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Oblivion or Glory 1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill

Stafford David

ISBN: HB: 9780300234046, Yale University Press, September 2019
288 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.

After the tragic consequences of his involvement in the catastrophic Dardanelles Campaign of World War I, Churchill's political career seemed over. He was widely regarded as little more than a bombastic and unpredictable buccaneer until, in 1921, an...

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Authoritarian Apprehensions Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria

Wedeen Lisa

ISBN: PB: 9780226650609, ISBN: HB: 9780226650579, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 halftones, 6 line drawings

If the Arab uprisings initially heralded the end of tyrannies and a move toward liberal democratic governments, their defeat not only marked a reversal but was of a piece with emerging forms of authoritarianism worldwide. In "Authoritarian Apprehensi...

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Literary Criticism

Neoliberalism and Contemporary American Literature

Kennedy Liam, Shapiro Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9781512603613, ISBN: HB: 9781512603606, University of Chicago Press, Dartmouth College Press, September 2019
252 pp., 23.4x15.8 cm

Neoliberalism is the rare buzzword that has fully crossed over from academic theorizing into mainstream discussion. "Neoliberalism and Contemporary American Literature" is the first book to examine the ways that US literature has responded to the dom...

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Politics of Petulance America in an Age of Immaturity

Wolfe Alan

ISBN: PB: 9780226679112, ISBN: HB: 9780226555164, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 halftones, 1 table

"How did we get into this mess?" Every morning, many Americans ask this as, with a cringe, they pick up their phones and look to see what terrible thing President Trump has just said or done. Regardless of what he's complaining about or who he's atta...

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Christianity

Is Europe Christian?

Roy Olivier

ISBN: HB: 9781787381902, Hurst Publishers, September 2019
184 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In this short but bracing book, Olivier Roy traces the Church's long battle against a tide of secularization in Europe. Since the Enlightenment, religion has been losing ground as the source of moral norms. But while the questi...

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International Populism The Radical Right in the European Parliament

McDonnell Duncan, Werner Annika

ISBN: PB: 9781787381391, Hurst Publishers, September 2019
208 pp., 21.6x13.4 cm

For sale in CIS only! The 2014 European Parliament elections were hailed as a "populist earthquake", with parties like the French Front National, UKIP and the Danish People's Party topping the polls in their respective countries. But what happened a...

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Political Science

Bretton Woods Agreements Together with Scholarly Commentaries and Essential Historical Documents

Shapiro Ian, Lamoreaux Naomi

ISBN: PB: 9780300236798, Yale University Press, August 2019
504 pp., 21x14 cm, 5 black&white illus.

The two world wars brought an end to a long-standing system of international commerce based on the gold standard. After the First World War, the weaknesses in the gold standard contributed to hyperinflation, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism,...

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Entrenchment Wealth, Power, and the Constitution of Democratic Societies

Starr Paul

ISBN: HB: 9780300238471, Yale University Press, August 2019
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

Much of our politics today, Paul Starr writes, is a struggle over entrenchment – efforts to bring about change in ways that opponents will find difficult to undo. That is why the stakes of contemporary politics are so high. In this wide-ranging boo...

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Future Proof How to Build Resilience in an Uncertain World

Coaffee Jon

ISBN: HB: 9780300228670, Yale University Press, August 2019
288 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have...

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Great Alignment Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump

Abramowitz Alan I.

ISBN: PB: 9780300245738, ISBN: HB: 9780300207132, Yale University Press, August 2019
216 pp., 21x14 cm, 17 black&white illus.

Alan I. Abramowitz has emerged as a leading spokesman for the view that our current political divide is not confined to a small group of elites and activists but a key feature of the American social and cultural landscape. The polarization of the pol...

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