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The complex question of the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands remains far from resolved, even after the military and political events that took place from April to June 1982.The first scholarly work of its kind, this broad and dispassionate study of the causes of the...
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Oxford University Press
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1988-04-07
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Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's...
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Oxford University Press
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1987-06-18
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Vietnam was America's most divisive and unsuccessful foreign war. It was also the first to be televised and the first of the modern era fought without military censorship. From the earliest days of the Kennedy-Johnson escalation right up to the American withdrawal, and...
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Oxford University Press
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1986-05-08
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The American public has become increasingly disenchanted with the United Nations. Some responsible sources in this country are already advocating withdrawal from U.N. agencies and perhaps even from the entire system.
This book, by the former Director of Research at...
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Oxford University Press
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1985-04-11
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With Americans of Past and Present Days by Jean Jules Jusserand is a distinguished collection of essays exploring the deep historical and cultural connections between France and the United States. Written by the French ambassador to the U.S. during a pivotal era, the...
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Asimis Books
Parution :
2025-10-23
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With a Foreword by Oliver Stone.
In December 2024, Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad departed for Russia after militia forces took Damascus. An Al-Qaeda affiliated group led by Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani (aka Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa) took power. New York Times columnist...
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Baraka Books
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2025-09-24
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This work is the classic history of the development of modern diplomacy in Renaissance Europe. Sometime after the year 1400, the diplomatic traditions of civilized cultures - which have existed as far back as the records of human history extend - took a sharp turn that...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2025-03-18
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When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The United States had waged a long war against Syria from the very moment the...
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Baraka Books
Parution :
2017-03-22
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For the first time in a book, defence counsel, investigators, journalists, and academics pool their knowledge and experience to answer the burning questions. What has happened to the fundamental principles of the sovereign equality of nations and the right of...
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Baraka Books
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2014-10-08
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The book comprises three parts.The first part addresses the little-discussed but crucial events preceding the assassination of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi
Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared, "The Rwandan genocide was 100% American...
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Baraka Books
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2013-11-27
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NATO’s war in Libya was proclaimed as a humanitarian intervention—bombing in the name of “saving lives.” Attempts at diplomacy were stifled. Peace talks were subverted. Libya was barred from representing itself at the UN, where shadowy NGOs and “human rights” groups...
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Baraka Books
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2012-11-20
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Global warming has had a dramatic impact on the Arctic environment, including the ice melt that has opened previously ice-covered waterways. State and non-state actors who look to the region and its resources with varied agendas have started to pay attention. Do new...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-11-10
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From Civil Strife to Peace Building examines peace-building efforts in the fragile West African states of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire, with a focus on the role of the private sector in leading the reconstruction initiatives. Given that aid and debt relief,...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-04-07
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Studies in International Governance
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How can bitter enemies who have inflicted unspeakable acts of cruelty on each other live together in peace? At a time in history when most organized violence consists of civil wars and when nations resort to genocidal policies, when horrendous numbers of civilians have...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2010-10-30
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The early twenty-first century has seen the beginning of a considerable shift in the global balance of power. Major international governance challenges can no longer be addressed without the ongoing co-operation of the large countries of the global South. Brazil,...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2010-10-30
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Studies in International Governance
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Two high-level commissions—the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007—addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-05-06
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Studies in International Governance
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The Final Agreement of Canada's Nisga'a Treaty is a major milestone in the history of aboriginal and government negotiations. This ground-breaking treaty recognizes the right of the Nisga'a people to live where they have always lived, and to own and control the land...
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Fifth House Books
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2006-06-14
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This Book examines the legal foundations and geopolitical implications of Turkeys Blue Homeland doctrine (Mavi Vatan) from a Turkish perspective, addressing a critical gap in the predominantly Western-centric academic discourse, which disproportionately adopts the Greek...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2025-07-02
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CONTENT OF THE BOOK
Human history does not proceed like a mechanical construct, the world is too complex for that. And yet, a certain direction and consistency in historical development become visible. Certain decisions made in 1919 by the victorious powers of the First...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2024-09-05
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH EMMANUEL MACRON As it faces a critical moment of truth, is Europe finally developing its own strategy? Without losing sight of its hopes and ambitions in terms of green and digital transition, energy autonomy, space and maritime conquest,...
Editeur :
Marie B
Parution :
2024-05-21
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