 | Private Warriors
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by Verso
Hardcover
(27 July, 2000)
(6 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Journalist Ken Silverstein delivers a broadside against the modern military-industrial complex in Private Warriors. In the post-cold-war world of rising defense budgets and arms proliferation, Silverstein finds plenty to worry about: "Former Defense Department officials serve as consultants to the arms industry, |
 | Privileging Industry : The Comparative Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy
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by Princeton University Press
Paperback
(23 February, 2004)
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 | Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America,
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by Johns Hopkins University Press
Paperback
(01 August, 1996)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: On conditions for democracy: Having read this book, I understand why Linz has gained international reputation. (As an example, he was made honorary doctor at The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo, |
 | Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism
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by Oneworld Publications Ltd
Paperback
(March, 2003)
(9 reviews) 
Customer Review: must read for contemporary Muslims: There is so much trash being published about Islam that it is liberating to see a book about how Muslims engage their own tradition with such honesty and openness. |
 | Putin's Russia
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by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Paperback
(01 April, 2003)
(2 reviews) 
Customer Review: Highly Recommended!: Author Lilia Shevtsova gives an authoritative, if undramatic and less than perfectly organized, account of the rise of Vladimir Putin. |
 | Reappraising Republican China (Studies on Contemporary China)
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback
(01 November, 1999)
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 | Shadow Shoguns: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Postwar Political Machine
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by Stanford University Press
Paperback
(01 June, 1999)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Politics is power. Power is numbers.: This is a far better book than the more theoretical approach by Karel van Wolferen in 'The Enigma of Japanese Power'.A |
 | Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation
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by University of Hawaii Press
Paperback
(01 August, 1997)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Original, innovating and refreshing: Thai historian Thongchai Winichakul's account of a critical period in Thai history pairs an originalap proach with thorough academic research. |
 | States of Denial: Knowing About Atrocities and Suffering
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by Polity Press
Paperback
(01 January, 2001)
(3 reviews) 
Customer Review: Reader from London--Should Read London Papers: States of Denial: Knowing About Atrocities and Suffering by Stanley Cohen was awarded the 2002 British Academy Book Prize. |
 | Taiwan: A Political History
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by Cornell University Press
Paperback
(01 March, 2003)
(8 reviews)
Customer Review: "Even-handed, thorough, and accurate": Review by Prof. Shelley Rigger, the top U.S. scholar on Taiwan, in TOPICS magazine, May 2003: "Nowhere else will readers find such an even-handed, |
 | Takeover in Tehran: The Inside Story of the 1979 U.S. Embassy Capture
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by Talonbooks, Ltd.
Paperback
(20 January, 2001)
(12 reviews)
Customer Review: Shedding light on a dark page of contemporary history: As an Iranian who has lived in US and is familiar with Americam mentality on Iran I found this book fairly objective yet quite idealogical and to some extent successful in presenting for the first time the students and the Iranian view point. |
 | Teetering on the Rim
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by Columbia University Press
Paperback
(15 May, 2000)
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 | The Chinese
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by Free Press
Hardcover
(08 December, 2000)
(15 reviews)
Customer Review: an accessible account of China: I have wanted to know more about China but most of the books I have tried to read on the subject just put me to sleep. |
 | The Common Law
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by Dover Publications
Paperback
(01 July, 1991)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: Worth more than one reading: This is one of those books that deserves more than one read. Some books are to be read more than once, |
 | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Modern China
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by Alpha Books
Paperback
(20 September, 2002)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Sure it's concise, but potentially written by a 5th grader: OK, my title might be a bit harsh, but not by a lot. I bought this hoping to get a quick overview of Chinese history, |
 | The Cost of Living
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by Modern Library
Paperback
(12 October, 1999)
(16 reviews)
Customer Review: Roy's values and sensitivities shines: In her newest offering Arudhati Roy , the writter of the widely known and multi-awarded The God Of Small Things presents a deep , |
 | The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, and Legacy
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback
(01 November, 1998)
(4 reviews) 
Customer Review: Falls a bit short.: Rarely does one find a book concerning the Cuban Revolution in which the author at least makes an effort to keep there political views out of the analysis. |
 | The Cuban Way: Capitalism, Communism and Confrontation
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by Kumarian Press
Paperback
(01 February, 1999)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: A good overview of Cuba toward the end of the Special Period: This book mixes little snapshots of individuals' lives in Cuba after the bottom fell out of the Cuban economy in 93-94 with statistical data to provide a good mix of hard facts and real-life experiences. |
 | The Development of Secularism in Turkey
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by Routledge
Paperback
(October, 1998)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: A comprehensive history of modernization in Turkey: This book is all about the struggle given in Turkey towards modernization or Westernization, |
 | The Digest of Justinian (2 Volume Set)
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by University of Pennsylvania Press
Paperback
(01 February, 1998)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Masterpiece of Roman History: An must-have for anyone interested in legal history and/or Roman history. Truly a magnificent work. |
 | The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights
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by Cambridge University Press
Paperback
(01 January, 1999)
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 | The East Timor Question
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by I.B.Tauris
Paperback
(04 November, 2000)
(2 reviews) 
Customer Review: Portugal is Missing in the Picture: Any book about East Timor should dedicate a chapter to the Portuguese foreign policy about this issue. |
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