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This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.

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In the late 2000s, the small southern California town of Bell erupted in a scandal that revealed a truly astonishing level of municipal corruptionone prosecutor called it corruption on steroids. This book details why Bell was vulnerable to such massive malfeasance and what steps could be taken to reduce the chances of it happening again.

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In the late 2000s, the small southern California town of Bell erupted in a scandal that revealed a truly astonishing level of municipal corruptionone prosecutor called it corruption on steroids. This book details why Bell was vulnerable to such massive malfeasance and what steps could be taken to reduce the chances of it happening again.

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This book argues that the poverty and underdevelopment of Africa are the result of poor leadership, which is demonstrated in the historical indifference of a long succession of Africas ruling classes to scientific and technological progress.

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Religion and faith have played a vital role in American elections for some time. Covering three areas of religion that tend to influence elections outcomes, this work illuminates the meaning of religious belonging, behaving, and believing in modern political context.

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The opening section of articles, each around 10,000 words long, outlines the far right traditions in key regions of Europe - (1) Western Europe, (2) Scandinavia, (3) Central Europe, (4) Eastern Europe, (5) Southern Europe and (6) the Balkans - and debates key concepts such as: the Origins of the Far Right;

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The first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the far right parties in the Balkans -- .

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How valid are the assertions of contemporary radicals who insist that they are "Marxists" A. James Gregor measures the distance that separates today's radicals from the belief system of Marx and Engels. He finds that the characteristic qualities of modern mass-mobilizing movements bear more impressive similarities to the paradigmatic Fascism of Be

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Illuminates the path down which our politics is headed in Clinton's second term and beyond.

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The federal budget impacts American policies both at home and abroad, and recent concern over the exploding budgetary deficit has experts calling our nation's policies ""unsustainable"" and ""system-dooming.

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The U.S. government takes in and spends almost $2 trillion annually, and setting the budget that guides federal spending is an enormously complex undertaking.

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This guide supplements the reading of The Federalist Papers by discussing each paper and providing their historical and intellectual contexts.

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Blea provides a synthesis of the women's history of Native Americans, Asians, African Americans, and Latinas, and she examines the similarities and differences among these women.

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The Fifth Cleavage: Genealogy of the Populist Ideology and Parties argues that populist parties of all ages originate from the same unique cleavage that counterpouse the people with the elite, and that populist plutocracy represent one of the dark sides of populism.

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William J. Bennett and Seth Leibsohn examine the devolution of Americas post-9/11 tenacity and how this countrys well-meaning culture of religious tolerance, coupled with soft and apologetic political leadership, has placed us squarely in the pocket of radical Islamists who have made clear their intention to obliterate everything we value.

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This book examines politics in terms of space fiction, international relations and theory, using the Star Wars and Star Trek television and movie franchises to illustrate these dimensions.

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