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The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. It portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany.

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Drone Nation provides historical context for the rise and acceptance of drone warfare by the United States and examines likely impacts of drone use. This gradual and important change signals a major departure from the traditional embrace of international law, military ethics, and domestic privacy.

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Drone Nation provides historical context for the rise and acceptance of drone warfare by the United States and examines likely impacts of drone use. This gradual and important change signals a major departure from the traditional embrace of international law, military ethics, and domestic privacy.

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Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a certain security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. This book provides an understanding of how an array ...

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Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a certain security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. This book provides an understanding of how an array ...

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Robert Gates was US Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 serving under both George Bush and Barack Obama. Before that he was Director of the CIA. This is his candid and revealing account of US military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Gates oversaw the controversial 'surge' of US troops in both countries.

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This study examines the dynamic evolution of Western dtente policies and the creation of a sustainable security framework built by the United States and its West European allies through cooperation, dialogue, and engagement with the Soviet Union. It also challenges the traditional Cold War narrative that dtente prolonged the division of Europe.

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This study examines the dynamic evolution of Western dtente policies and the creation of a sustainable security framework built by the United States and its West European allies through cooperation, dialogue, and engagement with the Soviet Union. It also challenges the traditional Cold War narrative that dtente prolonged the division of Europe.

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This book is an in-depth examination of the relations between Ireland and the former East Germany between the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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This book is an in-depth examination of the relations between Ireland and the former East Germany between the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Does growing economic interdependence among great powers increase or decrease the chance of conflict and war Liberals argue that the benefits of trade give states an incentive to stay peaceful. Realists contend that trade compels states to struggle for vital raw materials and markets. Moving beyond the stale liberal-realist debate, Economic Interd

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Argues that economic sanctions are effective instruments of change in South Africa. Topics covered include the role of non-governmental organizations, how to influence ruling elites, the replacement of Western military support and changes in US policy.

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During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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Increasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The book analyzes these emerging security challenges in a comprehensive and systematic manner. It draws national and regional security issues into both the global security and human security perspectives.

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Increasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The book analyzes these emerging security challenges in a comprehensive and systematic manner. It draws national and regional security issues into both the global security and human security perspectives.

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This book brings Theodor Herzl's The Jewish State into dialogue with Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams in order to shed light on and offer an explanation for Israels troubled and uncertain position in current international relations.

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In Empire Lite, Michael Ignatieff explores both sides of what he sees as a new global empire - the imperial and the humanitarian - and argues that the international community has failed to engage intelligently with the problems of nation building in the aftermath of apocalyptic events.

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Encountering Extremism presents a unique, in-depth and critical analysis of a profoundly important subject: preventing and countering extremism. The volume presents a valuable multidisciplinary analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects related to extremism. The volume provides an overview of the timeliest debates on the topic and the possibility for the reader to "encounter extremism".

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France had agents in the U.S., China had agents in East Germany, Poland had agents in Great Britain, and the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. France had agents in the U.S., China had agents in East Germany, Poland had agents in Great Britain, and the United States and the U.S.S.R. Double Agents, Fictional Agents and Operations;

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A reference guide to all the elements of the Inter-American System from its formal beginning in 1889 to the present, as it developed into a major, multipurpose regional inter-governmental organization (IGO).