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American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century by Gary Gerstle 9780691173276
RRP: €33.32€28.25This sweeping history of twentieth-century America follows the changing and often conflicting ideas about the fundamental nature of American society: Is the United States a social melting pot, as our civic creed warrants, or is full citizenship somehow... -
Engels: A Very Short Introduction by Terrell Carver
RRP: €10.70€7.98It is by no means absurd to say that Engels invented Marxism. His work did more than Marx to make converts of the most influential political movement of modern times. He was not only the father of dialectical and historical materialism, the official... -
The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change by Thomas Risse
RRP: €32.12€27.13This book celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by showing how global human rights norms have influenced national government practices in eleven different countries around the world. Had the principles articulated... -
Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective by Istvan Hont 9780674055773
RRP: €34.45€28.16This collection explores eighteenth-century theories of international market competition that continue to be relevant for the twenty-first century. "Jealousy of trade" refers to a particular conjunction between politics and the economy that emerged when... -
Foreign Policy Analysis: New approaches Chris Alden (London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK) 9781138934290
RRP: €52.35€46.10Building on the success of the first edition, this revised volume re-invigorates the conversation between foreign policy analysis and international relations. It opens up the discussion, situating existing debates in foreign policy in relation to... -
Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program by Axel Dreher
RRP: €32.12€27.13China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant-giving and lending activities in secrecy. Introducing a systematic and... -
What Happened? by Hanif Kureishi
RRP: €13.08€8.97'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's new collection of essays and fiction. No topic is too fringe or too mainstream for this insatiable-and... -
Can Democracy Safeguard the Future? by Smith
RRP: €11.89€10.77Our democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to pandemics, health and social care through to climate, biodiversity and emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term. In this... -
Hemp Bound: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution Doug Fine 9781603585439
RRP: €14.27€9.13The stat sheet on hemp sounds almost too good to be true: its fibers are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped. Its one downside? For nearly a century, it's been illegal to... -
Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-century British Liberal Thought by Uday Singh Mehta
RRP: €35.70€34.81One takes liberalism to be a set of ideas committed to political rights and self-determination, yet it also served to justify an empire built on political domination. Uday Singh Mehta argues that imperialism, far from contradicting liberal tenets, in... -
Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in post-9/11 America by Nadia Abu El-Haj
RRP: €23.80€19.55Americans have long been asked to support the troops and care for veterans' psychological wounds. Who, though, does this injunction serve?As acclaimed scholar Nadia Abu El-Haj argues here, in the American public's imagination, the traumatized soldier... -
Handbook of Tyranny by Theo Deutinger 9783037787199
RRP: €41.65€28.16Handbook of Tyranny portrays the routine cruelties of the twenty-first century through a series of detailed non-fictional graphic illustrations. None of these cruelties represent extraordinary violence - they reflect the day-to-day implementation of laws... -
Volume Two. Labour Party General Election Manifestos 1900-1997 by Iain Dale
RRP: €52.35€46.22This volume brings together for the first time the British Labour Political Party General Election Manifestos, dating back to 1900, and including the most recent General Election manifesto of 1997.The project provides an indispensible source of data... -
Presidents and the American Presidency by Lori Cox Han
RRP: €116.61€83.53Presidents and the American Presidency, Third Edition, engages students in the study of the presidency through an exploration of both the political institution and the men who have held the office. Considering both the strengths and the weaknesses of the... -
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
RRP: €14.27€10.31'A nation without a national government is an awful spectacle.' In the winter of 1787-8 a series of eighty-five essays appeared in the New York press; the purpose of the essays was to persuade the citizens of New York State to ratify the Constitution... -
The Islamic State in Africa: The Emergence, Evolution, and Future of the Next Jihadist Battlefront by Jason Warner 9781787383906
RRP: €41.65€36.88In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. These setbacks seemed to herald the Caliphate's death knell, and many now forecast its imminent demise. Yet its affiliates... -
How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies: Deliver Winning Conservative Arguments Against Mainstream Media by Will Witt
RRP: €27.36€20.67Political commentator and media personality Will Witt gives young conservatives the ammunition they need to fight back against the liberal media.Popular culture in America today is dominated by the left. Most young people have never even heard of... -
The Invention of International Order: Remaking Europe after Napoleon by Professor Glenda Sluga
RRP: €35.70€28.63The story of the women, financiers, and other unsung figures who helped to shape the post-Napoleonic global order In 1814, after decades of continental conflict, an alliance of European empires captured Paris and exiled Napoleon Bonaparte, defeating... -
Forty Miles Of Bad Road: The Stars Campaign for Interracial Friendship and the 1958 Notting Hill Riots by Rick Blackman 9781910885536
RRP: €8.32€6.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910885536Author Rick BlackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications -
Internal Empire: The Rise and Fall of English Imperialism by Victor Bulmer-Thomas
RRP: €29.75€26.22Over several centuries, England imposed itself by force and by treaty on the other three nations of the Hiberno-British Isles to form its own English Empire. For much of its life, the United Kingdom has only endured out of shared interest in overseas... -
Persuasion and Power: The Art of Strategic Communication by James P. Farwell
RRP: €31.54€27.72Now more than ever, in the arenas of national security, diplomacy, and military operations, effective communication strategy is of paramount importance. A 24/7 television, radio, and Internet news cycle paired with an explosion in social media demands it... -
INSIDERS OUTSIDERS by Mary Carter 9781912130528
€21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912130528Author Mary CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Kirwin Maclean AssociatesPublisher Kirwin Maclean Associates -
Intelligence Collection: How to Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection in Complex Environments by Wayne Michael Hall 9780313398179
€79.85This book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundation of effective modern intelligence collection-the strategies required to support intelligence analysis of the modern, complex operational environments of today's military conflicts or competitive... -
Justice on the Brink: A Requiem for the Supreme Court by Linda Greenhouse
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593447949Author Linda GreenhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
A Bobby's Job: Images of Policing in Cheshire by The Museum of Policing in Cheshire
RRP: €16.65€13.10A Bobby's Job is a beautiful collection of black and white photographs from the extensive archives held at the Museum of Policing in Cheshire. This book delves into the history and development of policing in the Cheshire area; from the formation of the... -
The Centre Cannot Hold by Peter Geoghehan
€8.77Peter Geoghegan takes an in-depth journey through some of the unexpected people and far-flung places along Scotland's road to referendum. September 19, 2014. The ballots are in, and the votes are counted. Scotland has either chosen to remain part of the... -
Surgeon at War: A Frontline Surgeon's Compelling Account of the Second World War by Stanley Aylett 9781789466669
RRP: €11.89€8.27Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That... -
The Politics of Care by Boston Review
RRP: €13.08€10.76From the COVID-19 pandemic to uprisings over police brutality, we are living in the greatest social crisis of a generation. But the roots of these latest emergencies stretch back decades. At their core is a politics of death: a brutal neoliberal... -
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up by Mary Beard 9780520277168
RRP: €29.75€23.41What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear--a world of wit, irony, and knowing... -
The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe by Heather Mac Donald
RRP: €15.46€10.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039683Author Heather Mac DonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons: Profiles of the New Mps and Analysis of the 2017 General Election Results: 2017 by Tim Carr 9781785902758
RRP: €35.70€25.41Following Theresa May's shock general election announcement, the UK political landscape looks set to change dramatically. Will predictions of a Tory landslide come to pass, or will the pollsters be surprised again? Whatever the result, the latest edition... -
The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway by Brendan Simms
RRP: €29.75€21.74The Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and air force, so much so that it was quickly described as "a miracle." Yet fortune favored the Americans at Midway, and the conventional wisdom has... -
The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century by Bruce Dickson
RRP: €29.75€23.67How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity,... -
Value by Pitts
RRP: €17.84€17.48'Value' seems like an elusive and abstract concept. Nonetheless, notions of value underpin how we understand our lives, from discussions about the economic contribution of different kinds of work and productive activity, to the prices we pay for the... -
Orwell: A Man Of Our Time by Richard Bradford 9781448217687
RRP: €23.80€18.61A vivid portrait of the man behind the writings, placing Orwell and his work at the centre of the current political landscape. One of the most enduringly popular and controversial writers of the twentieth century, George Orwell's work is as relevant... -
Operation Toussaint by Tim Ballard
RRP: €19.03€13.14An adaptation of the documentary film, Operation Toussaint reveals how an Ex-Special Agent and Operation Underground Railroad are saving children from sex trafficking around the world through Operation Toussaint, a covert mission to Haiti. Tim Ballard... -
Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How The Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation by Angela Zhang 9780198826569
€50.74A ProMarket Best Political Economy Book of the Year China's rise as an economic superpower has caused growing anxieties in the West. Europe is now applying stricter scrutiny over takeovers by Chinese state-owned giants, while the United States is... -
Now We Have Your Attention: The New Politics of the People by Jack Shenker
RRP: €11.89€8.58'One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read...If you want to understand why we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often airbrushed from the political conversation' Owen JonesNow We Have Your Attention makes sense of what... -
Community Policing Mike Brogden 9781843920052
RRP: €47.59€41.40Community policing has been a buzzword in Anglo-American policing for the last two decades, somewhat vague in its definition but generally considered to be a good thing. In the UK the notion of community policing conveys a consensual policing style,... -
Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective by Jacqueline Bhabha
RRP: €41.65€36.87In this sweeping international perspective on reparations, Time for Reparations makes the case that past state injustice-be it slavery or colonization, forced sterilization or widespread atrocities-has enduring consequences that generate ongoing harm,...