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Political activism
Hardback. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974257
- ISBN
- 9781597974257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.87
€ 39.87
Hardback. The radicalization of Muslims and Islamic institutions in the United States, Europe, and across the Islamic world has fostered a new generation of Islamist activists, many of them willing to use violence to achieve their aims. Num Pages: 182 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPF; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973021
- ISBN
- 9781597973021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.15
€ 32.99
€ 29.15
hardcover. The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization. Many violent groups and governments have recently turned to illicit narcotics in their entrepreneurial quests to stay viable in the post-Cold War world. Num Pages: 194 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JKVG; JPWL; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781597972567
- ISBN
- 9781597972567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Hardback. Osama bin Laden's words carry a great deal of weight in the West. When he speaks, or allegedly speaks, we listen. But what about the words of other key leaders in the Al-Qa'ida terrorist network? We can learn how to conduct the war on terrorism more successfully when we study their own manuals, written for their followers. Num Pages: 210 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972529
- ISBN
- 9781597972529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 48.38
€ 52.56
€ 48.38
Hardback. The War of All the People elucidates the ideological and political war against the United States, capitalism, and the widely accepted tenets of modernity. Num Pages: 280 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 1KL; JPSL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597977043
- ISBN
- 9781597977043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Paperback. Tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from US occupation to local sovereignty. Undoing Saddam goes beyond the attacks and violence to detail the day-to-day problems of rebuilding a nation, including constructing schools, digging wells, completing roads, and building new power plants. Num Pages: 226 pages, 30 b&w photos, timeline. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBW; JPHV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971645
- ISBN
- 9781597971645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.29
€ 19.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Shows that a segment of the Islamic world disapproves of specific US policies and their attendant military, political, and economic implications. This title demonstrates that they will go to any length, not to destroy our secular, democratic way of life, but to deter what they view as specific attacks on their lands, communities, and religion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971591
- ISBN
- 9781597971591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.89
€ 20.99
€ 19.89
Paperback. Discusses aspects of terror with regard to human rights events across the globe, but especially in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. This title demonstrates that the need to question continuously and to engage in permanent critique does not contradict the need to seek answers, to advocate social change, and to intervene critically. Editor(s): McClennen, Sophia A.; Morello, Henry James. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535689
- ISBN
- 9781557535689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 1107 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBWP; JPWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- With new illustrations and a new introduction by G
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469624464
- ISBN
- 9781469624464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 154.70
€ 154.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780975290675
- ISBN
- 9780975290675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBWN; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602767
- ISBN
- 9780815602767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.56
€ 21.99
€ 20.56
Paperback. Analyzes the early years of the French Revolution to reveal the true difficulty of founding a liberal democracy in the midst of continual warfare, repeated coups d'etat, and endemic civil strife. This book highlights the role played by violence and fear in generating illiberal politics. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 b&w illustrations 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927299
- ISBN
- 9780813927299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Hardcover. A study of the conflicting attitudes of 18th-century French subjects toward royal authority. It examines cases of seditious speech in police files, demonstrating how the premodern virtue of loyalty gave way to new ideas and vocabularies about the relationship between individuals and government. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919270
- ISBN
- 9780813919270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.10
€ 70.10
Paperback. Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633503
- ISBN
- 9781469633503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.41
€ 37.41
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 are indelibly etched into our cultural memory. This is the story of how the legal ramifications of that day brought two US presidents, Congress, and the Supreme Court into repeated confrontation over the incarceration of hundreds of suspected terrorists and "enemy combatants" at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; JPWL; LND; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621705
- ISBN
- 9780700621705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. A clear-headed, deeply researched, and convincing critique of the Warren Commission's investigation into the murder of President John F. Kennedy and its deliberate attempt to deceive the public with its "lone gunman" finding. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619399
- ISBN
- 9780700619399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.05
€ 32.99
€ 31.05
Paperback. Chronicles the efforts of a historic joint House-Senate inquiry to get to the bottom of our intelligence failures on 9/11 in 2001. This study provides a grim reminder of the challenges that remain in the war on terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPSH; JPWL2. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616268
- ISBN
- 9780700616268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.97
€ 44.97
Paperback. Kurtz, a distinguished historian who has plumbed every crevice of the controversial Kennedy assassination case for more than 30 years, now sums up and critiques four decades of debate, while also offering provocative new perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 59389th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616251
- ISBN
- 9780700616251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Hardcover. A study of the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations (AGLOSO) and its critical role in the post - World War II Red Scare. This book demonstrates how the listed organizations and their members (including a large number of federal employees) came under suspicion, were investigated, and suffered numerous public and private penalties. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616046
- ISBN
- 9780700616046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.77
€ 78.77
Paperback. While environmental advocacy groups have become bigger in recent years, so have the corporate interests that compete with them for the attention of public and politicians. This study looks at environmental advocacy that focuses on contemporary lobbying, electioneering and agenda setting. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; JPW; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612789
- ISBN
- 9780700612789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Takes us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. This title reveals how the domestic political culture created by the cold war has driven these developments forward since 9/11. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226522081
- ISBN
- 9780226522081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.32
€ 44.99
€ 34.32
Hardcover. The term "community organizer" was deployed repeatedly against Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign as a way to paint him as an inexperienced politician unfit for the presidency. This book recounts the rise of African American political power and activism from 1930s onward, revealing how it was achieved through community building. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 halftones, 4 line drawings, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226130699
- ISBN
- 9780226130699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.41
€ 44.99
€ 34.41
Paperback. Argentina's established democracy endured the trauma of four major military uprisings between 1987 and 1990, continuing even after the rebels' original motivations faded. Exploring the causes of the rebellions and the rebel movement's development, this title underlines the inherently undefined nature of the democracies. Num Pages: 240 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPN; HBTS; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803283695
- ISBN
- 9780803283695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.36
€ 26.99
€ 25.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPWH; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448409
- ISBN
- 9780801448409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.94
€ 139.94