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"I have attempted to take the high ground," writes George F. Kennan in the foreword to this illuminating work, "trying to stick to the broader dimensions of things-the ones that would still be visible and significant in future decades." Against the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743289696Author Ayaan Hirsi AliFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Doug Greene takes an in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America's most important democratic socialists. A Failure of Vision discusses one of the most important champions for democratic socialism in the United...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551643182Author George WoodcockFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Ben Turok, a former anti apartheid activist and veteran ANC MP, played a key role in the writing of the Freedom Charter, in particular its chapter dealing with economic equality. In November 2011, he broke party ranks and did not vote for the...

Ambassador Sullivan tells of his many meetings with the shah and gives a unique insight into the character, the moods, and the motivations of that complicated man. He explores the political, economic, and social backgrounds of the opposition to the shah,...

On the morning of January 31, 2009, Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist working in Iran, was forced from her home by four men and secretly detained in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. The intelligence agents who captured her accused her of...

In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of the infant American republic.The only freshman...

With more than 35 years experience of jihadist activism, Abu Mus'ab al-Suri remains the foremost theoretician in the global jihadist movement today, despite his capture in Pakistan in late 2005. After having participated in the founding of Al-Qaeda in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards 1970 and Pulitzer Prize 1970.Book InformationISBN 9780394747903Author T. Harry WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 944Imprint Vintage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604863192Author David GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 493g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451654486Author Alexander V. PantsovFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909026315Author Chanie RosenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint RedwordsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 115g

Stuart Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter's side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White House, where he served as Chief Domestic Policy Adviser. He was directly involved in all domestic and economic decisions as well as in many...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887128728Author William BlumFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474483261Author M Hakan YavuzFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615777242Author Webster Griffin TarpleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 412g

Elected MP for Londonderry in 1955 as the second-youngest member of the House, Robin Chichester-Clark was at the forefront of Northern Irish politics for almost 20 years during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. A son and grandson of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990447108Author Donald P GreggFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint VellumPublisher VellumWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm

Lightning through the Clouds is the first English-language life-and-times biography of 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preeminent figure who helped to reshape the political and religious landscape of the region. A Syrian-born, Egyptian-educated cleric, he went...

Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore, is a figure whose international stature far exceeds that of the tiny island over which he presided for thirty years. Lee is the principal architect of Singapore's political stability and its international...

Learn how to think like one of history's most iconic cultural figures: Winston Churchill. Follow in his footsteps and discover the essential principles behind his success. Remembered for his leadership during the Second World War, Churchill's commitment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998490113Author Scooter DowneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 630g

Few revolutionaries have a heritage so contested by rival groups as Antonio Gramsci. Many use his writings as sacred texts' for their own policies, and while others stress any differences with Lenin in order to prove Gramsci a rebel.' In this stirring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560255314Author Jack NewfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth Press

Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion conscious, to be healthy, to...

This insider's view of Washington in the 1950s and 1960s, of the tumultuous presidency of Lyndon Johnson, and of the conflicts and factions of the president's staff has become a political classic since its original publication in 1972. In this reissue,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316548182Author Nelson MandelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 638Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982134846Author Chris MatthewsFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

David Bruce was the last of a kind - a wealthy American, country squire, spymaster and diplomat - whose friends ranged from Ernest Hemingway to Averill Harriman. This biography describes his military career, his two marriages and his diplomatic service...

As the 1990s place greater demands on the UN, this inspiring biography shows how Hammarskjold perfected the active but quiet diplomacy that proved successful in a series of seemingly hopeless situations, from the Suez Crisis to Indochina, and how he...

Born in Martinique, Frantz Fanon (1925-61) trained as a psychiatrist in Lyon before taking up a post in colonial Algeria. He had already experienced racism as a volunteer in the Free French Army, in which he saw combat at the end of the Second World War...

The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism's most insidious seeds. Though you may not know his name, Robert Welch (1899-1985)-founder of the John Birch Society-is easily...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116165Author Barton GellmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Malaysia s longest-serving and most outspoken prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been politically active for more than 60 years. As a young doctor he agitated for independence from the British and promoted the rights of the Malays, and his long...

"One of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders" (Washington Post), a New York Times bestselling author, community organizer, investigative journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived on...

The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on exclusive access to his papers and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long...

Abba Ahimeir (1897 -1962) writer, journalist and historian began his public life as a socialist, but subsequently moved toward the rightward extreme of Zionist ideology. One of the earliest opponents of the British Mandate, in 1930 he founded a radical...