America's Search for Security : The Triumph of Idealism and the Return of Realism 9781442225640, 9781442225633

This book details the ways in which America’s ascendancy to global superpower status was the result of its dueling forei

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As a nation makes the transition from communism to democracy or another form of authoritarianism, its regime must constr

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A decade ago there was talk of the "end of history". Francis Fukuyama assured us that no ideology, even Islami

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Despite China's effort to maintain peace with its neighbors, its military and economic growth poses an undeniable t

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This book brings together the best work on space security by well-known arms control analysts, along with significant re

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Hilderbrand explains why, with the Second World War moving toward an Allied victory in the summer of 1944, the United St

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As China's centrally planned economy and welfare state have given way to a more loosely controlled version of "

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Engages with one of the oldest philosophical problems—the relationship between thought and being—and offers a fresh pers

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Drawing from a variety of contemporary literature―including such works as One Hundred Years of Solitude, Beloved, and Li

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