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Ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, AMERICA IN THE WORLD tells the vibrant story of American diplomacy.

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George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions impose on its freedom of action.

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The true story of covert operations during the War on Terror, written by the founder of one of the most respected private intelligence agencies in the world, dubbed the 'shadow CIA

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After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming. Aspiration and Ambivalence analyses US and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control and beyond.

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A 'vivid' and 'impressively detailed' chronicle of the Syrian Civil War that offers never-before published details about the origins and persistence of the 21st century's worst humanitarian disaster

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Traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread to become the world's greatest threat. This title shows how the zeal of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the strategic mistakes of Western governments led to the banner of ISIS being raised over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq.

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After leaving university in 2004, the author moved to Siberia to volunteer for the Red Cross, tackling the rising AIDS crisis by folding origami tulips. In this book, she presents a multidimensional portrait of a period of tumultuous change, and of a generation that came of age after the fall of the USSR.

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A report of how the US has affected Afghanistan's struggle to define itself post-9/11. Drawing from declassified government documents and interviews with Afghan activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, it examines the connections between US training and arming of Mujahadeen commanders and the subversion of Afghan democracy.

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And what would happen if Elon Musk declared himself president of the Moon

In Border Wars, Professor Klaus Dodds takes us on a journey into the geopolitical conflict of tomorrow in an eye-opening tour of the world's best-known, most dangerous and most unexpected border conflicts from the Gaza Strip to the space race.

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A history of twenty-nine key borderlines that demarcate Europe, and what they can tell us about the past, present and future of our continent. From a political historian and Tim Marshall's 'borders expert'.

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Offers an insider's account of Romania's emergence from communist control. Bucharest Diary is filled with firsthand stories, including colorful anecdotes, of the diplomacy, both public and private, that helped Romania recover from four decades of communist rule and, eventually, become a member of both NATO and the European Union.

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This work explores the divisions that still exist in contemporary Europe. It focuses on Eastern Europe and the attitudes and cultural identity of Eastern Europeans, a nation of people still living in the past. Budapest, Tirane, Warsaw and Zagreb are featured.

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Examines the crucial issues surrounding international cooperation-conditions that foster cooperation toward common goals; ways to handle the friction arising from conflicting goals; and the structures that best promote cooperation.

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Reflects on the proper place of the United States in a world it has defined almost exclusively by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This work considers the ethics of intervention, the morality of human rights, how to repair our relationship with Europe, and the pitfalls of American unilateralism.

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A concise and readable analysis of China's foreign policy, from one of the world's leading experts on the subject.

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An account of an unconventional career in the Foreign Office from the closing months of World War II until towards the end of the Cold War. The realities and flavours of diplomatic life - with all its frustrations, risks and comedy - are interwoven with the local colour of different overseas assignments and of the Foreign Office itself.

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Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that the U.S. military 'aid' continues to have on the war torn people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief history of Colombia, Murillo analyzes the complex forces driving Colombia's current decades-old guerilla war, U.S. involvement, media perceptions and more.

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The crisis in Ukraine and its implications for both the Crimean peninsula and Russia's relations with the West.

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An ever-increasing proliferation of cross-border connectivity, between people, companies, cities and nations, is reshaping the world for ever

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The negative effects brought about by the domination of Western-centrism are pervasive and serious in academic disciplines as well as in everyday life of South Korea. The essays in this book address the study of contemporary Korean political thought on the premise that such a study should be implemented with a post-Eurocentric approach.