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Yvonne Korshak
Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA:  PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers crest the wave of the golden age of Athens: Pericles, statesman and general, and Aspasia, his courtesan, a philosopher's daughter, and a brilliant woman in her own right. In a world of hierarc...
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Alex Wellerstein
Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post–Cold War present. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to ...
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James Chappel
Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Church
In 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular state. According to the Catholic view, modern concepts like these, unleashed by the French Revolution, had been a disaster. Yet by the 1960s, those positions were reversed. How did this happen? Why, ...
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G. Shabbir Cheema
Building Democratic Institutions: Governance Reform in Developing Countries
* Brings together a wide variety of recent scholarship on democratization processes * Draws from original case studies the world over, including Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Arab Region and Eastern Europe * Written by a seasoned practitioner at the forefront of practice and theory Building Dem...
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Brooke Harrington
Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism (A Norton Short)
A Financial Times best book of the year and one of The New Yorker’ s “Political Books to Help Us Make Sense of 2024” An eye-opening account of offshore finance: a secretive system making the rich richer while corroding democracy, capitalism, and the environment. How do the rich keep getti...
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Justin H. Kirkland
The Illusion of Accountability
Does open governance strengthen democracy? The Illusion of Accountability contends that it does not. Leveraging a wealth of data from decades of legislative politics in the American states, the book assesses the causes and consequences of 'open meetings laws,' which require public access to proceedi...
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Adam Dean
Opening Up By Cracking Down (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
How did democratic developing countries open their economies during the late-twentieth century? Since labor unions opposed free trade, democratic governments often used labor repression to ease the process of trade liberalization. Some democracies brazenly jailed union leaders and used police brutal...
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Joe Conason
The Longest Con
A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise – and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right’s moral decay. The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, cre...
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Aeon History
Golden Laurels, Silver Seas: A Concise Survey of Greek History from the Bronze Age to the End of the Hellenistic Period (Introduction to Greek and
Discover the allure of ancient Greece – Unlock a world where Greek mythology, art, culture, and politics intertwine For those who seek inspiration from the great civilizations of the past, Golden Laurels, Silver Seas offers an accessible, comprehensive, and engaging survey of ancient Greek hist...
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Aurelian Craiutu
America Through European Eyes: British and French Reflections on the New World from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
George W. Bush’s foreign policy touted America as the model of democracy worth exporting to the four corners of the globe. Osama bin Laden has painted a picture of our society as soulless and materialistic, representing values that are the antithesis of his version of Islam. Such starkly contrasti...
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EFE J IGBINOSA
BOLA AHMED TINUBU: THE ENIGMA OF MODERN NIGERIAN POLITICS AND HIS JOURNEY THROUGH POWER AND GOVERNANCE
In the theater of Nigerian politics, few names provoke as much admiration, controversy, and curiosity as Bola Ahmed Tinubu. From his humble beginnings in the bustling streets of Lagos to becoming the 16th President of Nigeria, Tinubu’s life is a masterclass in political survival, strategic allianc...
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Michael J. Glennon
National Security and Double Government
Why has U.S. security policy scarcely changed from the Bush to the Obama administration? National Security and Double Government offers a disquieting answer. Michael J. Glennon challenges the myth that U.S. security policy is still forged by America's visible, "Madisonian institutions" - the Presi...
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Detlev J. K. Peukert
The Weimar Republic: The Crisis of Classical Modernity
The nature of Weimar's terminal crisis - how a politically liberal and culturally progressive society could succomb to fascism - remains one of the central historical questions of our century. In this major work, Detlev J.K. Peukert offers a stimulating interpretation that not only places Weimar in ...
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James Holston
Cities and Citizenship (a Public Culture book)
Cities and Citizenship is a prize-winning collection of essays that considers the importance of cities in the making of modern citizens. For most of the modern era the nation and not the city has been the principal domain of citizenship. This volume demonstrates, however, that cities are especially...
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Carol Gilligan
Darkness Now Visible: Patriarchy's Resurgence and Feminist Resistance
In the fall of 2016 those promoting patriarchal ideals saw their champion Donald Trump elected president of the United States and showed us how powerful patriarchy still is in American society and culture. Darkness Now Visible: Patriarchy's Resurgence and Feminist Resistance explains how patriarchy ...
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Ali Ansari
Modern Iran: Reform and Revolution
Today’s Iran is rarely out of the headlines. Labelled by George W Bush as a part of his ‘axis of evil’ and perceived as a real nuclear threat by some, Iran is increasingly seen as an enemy of the West. And yet for many Iran remains shrouded in mystery and incomprehensible to Western analysis. ...
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Patricia Sullivan
Days of Hope
In the 1930s and 1940s, a loose alliance of blacks and whites, individuals and organizations, came together to offer a radical alternative to southern conservative politics. In Days of Hope , Patricia Sullivan traces the rise and fall of this movement. Using oral interviews with participants in thi...
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Arthur M. Okun
Equality and Efficiency REV: The Big Tradeoff (A Brookings Classic)
Originally published in 1975, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff is a very personal work from one of the most important macroeconomists of the last hundred years. And this new edition includes ""Further Thoughts on Equality and Efficiency,"" a paper published by the author two years later. ...
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Abdur Rahman
Absent in Politics and Power: Political Exclusion of Indian Muslims
Muslims face acute political deprivation at all levels in spite of their immense contribution towards the survival of democracy in India. The volume attempts to gauge and analyze the political underrepresentation of Muslims in the Parliament and state assemblies as well as their nomination by the ma...
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