 | A History of the Modern Middle East
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by Westview Press
Paperback
(01 July, 2004)
(12 reviews) 
Customer Review: Excellent background reading for all Americans: The Middle East is such a multi-faced region with such a rich historical legacy that even people who strive to be well-informed cannot help but feel bewildered at its cultural, |
 | A New World Order
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by Princeton University Press
Hardcover
(17 February, 2004)
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 | A Pretext for War : 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
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by Doubleday
Hardcover
(08 June, 2004)
(27 reviews) 
Editorial Review: James Bamford builds his case against America's intelligence agencies from the ground up, which makes for devastating reading not only for his subjects, but for anyone concerned with the nation's security or simply smart use of taxpayer dollars. |
 | A Rumor About the Jews : Reflections on Antisemitism and "The Protocols of the Learned
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by Palgrave Macmillan
Hardcover
(01 April, 2000)
(4 reviews) 
Customer Review: A study of Anti-semitism from a Secular Jewish Viewpoint: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is still worth reading about since it one of those books that it helped start a social movement of increased intolerance and violence towards Jews in Nazi Germany. |
 | A Theory of Justice
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by Belknap Press
Paperback
(01 September, 1999)
(44 reviews)
Customer Review: Just Read It: Surely, A Theory of Justice is among the most important and influential texts in contemporary philosophy. And it is, |
 | America Right Or Wrong: An Anatomy Of American Nationalism
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(30 September, 2004)
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 | American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of
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by Viking Books
Hardcover
(01 January, 2004)
(145 reviews)
Editorial Review: Paraphrasing a passage from Machiavelli's The Prince, Kevin Phillips writes, "a ruler can ignore the mob and devote himself to the interests of the ruling class, gulling the inert majority who constitute the ruled." |
 | American Government: Brief Version, Seventh Edition
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback
(January, 2002)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: ted lowi: This is not a review. I'm trying to reach Ted Lowi. If anyone has an e-mail address, please contact me at Richjoansf@aol. |
 | An Autumn of War : What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terroris
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by Anchor
Paperback
(13 August, 2002)
(30 reviews) 
Customer Review: Essential reading.......: David Hanson provides great historical anecdotes throughout this book. Writing in a fresh and compelling way, |
 | An Introduction to Game Theory
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(01 August, 2003)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Great book! with some drawbacks.: Great book to teach a 1-semester game theory course to undergrads, but it lacks the calculus necessary for people who want to continue in the area or read technical papers with some sort of basic understanding. |
 | Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective
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by University Press of New England
Paperback
(01 May, 2001)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: The Social Capital Debate: I am purchasing this book after reading it--I have the libraries copy in front of me, but I need a copy to write in the margins and highlight. |
 | Blinded by the Right : The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative
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by Three Rivers Press
Paperback
(25 February, 2003)
(340 reviews)
Customer Review: A thought provoking Must Read!!: If you ever wondered how someone like Hitler was elected in a democracy and went on to lead his country to the brink of ruin--this book provides some frightening insights into the process. |
 | Capitalism and Freedom
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by University of Chicago Press
Paperback
(15 September, 1982)
(62 reviews)
Customer Review: Insight for those who wish to be free: Nobel laureate Milton Friedman is quite possibly the most brilliant economist in the world today and a man on the cutting edge of libertarian (classical liberal) thought. |
 | Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
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by Signet Book
Mass Market Paperback
(01 April, 1983)
(86 reviews)
Customer Review: Should Morals and Philosophy Guide Our Society and Economy?: Being a collection of essays written in the 1960s by Objectivist, novelist and non-academic philosopher Ayn Rand and certain of her like-minded associates (including Alan Greenspan, |
 | China's New Rulers: The Secret Files
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by New York Review of Books
Paperback
(01 October, 2003)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Excellent Read: This book is an excellent read for anyone who wants to know about China's rulers. Granted the "secret files" in the title made me a little skeptical, |
 | Churchill's Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq
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by Carroll & Graf Publishers
Hardcover
(30 June, 2004)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: My local bookstore is buying 75 copies - it is THAT good....: My local bookstore is buying 75 copies of this book. Yes, folks, it really is THAT good. |
 | Classics of Organization Theory
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by Wadsworth Publishing
Paperback
(05 July, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Delivers what it says....: I used this book (actually the 3rd edition) in preparing for my comprehensive exams for my master's degree. |
 | Colombia: Fragmented Land, Divided Society (Latin American Histories)
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback
(01 July, 2001)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: An invaluable historical source: Most academics in the field concede that this is the most comprehensive single-source on Colombia's history. |
 | Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions)
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by Dover Publications
Paperback
(22 April, 1997)
(33 reviews)
Customer Review: The logic of Common Sense: "Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, |
 | Complete The American Revolution!: What 9-11, Corporate Scandal And The 2000 Presidential
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by Hamilton Books
Paperback
(15 July, 2004)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Purposeful application of intellectual ability...: Most modern "political" philosophy geared to the public is mere whining, complaining, |
 | Democracy And Education
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by Free Press
Paperback
(01 February, 1997)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: Why is this book ignored by educators?: Dewey describes a philosophy of education that values and respects the learner through experiential and situated educational experiences. |
 | Democracy in America (Library of America)
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by Library of America
Hardcover
(01 February, 2004)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Tocqueville in flowing English: Arthur Goldhammer's translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's classic study of the young United States is - if you'll forgive the word - gorgeous. |
 | Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America (Penguin Classics)
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by Penguin Books
Paperback
(01 July, 2003)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: The Bevan Translation: This translation of Democracy in America is the one to buy. As you would expect from a Penguin edition, the typeface is clear and the paper is of good quality. |
 | Democracy: The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy,
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by Transaction Publishers
Paperback
(01 October, 2001)
(24 reviews)
Customer Review: down with democracy.: Hans-Hermann Hoppe is a very important political economist and philosopher in the intellectual tradition of the Austrian School of Economics -- I would say he is without a doubt the most important anarchocapitalist thinker since Murray Rothbard. |
 | Dereliction of Duty : Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies
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by HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover
(01 May, 1997)
(39 reviews)
Editorial Review: For years the popular myth surrounding the Vietnam War was that the Joint Chiefs of Staff knew what it would take to win but were consistently thwarted or ignored by the politicians in power. Now H. R. McMaster shatters this and other misconceptions about the military and Vietnam in Dereliction of Duty.Himself a West Point graduate, |
 | Does America Need a Foreign Policy? : Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century
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by Simon & Schuster
Paperback
(04 September, 2002)
(29 reviews)
Customer Review: New Challenges in a Time of Preeminence: At the dawning of the new millennium, the United States faces a paradox. It finds itself basking in a success unrivaled by history's greatest empires. |
 | Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
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by Nation Books
Paperback
(01 January, 2003)
(65 reviews)
Customer Review: A Provocative Panorama from a Profligate Pamphleteer: ...Gore Vidal opens this little book of essays with a piece written in mid-January 2001. |
 | Empire
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by Harvard University Press
Paperback
(01 July, 2001)
(64 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Empire is a sweeping book with a big-picture vision. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri argue that while classical imperialism has largely disappeared, a new empire is emerging in a diffuse blend of technology, |
 | Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America
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by Miramax Books
Hardcover
(14 April, 2004)
(18 reviews)
Editorial Review: Arianna Huffington is a rare breed of political celebrity: an articulate pundit who left the intellectually safe world of criticizing elected officials to try her hand at actually becoming one. While her campaign for Governor of California in the highly unusual 2003 recall election was unsuccessful, |
 | Fear: The History of a Political Idea
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(04 August, 2004)
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 | Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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by Vintage
Paperback
(05 February, 2002)
(281 reviews)
Customer Review: Early American politics: readable yet sophisticated history: This book shows the author?s unusual knack for sharpening one?s understanding of the circumstances, |
 | Freethinkers : A History of American Secularism
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by Metropolitan Books
Hardcover
(05 April, 2004)
(14 reviews)
Customer Review: A History Needs to be Built. This is a Good Cornerstone: Susan Jacoby's book, "Freethinkers" is a superb cornerstone needed to build a better history of America's secular traditions and strengths. |
 | How to Be President: What to Do and Where to Go Once You're in Office
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by Chronicle Books
Paperback
(May, 2004)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Entertaining little guide, probably best for young adults: This is an interesting overview of the responsibilities and perks of being the president of the United States. |
 | Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
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by Verso
Paperback
(01 July, 1991)
(18 reviews)
Customer Review: A Must-have for any student of the Social Sciences: I was first introduced to this book in a college course that examined the intellectual history of the 'Western' world from the French Revolution onward. |
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