. -- .

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The third edition of the manual for community organizers tells readers how to most effectively implement community action for social change, clearly laying out grassroots organizing principles, methods, and best practices.

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The third edition of the manual for community organizers tells readers how to most effectively implement community action for social change, clearly laying out grassroots organizing principles, methods, and best practices.

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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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This scrupulous biography follows Rostenkowski's rise to power from his modest origins in Chicago's Polish northwest side though his national legislative triumphs, to his criminal conviction and imprisonment. Photos.

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This book treats two basic subjects: (1) royalist explanations of the causes of the French Revolution, and (2) royalist defenses of royalist political positions.

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This book explores the relationship of Washington journalist Ruby A. Black with Eleanor Roosevelt and Luis Muoz Marn. Black's role in the political atmosphere surrounding the first lady brought much-needed attention to Puerto Rico and enhanced Roosevelt's position, but had a detrimental effect on Black's career.

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This book explores the relationship of Washington journalist Ruby A. Black with Eleanor Roosevelt and Luis Muoz Marn. Blacks role in the political atmosphere surrounding the first lady brought much-needed attention to Puerto Rico and enhanced Roosevelts position, but had a detrimental effect on Blacks career.

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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.