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  • Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations

    The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern War

    Edición de Lionel Beehner, Risa Brooks, Daniel Maurer ...
    This book explores contemporary civil-military relations in the United States. Much of the canonical literature on civil-military relations was either written during or references the Cold War, while other major research focuses on the post-Cold War era, or the first decade of the twenty-first century. A great deal has changed since then. This book considers the implications for civil-military ... Leer más

    $41.39 USD

  • Political-Military Relations and the Stability of Arab Regimes

    de Risa Brooks ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Arab leaderships have been remarkably stable since the 1970s, particularly given the frequency of military coups in preceding years. Nonetheless, the military remains a key force in most Arab states and political leaders must maintain its loyalty if they are to retain office. Regimes have used a range of methods to ensure the military’s backing:In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak has maintained ... Leer más

    $47.99 USD

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  • The Ideas Industry

    How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas

    de Daniel W. Drezner ...
    The public intellectual has a long and storied history. Previously, the public intellectual was always expected to opine on a broad array of topics, from foreign policy to economics. Yet in recent years a new kind of thinker has supplanted that archetype: the thought leader. Equipped with one big idea, thought leaders focus their energies on TED talks rather than highbrow periodicals. In contrast ... Leer más

    $15.19 USD

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  • Upstart

    How China Became a Great Power

    de Oriana Skylar Mastro ...
    A powerful new explanation of China's rise that draws from the business world to show that China is not simply copying established great powers, but exploiting geopolitical opportunities around the world that those other powers had ignored. Thirty years ago, the idea that China could challenge the United States economically, globally, and militarily seemed unfathomable. Yet today, China is ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Think Tanks in America

    de Thomas Medvetz ...
    A revealing look at the rise of these influential institutions, and the effect they've had on the United States.Think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures to journalists and media specialists. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? What kind of research do they ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Warriors and Citizens

    American Views of Our Military

    Edición de Jim Mattis, Kori N. Schake ...
    A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "gap"—and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those gaps between civilian and military attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Deadly Life of Logistics

    Mapping Violence in Global Trade

    de Deborah Cowen ...
    In a world in which global trade is at risk, where warehouses and airports, shipping lanes and seaports try to guard against the likes of Al Qaeda and Somali pirates, and natural disaster can disrupt the flow of goods, even our “stuff” has a political life. The high stakes of logistics are not surprising, Deborah Cowen reveals, if we understand its genesis in war.In The Deadly Life of Logistics, ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Rise of the Military Welfare State

    de Jennifer Mittelstadt ...
    This study of US military benefits " offers a disturbing view of the armed forces as a high-value target in political clashes over public assistance" ( The Nation).Since the end of the draft, the U.S. Army has prided itself on its patriotic volunteers who heed the call to "Be All That You Can Be." But beneath the recruitment slogans, the army promised volunteers something more tangible: a social ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Fifth Estate

    Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance

    de James G. McGann ...
    What role do think tanks play in shaping public policy and public discourse in the United States?In The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann illustrates how policymakers have come to value the independent analysis and advice provided by think tanks and why it has become one of the defining characteristics of the American political system. Drawing on case ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy

    The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

    de Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Mackubin Thomas Owens ...
    Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post–World War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United States attempted to construct a world characterized by cooperation. When American optimism clashed with Soviet expansionism, the United States ... Leer más

    $29.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Asia-Pacific Security

    An Introduction

    de Joanne Wallis, Andrew Carr, Brad Glosserman, Lowell Dittmer, H.D.P. Envall, Ian Hall, Tim Huxley, Brendan Taylor, James Manicom0, Christopher Paul1, Nick Nelson2, Alistair D. Cook3, Rex Hughes4, Mathew Davies5, Sarah Teitt6, William Tow7 ...
    This new textbook gathers an international roster of top security studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific’s international relations and pressing contemporary security issues. It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters students' use in international relations and security studies courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich contemporary and historical ... Leer más

    $33.29 USD

  • Abolishing State Violence

    A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages

    de Ray Acheson ...
    ABOLISHING STATE VIOLENCE is an urgent and accessible analysis of the key structures of state violence in our world today, and a clarion call to action for their abolition.Connecting movements for social justice with ideas for how activists can support and build on this analysis and strategy, this book shows that there are many mutually supportive abolition movements, each enhanced by a shared ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD