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  • Deception in High Places

    A History of Bribery in Britain's Arms Trade

    by Nicholas Gilby ...
    Deception in High Places reveals the corruption endemic in Britain's biggest arms deals over the last fifty years.Based on painstaking research in government archives, collections of private and court papers and documents won by the author in a landmark Freedom of Information Tribunal against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the book illuminates a shadow world of bribery and elite enrichment ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade, 2nd edition

    by Nicholas Gilby ...
    Series Book 23 - No-Nonsense Guides
    One of the few up-to-date works on the whole of the arms trade, this No-Nonsense Guide explores not just the movement of weaponry across borders, but also the problematic activities that sustain the trade, such as espionage, government corruption, and shady taxpayer subsidies.This Guide reveals that despite Western governments’ preaching of the evils of the arms trade, they are the biggest ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Indefensible

    Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade

    by Paul Holden ...
    Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons.Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Screwed!

    How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-and How Our Leaders Help Them Do It

    by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann ...
    America is being Screwed!, say Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, by China, Russia, the EU, and other nations with the help of our own political and business leaders. The co-authors of nine explosive New York Times bestsellers—including Revolt!, Catastrophe, Fleeced, Outrage, and 2010: Take Back America—Morris and McGann now expose a massive global scandal that affects the lives and livelihood of ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • World Politics since 1989

    by Jonathan Holslag ...
    1989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization – of growing connectivity, affluence, and growth – give way?Jonathan Holslag navigates through the calm seas and rip tides of global politics from the Cold War to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He tells a story of faltering momentum and squandered ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Winning the War on War

    The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

    by Joshua S. Goldstein ...
    Everyone knows: wars are getting worse, more civilians are dying, and peacemaking achieves nothing, right? Wrong.Despite all the bad-news headlines, peacekeeping is working. Fewer wars are starting, more are ending, and those that remain are smaller and more localized. But peace doesn’t just happen; it needs to be put into effect. Moreover, understanding the global decline in armed conflict is ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Blood on the Stone

    Greed, Corruption and War in the Global Diamond Trade

    by Ian Smillie ...
    Africa's diamond wars took four million lives. They destroyed the lives of millions more and they crippled the economies of Angola, the Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The biggest UN peacekeeping forces in the world—in Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Congo and Côte d’Ivoire―are the legacy of 'conflict' or 'blood diamonds'.'Blood on the Stone' tells the story of how diamonds came to be so dangerous. It ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Political History of Ghana (1950-2013)

    The Experience of a Non-Conformist

    by Obed Yao Asamoah ...
    This book is an instructive historical record of the First Republic of Ghana and the triumphs and tribulations of successive governments since 1950. It reminds us of the struggle between Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his political opponents in the period preceding the achievement of political independence for Ghana, the events leading to his overthrow, and its impact on the course of Ghanas ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Charge Kept

    The Record of the Bush Presidency 2001–2009

    by Marc A. Thiessen ...
    An account of George W. Bush's accomplishments in office, by an administration insider and Washington Post columnist.A former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, Marc A. Thiessen offers a record of Bush's two terms and the events and policies that shaped them—including his response to the devastating attacks of 9/11.In chapters covering the economy, education, foreign policy, health ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The International Arms Trade

    by Rachel Stohl, Suzette Grillot ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.This succinct and accessible new ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Politics Of Humanity

    The Reality of Relief Aid

    by John Holmes ...
    John Holmes was the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2007 until 2010. His work took him to some of the most troubled areas of the world: to Sri Lanka, Darfur, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among other places, and exposed him to the harsh realities of humanitarian aid.Frequently he found that the UN's humanitarian programmes in these hotspots were ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Oil and World Politics

    The real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more

    by John Foster ...
    Petroleum is the most valuable commodity in the world and an enormous source of wealth for those who sell it, transport it and transform it for its many uses. As the engine of modern economies and industries, governments everywhere want to assure steady supplies. Without it, their economies would grind to a standstill.Since petroleum is not evenly distributed around the world, powerful countries ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD