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paperback. American foreign policy toward Europe is merrily rolling along the path of least resistance in the belief that nothing is really amiss with the European-American relationship that multilateralism will not fix. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972215
- ISBN
- 9781597972215
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
hardcover. The 2000 U.S. presidential election was not the first in American history that was exceptionally close or that produced highly disputed results. In 1801 Thomas Jefferson became president after an electoral gridlock, but only after Congress voted three dozen times to select the president. Num Pages: 192 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972246
- ISBN
- 9781597972246
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.79
€ 25.99
€ 23.79
hardcover. Links various facets of the immigration experience to policy choices and recommendations. This book focuses on how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. It sets the context of immigration before exploring the job experiences of illegal immigrants and their quest for the American dream. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972642
- ISBN
- 9781597972642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90
Paperback. Focuses on what is arguably the most important aspect of the immigration debate: how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. This book discusses legal and non-Mexican immigration. It sets the context of immigration and explores the job experiences of illegal immigrants and their quest for the American dream. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972659
- ISBN
- 9781597972659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.54
€ 32.99
€ 31.54
Hardback. Record numbers of Americans fear that our political process is broken-for good reason. Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, yet our politicians spend most of their energy attacking one another. All the while, no one in public life has offered a practical way to neutralize the bitter partisanship that paralyzes Washington. Num Pages: 216 pages, tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972697
- ISBN
- 9781597972697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.11
€ 23.11
Paperback. American foreign policy is in severe crisis. The system and process are not working as they should. On one side we are beset by a seemingly uninformed policy, on the other by paralysis and gridlock. The sense is widespread that the American system of government is broken. Num Pages: 362 pages, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972932
- ISBN
- 9781597972932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.54
€ 32.99
€ 31.54
hardcover. While many people are familiar with the U.S. Marshals Service's reputation from frontier days, when legendary lawmen such as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson enforced the Wild West, the agency's modern exploits are less well known. Num Pages: 210 pages, 24 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973670
- ISBN
- 9781597973670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
hardcover. Friday, December 19, 1777, dawned cold and windy. Fourteen thousand Continental Army soldiers tramped from dawn to dusk along the rutted Pennsylvania roads from Gulph Mills to Valley Forge, the site of their winter encampment. After the soldiers came the army's wagons, then hundreds of camp women. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973854
- ISBN
- 9781597973854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.04
€ 37.99
€ 33.04
hardcover. Nineteen sixty-two-it's been called "the end of innocence," as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy assassination and the early stirrings of Vietnam. In baseball, 1962 was a thrilling season. Num Pages: 274 pages, 10 b&w photos, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974318
- ISBN
- 9781597974318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
hardcover. New York City has long been a breeding ground for spies, saboteurs, terrorists, and other threats to the nation and its greatest city. Battleground New York City examines the history of domestic security operations and the people and agencies involved in safeguarding "the city that never sleeps". Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976770
- ISBN
- 9781597976770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.67
€ 30.99
€ 28.67
hardcover. "A Free Man of Color and His Hotel" weaves the story of a uniquely successful black businessman into the burgeoning post-Civil War political struggle that pitted the federal government against the states' desire to remain autonomous. Born in Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597978330
- ISBN
- 9781597978330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.61
€ 30.61
hardcover. It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil with more guts than money and the other with more money than sense. It erupted into a national news story, one never told in its entirety - until King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938. Num Pages: 168 pages, 36 b notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597978361
- ISBN
- 9781597978361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
hardcover. The Green Monster. The Triangle. Pesky's Pole. They are but a few of the defining features of Fenway Park, home base for legions of devoted Red Sox fans. Now, a hundred years after Fenway first opened its gates, Mercy! tells the park's history through Red Sox radio and TV announcers recalling and commemorating the American institution. Num Pages: 302 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WSBV; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597979351
- ISBN
- 9781597979351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.99
€ 27.99
€ 26.99
hardcover. Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decade-the projection of American power abroad and high energy prices-have made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin America but around the world. Num Pages: 234 pages, figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 1KLSV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612340159
- ISBN
- 9781612340159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
hardcover. Approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States result from preventable medical errors. This figure is about twice the number of people who die in car accidents and five times the number of murder victims annually, and twenty times the number of servicemen and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the start of hostilities in 2001. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612341569
- ISBN
- 9781612341569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
hardcover. Straightening the Bell Curve offers a new way of looking at the distressingly persistent subject of intelligence research as it relates to race and gender. Num Pages: 178 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL3; JHBC; JMRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612341910
- ISBN
- 9781612341910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Hardback. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen? Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs - or lack thereof - during each successive administration, explaining how and why no president thus far has been able to end poverty. Num Pages: 248 pages, appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612341941
- ISBN
- 9781612341941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardback. The magisterial "collaboration" over half a lifetime between historian Dumas Malone and his subject, Thomas Jefferson, is the basis for William G. Hyland Jr.'s compelling volume Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 B notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612341972
- ISBN
- 9781612341972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.59
€ 40.59
Hardback. American foreign policy since World War II has actively sought to reshape both domestic and international orders, hoping to hasten the coming of the "end of history" in a peaceful democratic utopia. While the end of the Cold War heightened optimism that this goal was near, American foreign policymakers still face dramatic challenges. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612345390
- ISBN
- 9781612345390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Paperback. When Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, what state was admitted as a free state? President James Buchanan and one member of his cabinet were considered "doughfaces." What does this term mean? The Battle of Honey Springs was unusual in that it did not take place in either a state or an organized territory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612345802
- ISBN
- 9781612345802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.14
€ 25.99
€ 24.14