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The way we are governed is no longer decided on a purely national level. This book systematically explores the attitudes of European publics to this internationalization of governance. Trends and sources of support for European integration are examined. Are positive...
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OUP Oxford
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1995-12-28
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Is Europe witnessing the death of the once mighty nation-state? If it is, then two of the most powerful factors in its post-war decline have been European integration and regionalism. Both challenge the nation state's monopoly of authority - one from above, the other...
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Clarendon Press
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1995-05-25
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In some western European countries trade unions and employers' organizations share responsibility with government for maintaining order and efficiency in the labour market as a matter of course. in others such a role is seen as an unacceptable interference with either...
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Clarendon Press
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1993-01-28
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Focusing on the region of the Arab world--comprising some two hundred million people and twenty-one sovereign states extending from the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf--this book develops a theory of social change that demystifies the setbacks this region has experienced...
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Oxford University Press
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1992-10-29
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This work explores how Soviet analysts interpret American domestic politics and social movements by examining their answers to such questions as: "Who rules America?" "How do these rulers stay in power?" and "How do the major classes interact in the American social and...
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Oxford University Press
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1990-07-26
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The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among...
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Oxford University Press
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1990-04-19
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During the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945, the Chinese people suffered great degradation at the hands of the Japanese. The spectacle of China's debasement as well as the very real prospect of the restoration of alien rule incensed nationalist passions throughout China....
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Oxford University Press
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1988-09-08
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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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This is one of the more controversial books from the Bronson Collection, as it draws upon the deeper significance of the 1969 Woodstock festival, and from those principals, extrapolates an imaginative scenario that Bronson maintains, could produce a new order of peace,...
Editeur :
Bestsell Media
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2025-11-15
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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
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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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COVID-19 sparked the largest global crisis of the 21st century, extending well beyond public health. For some, the impact was swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of millions into poverty and creating extreme food insecurity; for others, the...
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University of Ottawa Press
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2024-04-30
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Although part of a broader circumpolar world, North America’s Arctic and sub-Arctic borders—and the establishment of new boundaries in the wake of significant, and regionally unique, change—are increasingly relevant in the broader, global world.Indeed, the Arctic...
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University of Ottawa Press
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2021-10-12
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What are Canada’s various links with international development and globalization? They extend beyond foreign aid to diplomacy, trade, finance, aid, immigration, military intervention (both peacekeeping and combat roles), membership in a variety of international...
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University of Ottawa Press
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2018-08-28
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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
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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
Parution :
2014-10-08
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