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The Inheritance: America's Military After Two Decades of War by Mara E. Karlin 9780815738459
RRP: €35.70€31.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815738459Author Mara E. KarlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)... -
Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface by Donald L. Horowitz
RRP: €38.08€30.65Drawing material from dozens of divided societies, Donald L. Horowitz constructs his theory of ethnic conflict, relating ethnic affiliations to kinship and intergroup relations to the fear of domination. A groundbreaking work when it was published in... -
The Lockerbie Bombing: The Search for Justice by Kenny MacAskill
RRP: €23.80€17.23On 21 December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 departed London Heathrow for New York. Shortly after take-off, a bomb detonated, killing all aboard and devastating the small Scottish town of Lockerbie below. Only one man has ever been convicted of the crime:... -
The Whitehall Effect: How Whitehall Became the Enemy of Great Public Services and What We Can Do about It by John Seddon
RRP: €29.75€24.16In The WHITEHALL Effect, John Seddon explains how and why it is that governments repeatedly fail to deliver what our public services need and exposes the devastation that three decades of political fads, fashions and bad theory have caused. Although his... -
Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent Harvey Silverglate 9781594035227
RRP: €21.41€15.11The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of... -
TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game by The Rebel Accountant 9781800960893
RRP: €17.84€14.05'A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious expose of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.' - Piers Morgan'Very funny (and furious)... By the end of the book you may be... -
Towards a Gay Communism: Elements of a Homosexual Critique by Mario Mieli 9780745399515
RRP: €23.79€15.89First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation. Among the most important works ever to... -
Who Really Killed Claire? by Alan Jackaman 9781914603365
€23.80Who Really Killed Claire? re-investigates the brutal yet apparently motiveless murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe, Kent in 1993. It describes how police investigations faltered for almost 20 years until Colin Ash-Smith, due to be released... -
Robert Kennedy by THOMAS EVAN 9780743203296
RRP: €24.98€17.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743203296Author THOMAS EVANPage Count 512Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1g -
Israel/palestine: How to End the War of 1948, 2nd edition by Tanya Reinhart
RRP: €11.89€8.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226513Author Tanya ReinhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 299g -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks 9780715652374
RRP: €29.75€21.32As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
How to Get Published in the Best Political Science and International Relations Journals: Understanding the Publishing Game Marijke Breuning 9781803924625
RRP: €24.93€22.61Providing an insightful and comprehensive introduction to the world of journal publishing within the fields of political science and international relations, this book offers in-depth guidance to maximize the likelihood of publishing success. Using their... -
Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State by Martin Plaut 9781787382282
RRP: €29.75€26.22The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is haemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as many Eritreans as Syrians arrive on European shores, yet the country is not convulsed by civil war. Young men and women risk all to escape. Many do not... -
The State of Secrecy: Spies and the Media in Britain by Richard Norton-Taylor
RRP: €47.60€36.34Richard Norton-Taylor reveals the secrets of his forty-year career as a journalist covering the world of spies and their masters in Whitehall. Early in his career, Norton-Taylor successfully campaigned against official secrecy, gaining a reputation... -
The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians and the Jazz Age by Timothy Phillips 9781847083289
RRP: €13.08€8.97In the 1920s, many in the British establishment became convinced that their way of life was being threatened by the new Soviet state. The British government launched vast spying operations in response, carrying out surveillance on not only suspect... -
A Military History of Scotland Edward M. Spiers 9780748694495
RRP: €47.60€41.22This is a magisterial work of Scots military history. The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. This illustrated pean to his rich heritage explores both the detail of battles and the cultural history of war, devoting eight separate... -
Pass It On by Joanna R. Macy
RRP: €11.89€7.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888375831Author Joanna MacyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 165mm * 117mm * 7mm -
The Money Revolution: How to Finance the Next American Century Richard Duncan 9781119856269
RRP: €24.98€16.97Learn how the United States can stop and reverse its relative economic decline in this fascinating analysis of American Money, Credit and Capital In The Money Revolution: How to Finance the Next American Century, economist and bestselling author Richard... -
American Political Rhetoric: Essential Speeches and Writings on Founding Principles and Contemporary Controversies by Peter Augustine Lawler 9781538166192
RRP: €35.70€32.00American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through examples of political rhetoric ranging from the founding to... -
The International Politics of the Middle East by Raymond A. Hinnebusch 9780719095252
RRP: €29.75€26.63One of the major internationally recognised works on the international politics of the Middle East, this book systematically combines International Relations theory and Middle East case studies to provide a macro overview of the international relations... -
Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought by Hayrettin Yücesoy 9780231209410
RRP: €35.70€27.72The political thought of Muslim societies is all too often defined in religious terms, in which the writings of clerics are seen as representative and ideas about governance are treated as an extension of commentary on sacred texts. Disenchanting the... -
How Should A Government Be?: The New Levers of State Power by Jaideep Prabhu
RRP: €23.80€15.59For a century, the most divisive question in political thought has been about the size of the state. Should it expand and take an active role in all sorts of areas of life? Or is that just meddlesome and wasteful? Those questions might have made sense in... -
Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths by Taylor C. Sherman
RRP: €41.65€33.26An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in IndiaNehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two... -
TAKE BACK AMERICA: Winning the 2022 and 2024 Elections by Dick Morris
RRP: €23.79€16.14"Dick Morris and I conferred regularly throughout the 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He helped me hone my message and aim it at the right audience. His father was my attorney, and he is my counselor. And I am grateful to them both." - President... -
Hannah Arendt and Political Theory: Challenging the Tradition by Steve Buckler
RRP: €32.12€29.08Rehabilitates Arendt's reputation as a serious political theorist by looking afresh at her work. Hannah Arendt's work has been noted for its unorthodox and eclectic style. Steve Buckler now shows that her unusual approach reflects a consistent and... -
The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working by Robert Calderisi 9780300125122
RRP: €15.46€13.64Calderisi shows that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement; that corrupt, dictatorial regimes have hobbled agriculture, enterprise and foreign investment; that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism;... -
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
RRP: €24.98€19.36"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between;... -
Yesterday's Man by Branko Marcetic
RRP: €23.79€23.54Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden exposes the forgotten history of Joe Biden, one of the United States' longest-serving politicians, and one of its least scrutinized.Over nearly fifty years in politics, the man called "Middle-Class Joe" served... -
War and Society Miguel A. Centeno 9780745645803
RRP: €19.03€17.40War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. War and Society addresses... -
Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Erica Frantz
RRP: €13.08€9.51Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end, all signs indicate that we are currently seeing a resurgence of authoritarianism. Around forty percent of the world's people live under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian... -
The Political Determinants of Health by Daniel E. Dawes 9781421437897
RRP: €31.54€27.72How do policy and politics influence the social conditions that generate health outcomes?Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options-these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a... -
Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age by Raymond Craib
RRP: €27.36€18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639178Author Raymond CraibFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader by Philip Short 9781847923387
€19.87'Magisterial' - Guardian'Outstanding' - Ian KershawVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his... -
All Necessary Measures?: The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya by Ian Martin
RRP: €35.70€31.82The international intervention after the 2011 Libyan uprising against Muammar Gaddafi was initially considered a remarkable success: the UN Security Council's first application of the 'responsibility to protect' doctrine; an impending civilian massacre... -
The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin by David Satter
RRP: €19.03€16.45Once you accept that the impossible is really possible, what happens in Russia makes perfect sense "A few pages into David Satter's truly terrifying book, one realizes that his title is smack-on accurate: modern Russia is a frightening member of the... -
Dream Like Me - South Asian Football Trailblazers by Manisha Tailor 9781913109998
RRP: €15.46€10.92There remains a lack of representation from the South Asian community across all levels of football, despite it being one of the largest ethnic minority groups to be living in the UK. In this first of its kind book, trailblazing coach Manisha Tailor... -
Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason Dave Rubin 9781472134516
RRP: €17.84€11.78'Topical, engaging, personable, and above all, reassuring' Dr. Jordan B. PetersonFrom host of The Rubin Report, the most-watched talk show about free speech and big ideas on YouTube right now, a roadmap for free thinking in an increasingly censored world... -
Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison by David Wootton
RRP: €35.64€28.16A provocative history of the changing values that have given rise to our present discontents.We pursue power, pleasure, and profit. We want as much as we can get, and we deploy instrumental reasoning-cost-benefit analysis-to get it. We judge ourselves... -
The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville by Olivier Zunz
RRP: €35.70€28.63A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest championsIn 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning... -
Key Figures Aboard RMS Titanic: Superstars and Scapegoats by Nicholas, Anthony 9781399086004
RRP: €23.80€17.01Titanic. The Marilyn Monroe of ocean liners. A sleek, sultry beauty, taken out way before her time. A kind of 21st century Flying Dutchman, with interiors by Cesar Ritz, still striving to achieve the waters of a port she can never reach. Fuelled by a...