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Double Jeopardy - Combating Nuclear Terror And Climate Change

by Daniel B. Poneman

79,50€ + 10% CARD

 Making the case that we can use nuclear power to combat climate change even as we reduce the risks of nuclear terror.
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Fragile Rise - Grand Strategy And The Fate Of Imperial Germany, 1871-1914

by Xu Qiyu

106,00€ + 10% CARD

 Germany's rise to power before World War I from a Chinese persective, and the geopolitical lessons for today.
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Indecision Points - George W. Bush And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

by Daniel E. Zoughbie

53,00€ + 10% CARD

 How a president who prided himself on his decisiveness vacillated between policy approaches in the Middle East.
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Electing To Fight - Why Emerging Democracies Go To War

by Edward D. Mansfield e Jack Snyder

79,50€ + 10% CARD

 Does the spread of democracy really contribute to international peace? Successive U. S. administrations have justified various policies intended to promote democracy not only by arguing that democracy is intrinsically good but by pointing to a wide range of research concluding that democracies rarely, if ever, go to war with one another. To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice to emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe, and it has attempted to remove undemocratic regimes through political pressure, economic sanctions, and military force. In Electing to Fight, Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder challenge the widely accepted basis of these policies by arguing that states in the early phases of transitions to democracy are more likely than other states to become involved in war.Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative analysis, Mansfield and Snyder show that emerging democracies with weak political institutions are especially likely to go to war. Leaders of these countries attempt to rally support by invoking external threats and resorting to belligerent, nationalist rhetoric. Mansfield and Snyder point to this pattern in cases ranging from revolutionary France to contemporary Russia. Because the risk of a state''s being involved in violent conflict is high until democracy is fully consolidated, Mansfield and Snyder argue, the best way to promote democracy is to begin by building the institutions that democracy requires—such as the rule of law—and only then encouraging mass political participation and elections. Readers will find this argument particularly relevant to prevailing concerns about the transitional government in Iraq. Electing to Fight also calls into question the wisdom of urging early elections elsewhere in the Islamic world and in China.
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Our Own Worst Enemy? - Institutional Interests And The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons Expertise

by Sharon K. Weiner

143,10€ + 10% CARD

 An examination of the effectiveness of knowledge nonproliferation programs implemented by the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Laws, Outlaws, And Terrorists - Lessons From The War On Terrorism

by Gabriella Blum e Philip B. Heymann

53,00€ + 10% CARD

 Guidance for maintaining national security without abandoning the rule of law and our democratic values.
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America'S Achilles' Heel - Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical Terrorism And Covert Attack

by Bradley A. Thayer, Richard A Falkenrath e Robert D Newman

103,35€ + 10% CARD

 This volume analyzes the nature andlimits of the covert NBC threat and proposes a measured set of policyresponses, focused on improving intelligence andconsequence-management capabilities to reduce U.S. vulnerability.
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Filling The Ranks - Transforming The Us Military System

by Cindy Williams

66,25€ + 10% CARD

 Detailed analysis of military pay and personnel policies with recommendations for changes necessary to maintain and improve today's all-volunteer force.
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Terrorism, Freedom, And Security - Winning Without War

by Philip B. Heymann

71,55€ + 10% CARD

 A former Deputy Attorney General of the United States argues that we must preserve our civil liberties and democratic values while fighting terrorism.
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Service To Country - Personnel Policy And The Transformation Of Western Militaries

79,50€ + 10% CARD

 Explores the ongoing transformation of military personnel policies in Europe and North America, looking at causes as well as potential costs and benefits of personnel policy transformation.
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Progress In International Relations Theory - Appraising The Field

106,00€ + 10% CARD

 Academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of scholarship and judging which approaches are useful. This text investigates how international relations theorists can equip themselves to determine the state of scholarly work in their field.
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Keeping The Edge - Managing Defense For The Future

82,15€ + 10% CARD

 Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threaten our military''s effectiveness.Keeping the Edge goes beyond questions of Pentagon reorganization and weapons procurement to explore how the US defense establishment can improve its readiness, logistics, and ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. It also looks at how the US military can exploit information technology more effectively, improve its intelligence, and counter asymmetric threats. More comprehensive than the usual exhortation to cut waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon, the book in fact recommends changes in many government agencies, not just the Department of Defense. It shows how the US can improve its ability to implement its policies and to anticipate and adapt to a changing and uncertain world.
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Fighting Words - Language Policy And Ethnic Relations In Asia

137,80€ + 10% CARD

 A study of the impact of language policies on ethnic relations in fifteen Asian and Pacific countries.
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Rethinking Violence - States And Non-State Actors In Conflict

79,50€ + 10% CARD

 An original argument about the causes and consequences of political violence and the range of strategies employed.
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Liberating Kosovo - Coercive Diplomacy And U. S. Intervention

by David L. Phillips

106,00€ + 10% CARD

 A compelling account of the diplomatic and military actions that led to Kosovo''s independence and their implications for future U.S. and UN interventions.Kosovo, after its incorporation into the Serbian Republic of Yugoslavia, became increasingly restive during the 1990s as Yugoslavia plunged into internal war and Kosovo''s ethnic Albanian residents (Kosovars) sought autonomy. In March 1999, NATO forces began airstrikes against targets in Kosovo and Serbia in an effort to protect Kosovars against persecution. The bombing campaign ended in June 1999, and Kosovo was placed under transitional UN administration while negotiations on its status ensued. Kosovo eventually declared independence in 2008. Despite internal political tension and economic problems, the new nation has been recognized by many other countries and most of its inhabitants welcome its separation from Serbia. In Liberating Kosovo, David Phillips offers a compelling account of the negotiations and military actions that culminated in Kosovo''s independence. Drawing on his own participation in the diplomatic process and interviews with leading participants, Phillips chronicles Slobodan Milosevic''s rise to power, the sufferings of the Kosovars, and the events that led to the disintegration of Yugoslavia. He analyzes how NATO, the United Nations, and the United States employed diplomacy, aerial bombing, and peacekeeping forces to set in motion the process that led to independence for Kosovo. He also offers important insights into a critical issue in contemporary international politics: how and when the United States, other nations, and NGOs should act to prevent ethnic cleansing and severe human-rights abuses.
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Limits Of Culture - Islam And Foreign Policy

71,55€ + 10% CARD

 Experts analyze the effect of cultural interests on the foreign policy of states in the Caspian region, including Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan.
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Terrorism And America - A Commonsense Strategy For A Democratic Society

by Philip B. Heymann

66,25€ + 10% CARD

 An evenhanded look at how democracies can fight terrorism while maintaining a healthy society.The bombings of the World Trade Center and the Oklahoma City federal building have shown that terrorist attacks can happen anywhere in the United States. Around the globe, massacres, hijackings, and bombings of airliners are frequent reminders of the threat of terrorism. The use of poison gas in the Tokyo subway has raised the specter of even more horrible forms of terror—including the use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. In this book, Philip Heymann argues that the United States and other democracies can fight terrorism while preserving liberty and maintaining a healthy, unified society. Drawing on his experience in the US Departments of State and Justice, he shows how domestic and foreign intelligence-gathering can thwart terrorism, how the United States must cooperate and share information with its allies, and how terrorism can be prevented in many cases. Terrorism will never disappear completely, but the policies Heymann offers can limit the harm to Americans and protect the integrity of US governmental processes.
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Lee Kuan Yew - The Grand Master''S Insights On China, The United States, And The World

by Ali Wyne, Graham Allison e Robert D. Blackwill

58,30€ + 10% CARD

 Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy.
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Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

by Alexander L. George e Andrew Bennett

44,61€ + 10% CARD

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 Explains how to design case study research that will produce results useful to policymakers and it emphasises the imporatnce of developing policy-related theories. It offers three major contributions to case study methodology. This book will be of use to graduate students and scholars in social science methodology.
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The Infinite Playground

by Bernard De Koven e Holly Gramazio

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From Big Oil To Big Green - Holding The Oil Industry To Account For The Climate Crisis

by Marco Grasso

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Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture - The Iaea, Iraq, And The Future Of Non-Proliferation

by Trevor Findlay

48,93€

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Double Jeopardy - Combating Nuclear Terror And Climate Change

by Daniel B. (Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School) Poneman

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 Making the case that we can use nuclear power to combat climate change even as we reduce the risks of nuclear terror.
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Building Stata - The Design And Construction Of Frank O. Gehry'S Stata Center At Mit

by Nancy Joyce

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 The evolution of a Frank Gehry building, from planning and design and architect-client interaction to construction; with color illustrations throughout.
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