21st Century

The 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...

Americans 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...

This 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...

In 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,...

Numerous 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644212974Author Anthony ArnoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250859082Author Elizabeth D SametFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 211mm...

Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620402955Author Robert M. PooleFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470943373Author Antonia JuhaszFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 616g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635577204Author Jon SternfeldFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 662g

Life in Space explores the many aspects and outcomes of NASA's research in life sciences, a little-understood endeavor that has often been overlooked in histories of the space agency. Maura Mackowski details NASA's work in this field from spectacular...

The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation's 240-year history, is of special interest. Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since...

The September 11th attacks in 2001 and the subsequent 'War on Terror' have had a profound effect on American cinema, and the contemporary Western is no exception. In this book, John White explores how films such as Open Range, True Grit and Jane Got a...

A Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller America's best days should still lie ahead. Here's the realistic and definitive path to get us there.The future doesn't just happen. It's a choice that we can and must help determine. But as our...

From a key member of the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, an inside look at the impeachment of a rogue president-updated for the paperback How do you stop a rogue president? How do you protect our country from a man who lies, who obstructs...

How to renew American leadership in a turbulent, polarized, and postdominant world "A worthy contribution to the public debate on America's role in the world and a tonic for our times."-John Kerry, Former U.S. Secretary of State"Imbrie mounts a...

Days 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 Devil's Playground is a timely account of what it is like to serve along perhaps the most dangerous and sensitive strip of land in the world. In recent months two bullet-riddled attempted escapes from North to South brought worldwide headlines. And...

In the second half of the twentieth century Dominicans became New York City's largest, and poorest, new immigrant group. They toiled in garment factories and small groceries, and as taxi drivers, janitors, hospital workers, and nannies. By 1990, one of...

Fan Phenomena: Disney collects essays on Disney fans, spanning a variety of media (such as film, television, novels, stage productions and theme parks) and different fannish approaches (cosplay, fan art), as well as the company's reactions to them. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948742733Author Elizabeth CatteFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Belt PublishingPublisher Belt PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 188mm *...

The 2016 presidential election was unlike any other in recent memory, and Donald Trump was an entirely different kind of candidate than voters were used to seeing. He was the first true outsider to win the White House in over a century and the wealthiest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823534Author John Scott CowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Who are the dominant owners of U.S. public debt? Is it widely held, or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646635405Author Ed ZierFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint Koehler BooksPublisher Koehler BooksWeight(grams) 599g

The Disinformation Age, beginning in the present and going back to the American colonial period, constructs an original historical explanation for the current political crisis and the reasons the two major political parties cannot address it effectively...

When Edward Snowden began leaking NSA documents in June 2013, his actions sparked impassioned debates about electronic surveillance, national security, and privacy in the digital age. The Snowden Reader looks at Snowden's disclosures and their aftermath...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815729082Author Daniel JacobsFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578950518Author David MargolickFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Animal Media Group LLCPublisher Animal Media Group LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385520621Author Matt TaibbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

In 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,...

This book is a vigorous effort to answer the question, "How did we get here?"-a question that troubles virtually every American over the age of fourteen. How did America lose power in the world? How did American democracy become undermined? The press...

On September 11, 2001, author J. Samuel Walker was far from home when he learned of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Stricken by incredulity and anxiety, he found the phone lines jammed when he tried to call his wife, who...

Published for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, this new edition of the authorized report is limited to the Commission's riveting account-which was a finalist for the National Book Award-of the attack and its background, examining both the attackers and the...

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593802144Author David BrockFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 164mm *...

In this book, John White explores how films such as Open Range, True Grit and Jane Got a Gun reinforce a conservative myth of America exceptionalism; endorsing the use of extreme force in dealing with enemies and highlighting the importance of defending...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560254263Author Jane CorbinFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing Group