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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780812966008Author Edmund MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 792Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random...

A lively and informed account of Egypt's recent history and current situation In this immensely readable and thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman explores what has happened to the biggest Arab nation since President Nasser took control of the...

If John F. Kennedy, Tip O’Neill, or even Bill Clinton were to run as Democrat candidates today, their own party would cancel them in a heartbeat.If the Joe Biden of 1992 were to run today, MSNBC would label him “MAGA Joe.” How did JFK’s party of...

The Power of Place explores the nature of power--the power of kings, emperors, and popes--through the places that these rulers created or developed, including palaces, cities, landscapes, holy places, inauguration sites, and burial places. Ranging across...

In June 2016, more than 17 million people voted for Britain to leave the European Union. The fallout of this momentous referendum has been tumultuous and unpredictable. Now, from the authors of the highly-acclaimed Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789432510Author George OrwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 563gDimensions(mm)...

One of our most brilliant public intellectuals, Paul Berman has spent his career writing on revolutionary movements and their totalitarian aspects. Here he argues that, in the terror war, we are not facing a battle of the West against Islam-a clash of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618131600Author Bill TurqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 694g

Steeped in conspiracy, scandal and socialism - the disappearance of radical icon Victor Grayson is a puzzle that's never been solved. A firebrand and Labour politician who rose to prominence in the early twentieth century, Grayson was idolised by...

Christo Brand was a South African farm boy, born into the Afrikaans culture which had created apartheid to persecute black people and claim superiority for whites. Nelson Mandela, also raised in a rural village, was the black son of a tribal chief. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910881095Author Adolf EichmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Black House PublishingPublisher Black House PublishingWeight(grams)...

When U.S. presidents clash with corporate titans, what tips the balance of power? In The Power and the Money, acclaimed presidential historian Tevi Troy takes readers on a riveting journey through the biggest battles between CEOs and the nation's...

Deception in High Places reveals the corruption endemic in Britain's biggest arms deals over the last fifty years. Based on painstaking research in government archives, collections of private and court papers and documents won by the author in a...

The Inevitability of Tragedy is a fascinating intellectual biography that examines Henry Kissinger's role in American government through his ideas. It analyses the continuing controversies surrounding Kissinger's policies in such places as Vietnam and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451697360Author Helene CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint S&s/ Marysue Rucci BooksPublisher S&s/ Marysue Rucci BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865972186Author James M BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 654g

A contribution to black studies, this book examines the issue of racism in modern society today.Book InformationISBN 9780853157410Author Terri SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lawrence & Wishart LtdPublisher Lawrence & Wishart Ltd

Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems,...

Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) was the outstanding Greek statesman of the first half of the twentieth century. Michael Llewellyn-Smith traces his early years, political apprenticeship in Crete, and energetic role in that island's emancipation from...

This book is not a biography of Margaret Thatcher. It is a study of how her reputation in both the domestic and international sphere was constructed by Thatcher and others over the course of her career. Notably, this is the first scholarly treatment to...

A New York Times bestseller, this is the "outstanding" (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency.Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639734Author Leon RosselsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

With the Eurozone engulfed in an unprecedented crisis, one political figure looms largest of all, Angela Merkel, the leader of its most powerful economy. While foreign affairs have become the central issues of her chancellorship in this crucial election...

The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) was one of the stars of the Paris Peace Conference, impressing many of the Western delegates, already possessed of a romantic view of 'the grandeur that was Greece', with his charm and oratorical...

The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a conspiracy? Did the Warren Commission discover the whole truth of what happened on November 22, 1963?Philip Shenon, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.A fascinating examination of the leadership of Britain's most controversial post-war Prime Minister from politician and historian Kwasi KwartengAbout the AuthorKwasi Kwarteng was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956887631Author Erwin ReitmannFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Antelope Hill PublishingPublisher Antelope Hill PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943003754Author Michael RectenwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint World Encounter Institute/New English Review PressPublisher World Encounter...

Lenin (1870-1924) was the leader of the communist Bolshevik party and founder of the Soviet Union. He was a key revolutionary thinker and a man who, at one time, lived in exile for his political views and survived several assassination attempts. The...

The 2010 General Election proved to be one of the most dramatic contests of recent times. Britain Votes 2010 provides a comprehensive analysis of the campaign and its remarkable aftermath. A team of experts assess the results, outline the new electoral...

The third edition of this comprehensive and innovative textbook provides an invaluable narrative and insight into the ever-changing landscape of British politics.Updated to cover the 2015 General Election, the Scottish independence referendum and...

From Athens to New York, recent mass movements around the world have challenged austerity and authoritarianism with expressions of real democracy. For more than forty years, Murray Bookchin developed these democratic aspirations into a new left...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761036903Author Henry HansonFormat HardbackPage Count 78Imprint Ingram PublishingPublisher Ingram PublishingWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps the most essential skill for change agents across all...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was a war long in the making and is the latest in a series of military interventions that have showcased Vladimir Putin's deadly imperial ambitions and the ruthless and bloody strategies that serve his vision of a...

Everyday resistance is about the many ways people undermine power and domination through their routine and everyday actions. Unlike open rebellions or demonstrations, it is typically hidden, not politically articulated, and often ingenious. But because...

Since the coup of 2013 ended Egypt's brief democratic experiment and retired army chief, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, became president of Egypt, his regime has unleashed mass repression and severe restrictions on an unprecedented scale. This has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643130026Author Robert HardmanFormat HardbackPage Count 616Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 163mm *...

What is the Privy Council? What does it do? How did it come into being? We have no written constitution and, therefore, no easy answers to these questions. There are people who would argue that it has no power at all. Others might disagree. Particularly...

How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggleCan the international economic and legal system survive today’s fractured geopolitics? Democracies are facing a drawn-out contest with authoritarian states that is...