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Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order by Charlie Laderman 9780190618605
RRP: $165.75$116.34The destruction of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire was an unprecedented tragedy. Even amidst the horrors of the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt insisted that it was the greatest crime of the conflict. The wartime mass killing of... -
Has the West Lost It?: A Provocation by Kishore Mahbubani
RRP: $19.48$13.86'A compelling warning ... It is hard to disagree with this advice from such a well-informed friend of the west' Martin Wolf, Financial TimesThe West's two-century epoch as global powerhouse is at an end. A new world order, with China and India as the... -
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: $21.43$16.95The American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geopolitics as it once did. The current turn toward... -
Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 by George C. Herring 9780190212469
RRP: $31.18$24.63Praised in the New York Times Book Review for its "Herculean power of synthesis," George C. Herring's 2008 From Colony to Superpower has won wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 is... -
Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War by Micah Goodman
RRP: $25.33$22.35A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author"A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces underlying Israeli politics."-Rabbi Robert Orkand, Reform... -
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 9780375760525
RRP: $48.75$29.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction 2003 and Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2002. Nominated for Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction... -
The Internationalists: And Their Plan to Outlaw War by Oona Hathaway
RRP: $29.23$21.35'It will change the way you remember the 20th century and read the news in the 21st' Steven Pinker'A clarion call to preserve law and order across our planet' Philippe Sands'A fascinating and important book ... given the state of the world, The... -
Diplomacy by Deception: An Account of the Treasonous Conduct by the Governments of Britain and the United States by John Coleman 9780964010482
RRP: $28.28$27.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964010482Author John ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Bridger House Publications Inc.Publisher Bridger House Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Chaos Reconsidered: The Liberal Order and the Future of International Politics by Robert Jervis 9780231205993
RRP: $58.50$45.42The shock of Donald Trump's election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order-the system of institutions and norms established after World War II-was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist,... -
Post Wall, Post Square: Rebuilding the World after 1989 by Kristina Spohr 9780008280116
RRP: $21.43$11.60'A gripping and compelling account.... The peaceful ending of the Cold War between West and East remains one of the greatest achievements of modern statecraft' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, Literary Review This... -
The Kremlin Letters: Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt by David Reynolds
RRP: $33.13$29.27A penetrating account of the dynamics of World War II's Grand Alliance through the messages exchanged by the "Big Three" Stalin exchanged more than six hundred messages with Allied leaders Churchill and Roosevelt during the Second World War. In this... -
Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power by Zbigniew Brzezinski
RRP: $29.23$21.59By 1991, following the disintegration first of the Soviet bloc and then of the Soviet Union itself, the United States was left standing tall as the only global super-power. The 21st century seemed destined to be yet another American century. But that... -
Post Wall, Post Square: Rebuilding the World after 1989 by Kristina Spohr
RRP: $58.50$53.98'A gripping and compelling account.... The peaceful ending of the Cold War between West and East remains one of the greatest achievements of modern statecraft' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, Literary Review This... -
Realpolitik: A History by John Bew
RRP: $44.83$31.75Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To some, it represents the best approach to meaningful change and political stability in a world buffeted by uncertainty and rapid transformation. To others,... -
Aftershocks Colin Kahl 9781250275745
RRP: $46.78$29.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250275745Author Colin KahlFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 167mm... -
Captain Shakespear: Desert exploration, Arabian intrigue and the rise of Ibn Sa'ud by Alan Dillon 9781911487333
RRP: $48.75$40.37Two years before T E Lawrence received orders to travel to the Hejaz to liaise with the leader of the Arab Revolt, other British officers had already roamed the Arabian Peninsula's unforgiving Nejdi desert, to rally tribal support for the British war... -
Erdogan's Empire: Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East by Soner Cagaptay
RRP: $29.23$22.91Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman sultans to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Here the leading authority... -
Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia by Carolyn Woods Eisenberg
RRP: $53.61$47.19This gripping account interweaves Nixon and Kissinger's pursuit of the war in Southeast Asia and their diplomacy with the Soviet Union and China with on-the-ground military events and US domestic reactions to the war conducted in Vietnam, Laos, and... -
Realpolitik: A History by John Bew 9780199331932
RRP: $45.81$34.85Realpolitik is approaching its 160th birthday, though it has existed as a form of statecraft for centuries and is arguably as old as the conduct of foreign affairs itself. Associated with great thinkers from Machiavelli to Kissinger, it is deeply rooted... -
The Two-state Delusion: Israel and Palestine - A Tale of Two Narratives by Padraig O'Malley
RRP: $35.08$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129172Author Padraig O'MalleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Why Spy?: On the Art of Intelligence by Brian Stewart
RRP: $38.98$34.75Why Spy? is the result of Brian Stewart's seventy years of working in, and studying the uses and abuses of, intelligence in the real world. Few books currently available to those involved either as professionals or students in this area have been written... -
American Diplomacy by George F. Kennan
RRP: $40.95$39.60For more than fifty years, George F. Kennan's "American Diplomacy" has been a standard work on American foreign policy. Drawing on his considerable diplomatic experience and expertise, Kennan offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an... -
The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy by Suisheng (Sam) Zhao
RRP: $48.73$42.26China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping's political authority unmatched,... -
Not Quite A Diplomat: A Memoir by Robin Renwick 9781785904592
RRP: $39.00$28.24Described as Mrs Thatcher's favourite diplomat, Robin Renwick was at the centre of events in the negotiations to end the Rhodesian War. As Ambassador in South Africa, he played a bridging role between the government and the ANC, having become a trusted... -
Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East by David Friedman
RRP: $39.00$26.01The Trump administration's peace agreements in the Middle East were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment in decades. Now, for the first time, his ambassador to Israel explains how they pulled it off.Doing the same thing over and over and expecting... -
Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China by Mike Beckley
RRP: $46.78$36.76It has become conventional wisdom that America and China are running a "superpower marathon" that may last a century. Yet Hal Brands and Michael Beckley pose a counterintuitive question: What if the sharpest phase of that competition is more like a... -
Economic Interdependence and War by Dale C. Copeland 9780691161594
RRP: $62.40$49.06Does growing economic interdependence among great powers increase or decrease the chance of conflict and war? Liberals argue that the benefits of trade give states an incentive to stay peaceful. Realists contend that trade compels states to struggle for... -
When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance by Michael S. Neiberg 9780674293885
RRP: $36.95$29.97Winner of the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award"Deeply researched and forcefully written . . . deftly explains the confused politics and diplomacy that bedeviled the war against the Nazis."-Wall Street Journal"Neiberg is one of the... -
Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome: The Rise of the Resident Ambassador by Catherine Fletcher
RRP: $60.43$44.56Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome is an investigation of Renaissance diplomacy in practice. Presenting the first book-length study of this subject for sixty years, Catherine Fletcher substantially enhances our understanding of the envoy's role during this... -
Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo by Seth Anziska 9780691202457
RRP: $37.03$29.48A groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessnessThe 1978 Camp David Accords and the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty are widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle... -
Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now?: A Quick Guide to Britain's Biggest Issue by Ian Dunt 9780995497825 [USED COPY]
RRP: $15.58$3.47'Admirably brief and necessarily brutal... Highly recommended.' - NICK COHEN, THE SPECTATOR 'Compact and easily digestible. I'd encourage anyone who is confused, fascinated or frustrated by Brexit to read this book - you'll be far wiser by the end of... -
Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now?: A Quick Guide to Britain's Biggest Issue by Ian Dunt 9780995497825
$15.70'Admirably brief and necessarily brutal... Highly recommended.' - NICK COHEN, THE SPECTATOR 'Compact and easily digestible. I'd encourage anyone who is confused, fascinated or frustrated by Brexit to read this book - you'll be far wiser by the end of... -
The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War by James Wilson 9780801456831
RRP: $33.13$26.83In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently... -
From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America by Michael McFaul
RRP: $29.23$22.13'A fascinating and timely account of the current crisis in the relationship between Russia and the United States' Daniel Beer, The New York Times'Could not be more timely ... crucial reading for anyone interested in what's happening inside Putin's head'... -
EU Enlargement and Socialization: Turkey and Cyprus by Stefan Engert 9781138969063
RRP: $85.78$74.96The European Union's enlargement has been considered a success story - apart from Cyprus and Turkey. This book looks at the EU's expansion and examines its effectiveness in terms of international socialization and compliance, focussing specifically on... -
Geographies of Food: An Introduction by Moya Kneafsey
RRP: $62.38$59.92What is the future of food in light of growing threats from the climate emergency and natural resource depletion, as well as economic and social inequality? This textbook engages with this question, and considers the complex relationships between food,... -
Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR by Bruce Riedel
RRP: $38.98$34.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737155Author Bruce RiedelFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm)... -
Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy by Michael J. Mazarr
RRP: $48.75$37.91Leap of Faith is the first comprehensive and objective history of the decision to invade Iraq. Based on nine years of research, over 100 interviews with participants in the drama, and information from hundreds of U.S. and British declassified documents,... -
The Third Revolution: Xi Jingping and the New Chinese State by Elizabeth C. Economy
RRP: $48.73$36.00In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a powerful set of political and economic reforms: the... -
Diplomatic Incidents: Memoirs of an (Un)diplomatic Wife Cherry Denman 9781848542433
RRP: $19.48$13.26Cherry Denman has spent her life trailing husband Charlie round some of the world's most remote outposts and can ask for the lavatory in eleven languages. While some aspects of living abroad will always puzzle her - saunas, tofu and circumcision, to name...