Political Science - General

In the last third of the nineteenth century, three Americans with diverse purposes sailed to Japan--the missionary William Elliot Griffis, the scientist Edward S. Morse, and the writer Lafcadio Hearn. They were to become part of the first generation of American experts on Japan,...

This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of the enigma of Adolf Hitler--who he was, how he wielded power, and why he was destined to fail. Beginning with Hitler's early life, Sebastian Haffner probes the historical, political, and emotional forces that molded his...

Author: Leland B. YeagerISBN-10: 0674434803ISBN-13: 9780674434806Publisher: Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/1962Pages: 367Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

Author: Harvey M. SapolskyISBN-10: 067443269XISBN-13: 9780674432697Publisher: Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/1972Pages: 279Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Author: Alf RossISBN-10: 0674431561ISBN-13: 9780674431560Publisher: Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/1952Pages: 257Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

Worlds of Dissent analyzes the myths of Central European resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and replaces them with a picture of the struggle against state repression as the dissidents themselves understood, debated, and lived it. In the late 1970s, when Czech intellectuals,...

Author: Yehoshua ArieliISBN-10: 0674280083ISBN-13: 9780674280083Publisher: Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/11/2013Pages: 455Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d

Author: Norman M. NaimarkISBN-10: 0674182715ISBN-13: 9780674182714Publisher: Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/1983Pages: 316Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

Much has been written about the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)--the forerunner of the CIA--and the exploits of its agents during World War II. Foreign Intelligence is the first comprehensive history of this extraordinary behind-the-scenes group. Authoritative, probing, and wholly original, Foreign Intelligence not...

Suppression and thaw have marked the course of communism in China. Merle Goldman traces that shifting pattern over the last decades of Mao's regime, linking it to the unique role of the intellectual in government. Her engrossing account of the relations between the intellectuals...

In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung...

For nearly a century, blacks and Jews were allies in the struggle for civil rights and equality in America. Sometimes risking their lives, they waged battle in the courts, at lunch counters, and in the academy, advancing the cause of all minorities. Their historical...

As a long-standing annual reality, Americans have come to view April 15 for one particular unpleasant significance - the legal deadline to file their income tax returns - unless, of course, they are in the ranks of those malcontents who defiantly refuse to fulfill...

If You're Not a Terrorist... Then Stop Asking Questions is the hilarious follow-up to Micah Ian Wright's hit debut, You Back The Attack We'll Bomb Who We Want Wright creates a stellar send-up of the Administration's War at Home, combining "remixed" full-color World War-era...

As a growing number of nations embark on a path to democracy, criminologists have become increasingly interested and engaged in the challenges, concerns, and questions connecting democracy with both crime and criminal justice. Rising levels of violence and street crime, white collar crime and...

George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) is a founding figure in the field of sociology. His stature is comparable to that of his contemporaries Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Mead's contribution was a profound and unique American theory that analyzed society and the individual as social...

In this age of large cities, mass culture, and ever more massive events, people must struggle against an overwhelming crowd of their own creations to maintain human integrity. In this manual for human survival, Arthur E. Morgan offers a solution: peaceful existence in the...

Told through the life and experiences of Judge John Parker, this book is about the Indians and the Inuit of the territories, English explorers, the RCMP, the religious missions and white settlers, trappers, prospectors, miners and government administrators in far-off Ottawa. It tells of...

Author: Stephen K. PeachISBN-10: 1410759415ISBN-13: 9781410759412Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2003Pages: 548Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.79lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.22w x 1.32d

CONTENTS: Proclamation upon the Death of Woodrow Wilson, February 3, 1924 The Democracy of Sports The United Nation Freedom and its Obligations The Progress of a People Economy in the Interest of All Education: the Cornerstone of Self-government What it Means to Be a...

The topic of civil-military relations has high significance for academics, for policy makers, for military commanders, and for serious students of public policy in democratic and other societies. The post-Cold War and post-9-11 worlds have thrown up traditional as well as new challenges to...

A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice. An accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice...

The philosophical discussion of state punishment is well on in years. In contrast with a large number of ethical problems which are concerned with right and wrong in relation to a narrowly specified area of human life and practice and which hav- at least...

Legendary lawyer of the people, Louis Brandeis, displays his knowledge of the banking financial system and describes how it asserts staggering control over the economy of the United States. As relevant today as it was when first published in 1914, this book serves to...

Thomas More's classic of political philosophy depicts an island society where all residents lives in harmony with one another. Published in 1516, Utopia sees Sir Thomas More advances many tenets of what he views to be a perfect society. His use of the word...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

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This book considers the status of constitutional literacy in the United States along with ways to assess and improve it. The author argues that pervasive constitutional illiteracy is a problem for both law enforcement agencies and for ordinary citizens. Based on the author's decades...

During the Second World War, British and Imperial forces captured more than half a million Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Although a symbol of military success, these prisoners created a multitude of problems for the authorities throughout the war. This book looks at how...

Author: Haris VlavianosISBN-10: 1349218596ISBN-13: 9781349218592Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83d

Author: George ModelskiISBN-10: 1349091537ISBN-13: 9781349091539Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1987Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d

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In Black Political Thought: From David Walker to the Present, Sherrow O. Pinder has brought together the writings and discourses central to black political thought and African American politics, compiling a unique anthology of speeches and articles from over 150 years of African American...

This volume provides a practical introduction to the method of maximum likelihood as used in social science research. Ward and Ahlquist focus on applied computation in R and use real social science data from actual, published research. Unique among books at this level, it...

Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics. The particular design which social programs take is to a large extent determined by the existing institutional constraints and politicians' imperative to win elections. The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places elections and institutional design at the...

This monograph provides a set of recommendations to the United States, NATO allies, and EU institutions in promoting a more consequential Eastern Dimension. Above all, the U.S. administration needs to clearly make the argument that progress toward stable states and secure democracies in a...

North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest armed forces. Whether measured in terms of the total number of personnel...

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric....

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric....

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This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric....

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