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Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis by David Kieran 9781479892365
£26.90The surprising story of the Army's efforts to combat PTSD and traumatic brain injury The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell... -
I Sing the Body Politic: History as Prophecy in Contemporary American Literature by Peter Swirski 9780773536036
RRP: £112.00£45.47A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politicsBook InformationISBN 9780773536036Author Peter SwirskiFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint McGill-Queen's University PressPublisher... -
Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century by A. Naomi Paik 9780520305113
£61.89Days after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive orders-these authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration's approach toward noncitizens. An essential primer on how we got... -
The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Volume VII: To Save the Soul of America, January 1961-August 1962 by Martin Luther King, Jr. 9780520282698
£50.58Preserving the legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential advocates for peace and justice, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., is described by one historian as being the "equivalent to a conversation" with King. To Save the... -
Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism by Stephen Prince 9780231148719
£21.80It was believed that September 11th would make certain kinds of films obsolete, such as action thrillers crackling with explosions or high-casualty blockbusters where the hero escapes unscathed. While the production of these films did ebb, the full... -
The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics by Joshua Green 9780593285992
RRP: £32.00£18.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593285992Author Joshua GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Americosis: A Nation's Dysfunction Observed on Public Transit by Sam Forster 9781990823282
RRP: £16.99£11.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823282Author Sam ForsterFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
The Transformational Decade: Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency by Herbert I. London 9780761859086
RRP: £86.00£79.73The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally... -
FDR's Republicans: Domestic Political Realignment and American Foreign Policy by Robert E. Jenner 9780739136126
£89.83FDR's Republicans illuminates the debate over foreign policy that took place in the United States prior to World War II. Robert E. Jenner approaches this issue from the perspective of Republican members of the House and Senate, who eventually came to... -
School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program by Susan Levine 9780691146195
RRP: £37.00£32.13Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. School Lunch Politics covers this complex and fascinating part of American... -
Making Roots: A Nation Captivated by Matthew F. Delmont 9780520291324
£18.10When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976, it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the... -
From Memory to Memorial: Shanksville, America, and Flight 93 by J. William Thompson 9780271076997
£15.28On September 11, 2001, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, became a center of national attention when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a former strip mine in sleepy Somerset County, killing all forty passengers and crew aboard. This is the story of the... -
Troubling Transparency: The History and Future of Freedom of Information by David E. Pozen 9780231184984
£68.75Today, transparency is a widely heralded value, and the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is often held up as one of the transparency movement's canonical achievements. Yet while many view the law as a powerful tool for journalists, activists, and... -
The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy by Valerie Hudson 9780231164924
£19.99Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first Secretary of State to declare the subjugation of women worldwide a serious threat to U.S. national security. Known as the Hillary Doctrine, her stance was the impetus behind the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomatic and... -
America Triumphs: The Story of Our Heroes from 9/11 to the Demise of Bin Laden by Mary Boone 9781600786730
RRP: £12.95£9.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600786730Author Mary BooneFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 0g -
American Christians and the National Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry: A Call to Conscience by Fred A. Lazin 9781498583237
£84.42This study provides the first in-depth examination of the role and influence of American Christians in the advocacy efforts for Soviet Jewry during the 1970s and 1980s. It explores how American Catholics and Protestants engaged with American Jews to... -
Transatlantic Exchanges: The American South in Europe - Europe in the American South by Professor Richard Gray 9783700139546
£74.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700139546Author Professor Richard GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 599Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences... -
Stories from Jonestown by Leigh Fondakowski 9780816678099
RRP: £19.95£13.72The saga of Jonestown didn't end on the day in November 1978 when more than nine hundred Americans died in a mass murder-suicide in the Guyanese jungle. While only a handful of people present at the agricultural project survived that day in Jonestown,... -
The Divided States: Unraveling National Identities in the Twenty-First Century by Laura J. Beard 9780299338800
RRP: £39.95£39.59What is an "American" identity? The tension between populism and pluralism, between homogeneity and heterogeneity, has marked the United States since its inception. In The Divided States, leading scholars and critics argue that the US is, and... -
September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? by Mary L. Dudziak 9780822332428
£20.01Hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, the idea that the September 11 attacks had "changed everything" permeated American popular and political discussion. In the period since then, the events of September 11 have been used to justify... -
The North American West in the Twenty-First Century by Brenden W. Rensink 9781496233028
£22.49In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner famously argued that the generational process of meeting and conquering the supposedly uncivilized Western frontier is what forged American identity. In the late twentieth century, "new western" historians... -
The North American West in the Twenty-First Century by Brenden W. Rensink 9781496230430
£77.22In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner famously argued that the generational process of meeting and conquering the supposedly uncivilized Western frontier is what forged American identity. In the late twentieth century, "new western" historians... -
Man of the People: The Life of John McCain by Paul Alexander 9780471475453
RRP: £20.99£14.36A captivating look at one of America's most prominent and fascinating public figures Bestselling author, war hero, presidential candidate, champion of the most politically sticky issue to rock Washington since Watergate-campaign finance reform- there may... -
The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful Times by Earl Shorris 9780393059632
RRP: £20.99£18.15The movement transcends political parties, has no formal structure, no acknowledged leaders, and no sworn loyalty except to God, whose will it interprets according to its fears and desires. Yet it is not an abstraction. It elects our presidents and... -
The 9/11 Commission Report by Ernest R. May 9780312450991
£32.22The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 left Americans wondering how such a breach of security could have occurred. Ernest R. May was Senior Advisor to the 9/11 Commission and his book provides students with a first-hand account of the commission's... -
Out of the Blue: September 11 and the Novel by Kristiaan Versluys 9780231149372
RRP: £28.00£24.96Writers have represented 9/11 and its aftermath with varying degrees of success. In Out of the Blue, Kristiaan Versluys focuses on novels that move beyond patriotic cliches and cheap sensationalism and provide new insights into the emotional and ethical... -
United States Of Hysteria: An Englishwoman's Journey Through the Madness of America by Anne Dixey 9781906308018
RRP: £7.99£5.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308018Author Anne DixeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 190g -
America's Disappeared: Secret Imprisonment, Detainees and the War on Terror by Rachel Meeropol 9781583226452
RRP: £7.99£5.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226452Author S M WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 221g -
The Business of Black Power - Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America by Laura Warren Hill 9781580464031
RRP: £95.00£91.08The Business of Black Power emphasizes the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement and explores the myriad forms of business development in the Black power era. This volume charts a new course for Black power studies and... -
Divided by Terror: American Patriotism after 9/11 by John Bodnar 9781469662619
£42.74Americans responded to the deadly terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, with an outpouring of patriotism, though all were not united in their expression. A war-based patriotism inspired millions of Americans to wave the flag and support a brutal War... -
The United States and Southeast Asian Regionalism: Collective Security and Economic Development, 1945-75 by Sue Thompson 9781138119536
RRP: £135.00£117.28The Nixon or Guam Doctrine of 1969 stressed the importance of progress towards regional cooperation and Asian collective security, indicating that Asian countries themselves should take the initiative in creating programs in which the United States could... -
9/11 and the War on Terror by David Holloway 9780748633807
£81.97This interdisciplinary study of how 9/11 and the 'war on terror' were represented during the Bush era, shows how culture often functioned as a vital resource, for citizens attempting to make sense of momentous historical events that frequently seemed... -
Assessing the George W. Bush Presidency: A Tale of Two Terms by Andrew Wroe 9780748627400
£95.79In one of the first volumes assessing the full two terms of the George W. Bush presidency, Wroe and Herbert have gathered the work of leading American and European scholars. In fifteen succinct and incisive chapters, authorities such as Jim Pfiffner,... -
The World Trade Center and Global Crisis: Some Critical Perspectives by Bruce Kapferer 9781845450007
RRP: £11.95£9.68Numerous humanly caused destructions of just the last hundred years dwarf the World Trade Center disaster, and the attention still addressed to it may over the next few years appear disproportionate. But the significance of events is always determined by... -
Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War by Martin Pengelly 9781567927115
RRP: £21.99£14.83"We're better off for having these men among us."-Wall Street JournalBefore 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and... -
How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement by Fredrik deBoer 9781668016015
RRP: £20.00£12.86An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future.In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, the United... -
Undocumented Migrants in the United States: Life Narratives and Self-representations by Ina Batzke 9781138591011
RRP: £135.00£117.28Whilst many undocumented migrants in the United States continue to exist in the shadows, since the turn of the millennium an increasing number have emerged within public debate, casting themselves against the dominant discursive trope of the... -
Undocumented Migrants in the United States: Life Narratives and Self-representations by Ina Batzke 9780367666194
RRP: £39.99£35.06Whilst many undocumented migrants in the United States continue to exist in the shadows, since the turn of the millennium an increasing number have emerged within public debate, casting themselves against the dominant discursive trope of the "illegal... -
The Second Battle of Fallujah: The History of the Biggest Battle of the Iraq War by Charles River Editors 9781537731483
RRP: £7.24£6.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781537731483Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America by Glenn Beck 9781476783901
RRP: £16.00£10.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476783901Author Glenn BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Threshold EditionsPublisher Threshold EditionsWeight(grams) 336g