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Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relationsby Raymond Cohen, Raymond WestbrookISBN 0801871034 (0-8018-7103-4)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Art Of Warby Sun Tzu, Thomas F. ClearyISBN 0877734526 (0-87773-452-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of War'Book summary:The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history, a master of warfare interpretation. This condensed version of his influential classic imparts the knowledge and skills to overcome every adversary in war, at the office, or in everyday life.[via] -
The Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy for Themartial Artistby Sun Tzu, Stephen F. KaufmanISBN 0804830800 (0-8048-3080-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy for Themartial Artist'Book summary:Sun Tzu's Art of War is perhaps the best known and highly regarded treatise on strategy ever written. Although its wisdom is over two thousand years old, its principles are timeless for today's boardroom battlefields. Thirteen sections present incisive strategems from assessing the foe to proper treatment of troops to espionage. Hanshi Steve Kaufman, the widely acknowledged "Founding Father" of American Karate, translates this classic with respect for its powerful martial applications. Kaufman packs the power of the original text into straightforward prose for the benefits of all martial artists and corporate warriors. [via]
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The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Lifeby Stefan Rudnicki, Sun-TzuISBN 0787105619 (0-7871-0561-9)
Hardcover, Newstar Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life'Book summary:This classic tract written 2,500 years ago by a leading Chinese philosopher-general proposes a perspective with which to negotiate daily conflicts and insightful tools to help one to succeed in life and define and achieve personal goals. [via]
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Lifeby Walter IsaacsonISBN 0786260033 (0-7862-6003-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin: An American Life'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin, writes journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson, was that rare Founding Father who would sooner wink at a passer-by than sit still for a formal portrait. What's more, Isaacson relates in this fluent and entertaining biography, the revolutionary leader represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today, one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over class privilege. That broadly democratic sensibility allowed Franklin his contradictions, as Isaacson shows. Though a man of lofty principles, Franklin wasn't shy of using sex to sell the newspapers he edited and published; though far from frivolous, he liked his toys and his mortal pleasures; and though he sometimes gave off a simpleton image, he was a shrewd and even crafty politician. Isaacson doesn't shy from enumerating Franklins occasional peccadilloes and shortcomings, in keeping with the iconoclastic nature of our time--none of which, however, stops him from considering Benjamin Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age," and one of the most admirable of any era. And heres one bit of proof: as a young man, Ben Franklin regularly went without food in order to buy books. His example, as always, is a good one--and this is just the book to buy with the proceeds from the grocery budget. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Brutal Truths, Fragile Myths: Power Politics and Western Adventurism in the Arab Worldby Mark HubandISBN 0813337534 (0-8133-3753-4)
Hardcover, Westview Pr
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The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop Itby Chris Mitchell, John Miller, Michael StoneISBN 0786887826 (0-7868-8782-6)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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China's Foreign Relationsby Denny RoyISBN 084769013X (0-8476-9013-X)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Complete Art of Warby Sun-Tzu, Sun Pin, Mei-Chun Lee Sawyer, Ralph D. SawyerISBN 0813330858 (0-8133-3085-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Art of War'Book summary:Sun Tzu's Art of War is the most famous, and the most thought-provoking, work of strategy ever written. The profound insights of this book have endured for over two thousand years, and they continue to reward careful study. The Military Methods of Sun Pin, the great-grandson of Sun Tzu, is a brilliant elaboration on his ancestor's work, which has been lost for nearly two millennia. Presented here together for the first time are the greatest of the ancient Chinese classics of strategic thought: The Complete Art of War.The Sun family writings on strategy represent a unique contribution to our understanding of human affairs. By unveiling the complex, often unexpected, interrelationships of armies locked in battle, their wisdom reveals the enduring principles of success in the struggle of life itself.With a unique index to the essential principles of strategy, and Sawyer's thoughtful chapter-by-chapter commentaries, The Complete Art of War is designed to guide the reader to new insights into the nature of human conflict and a greater understanding of every field of human activity, from playing the game of politics to building a successful marriage, from closing a deal to managing a large organization, and even from making war to making peace. [via]
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The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity, 1812-1822by Harold George NicolsonISBN 080213744X (0-8021-3744-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Crisis Management: Confrontation and Diplomacy in the Nuclear Ageby Phil WilliamsISBN 0855200987 (0-85520-098-7)
Hardcover, M. Robertson
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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terrorby Bernard LewisISBN 0812967852 (0-8129-6785-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror'Book summary:After the terrorist attacks of September 11, many Americans yearned to understand why Muslim extremists felt such passionate animosity toward the Western world, particularly the United States. Since that historic attack there have been many books and discussions about this very question, but few of them offer such a readable and relevant response as this excellent offering by renowned historian Bernard Lewis (What Went Wrong?). For modern Westerners, Islam is an especially foreign religion and culture to understand. For instance, Westerners typically dismiss things as unimportant when using the expression "thats history." But for those raised in Muslim households, historyeven ancient historyis just as important (if not more important) as the present. And to better understand the hostilities rooted in this historyone could start with recognizing the long-standing resentment the Islamic community harbors from having its homelands torn apart and re-packaged into random political states by occupying Europeans (Westerners). Or stretch back in time to the brutality of the Crusades. Or go straight to the U.S. political meddling in the region throughout the latter 20th century.
This is not a pity fest for Muslims. Lewis even-handedly explores the sources of Islamic antagonism toward the West while also explaining how a supposedly peace-worshipping religion could be so distorted by violent extremism. He notes that the American way of lifeespecially that of fulfillment through material gain and sexual freedomis a direct threat to Islamic values (which is why night clubsplaces where men and women publicly touch one anotherare targets of bombings). But it is basic Western democracy that especially threatens Islamic extremists, notes Lewis, because within its own community more and more Muslims are coming to value the freedom that political democracy allows. For anyone wanting an intelligent and accessible primer on the Islamic-Western conflict, this is an excellent place to begin. Gail Hudson [via]More editions of The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror:
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietamby James M. McPhersonISBN 0786249099 (0-7862-4909-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam'Book summary:The bloodiest day in United States history was September 17, 1862, when, during the Civil War battle at Antietam, close to 6,500 soldiers were killed or mortally wounded and another 15,000 were seriously wounded. Moreover, James M. McPherson states in his concise chronicle of the event Crossroads of Freedom, it may well have been the pivotal moment of the war and possibly of the young republic itself. The South, after a series of setbacks in the spring of 1862, had reversed the war's momentum during the summer, and was on not only on the "brink of military victory" but about to achieve diplomatic recognition by European nations, most notably England and France. Though the bulk of his book concerns itself with the details--and incredible carnage--of the battle itself, McPherson raises it above typical military histories by placing it in its socio-political context: The victory prodded Abraham Lincoln to announce his "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves. England and France deferred their economic alliance with the battered secessionists. Most importantly, it kept Lincoln's party, the Republicans, in control of Congress. McPherson's account is accessible, elegant, and economical. --H. O'Billovich [via]
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Death on the Nevskii Prospektby David DickinsonISBN 0786718978 (0-7867-1897-8)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Detente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reaganby Raymond L. GarthoffISBN 0815730411 (0-8157-3041-1)
Softcover, Brookings Institution Press
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The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951by John Julius NorwichISBN 0753821052 (0-7538-2105-2)
Softcover, Orion Pub Co
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Engaging India Diplomacy Democracy And the Bomb: Diplomacy, Democracy, And the Bomb Revised Editionby Strobe TalbottISBN 0815783019 (0-8157-8301-9)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bombby Strobe TalbottISBN 0815783000 (0-8157-8300-0)
Hardcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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Foreignerby C. J. CherryhISBN 0756402514 (0-7564-0251-4)
Softcover, Daw Books
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The Forging of the American Empire: From the Revolution to Vietnam, a History of U.S. Imperialismby Howard Zinn, Sidney LensISBN 0745321003 (0-7453-2100-3)
Softcover, Pluto Pr
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendshipby Jon MeachamISBN 0812972821 (0-8129-7282-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship'Book summary:The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of historys towering leaders
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of the Greatest Generation. In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. It was a crucial friendship, and a unique onea president and a prime minister spending enormous amounts of time together (113 days during the war) and exchanging nearly two thousand messages. Amid cocktails, cigarettes, and cigars, they met, often secretly, in places as far-flung as Washington, Hyde Park, Casablanca, and Teheran, talking to each other of war, politics, the burden of command, their health, their wives, and their children.
Born in the nineteenth century and molders of the twentieth and twenty-first, Roosevelt and Churchill had much in common. Sons of the elite, students of history, politicians of the first rank, they savored power. In their own time both men were underestimated, dismissed as arrogant, and faced skeptics and haters in their own nationsyet both magnificently rose to the central challenges of the twentieth century. Theirs was a kind of love story, with an emotional Churchill courting an elusive Roosevelt. The British prime minister, who rallied his nation in its darkest hour, standing alone against Adolf Hitler, was always somewhat insecure about his place in FDRs affectionswhich was the way Roosevelt wanted it. A man of secrets, FDR liked to keep people off balance, including his wife, Eleanor, his White House aidesand Winston Churchill.
Confronting tyranny and terror, Roosevelt and Churchill built a victorious alliance amid cataclysmic events and occasionally conflicting interests. Franklin and Winston is also the story of their marriages and their families, two clans caught up in the most sweeping global conflict in history.
Meachams new sourcesincluding unpublished letters of FDRs great secret love, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, the papers of Pamela Churchill Harriman, and interviews with the few surviving people who were in FDR and Churchills joint companyshed fresh light on the characters of both men as he engagingly chronicles the hours in which they decided the course of the struggle.
Hitler brought them together; later in the war, they drifted apart, but even in the autumn of their alliance, the pull of affection was always there. Charting the personal drama behind the discussions of strategy and statecraft, Meacham has written the definitive account of the most remarkable friendship of the modern age.
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French Legation in Texasby Nancy Nichols BarkerISBN 087611026X (0-87611-026-X)
Hardcover, Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Getting to Dayton: The Making of America's Bosnia Policyby Ivo H. DaalderISBN 0815716915 (0-8157-1691-5)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting to Dayton: The Making of America's Bosnia Policy'Book summary:For over four years, Washington responded to war in Bosnia by handing the problem to the Europeans to resolve and substituting high-minded rhetoric for concerted action. Then, in the summer of 1995, the Clinton administration suddenly shifted course, deciding to assert the leadership that would prove necessary to end the war in Bosnia. This book --based on numerous interviews with key participants in the decisionmaking process and written by a former National Security Council aide --examines how the policy to end the war took shape. Getting to Dayton is a powerful case study of how determined individuals can exploit their positions to change U.S. government policy on crucial issues. In so doing, Daalder not only explains how Washington launched the diplomacy that culminated at Dayton, but also why the subsequent peace proved to be difficult to establish. Ivo H. Daalder is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 1995 to 1996 he served on the National Security Council staff as Director for European Affairs, where he was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy for Bosnia. His most recent publications include The United States and Europe in the Global Arena (1998) and Bosnia After SFOR: Options for Continued U.S. Engagement (1997). He is co-author of Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo, which will be published in 2000. [via]
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Gill Harvey, Peter DennisISBN 0794503292 (0-7945-0329-2)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition" includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader contend with Swifts complex references and vocabulary. First published anonymously in 1727, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels created a storm of criticismfrom those who believed the stories to be true and knew exactly who Lemuel Gulliver was, to those who demanded that the writer of the seditious tales be hunted down and executed for high treason. Even today, Swifts vitriolic attacks on politics, culture, and human nature itself have earned him the reputation of a crazed misanthrope. Swift, through his hero, consistently rails against political whims, human follies, and the bestial behaviors of the human race: In Lilliput, Gulliver is twelve times the size of the European-like natives. In Brobdingnag, he is one-twelfth the size of the primitive but moral inhabitants. In Laputa, buildings collapse and clothing does not fit, although constructed by the most modern and reasonable means. Finally, in the land of the horse-like Houyhnhnms Gulliver realizes that he and his race are nothing but a brood of Yahoos. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Angela WilkesISBN 0860206122 (0-86020-612-2)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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Gulliver's Travelsby Malvina G. Vogel, Johnathon Smith, Johathan SwiftISBN 0866119922 (0-86611-992-2)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Gulliver's Travelsby S.D. Schindler, Jonathan Swift, Raymond JamesISBN 0816718652 (0-8167-1865-2)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc
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In Confidence : Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidentsby Anatoly Dobrynin, Lawrence MalkinISBN 0812923286 (0-8129-2328-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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In Retrospect : The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnamby Robert S. McNamara, Brian VandemarkISBN 0812925238 (0-8129-2523-8)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-45by Robert FiskISBN 0812278887 (0-8122-7888-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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International Law and International Relationsby J. Craig BarkerISBN 0826450288 (0-8264-5028-8)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Italian Fascism: Its Origins and Developmentby Alexander De GrandISBN 0803266227 (0-8032-6622-7)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Italian Fascism: Its Origins and Development'Book summary:On October 29, 1922, when Benito Mussolini completed the March on Rome and was appointed prime minister of Italy, the Fascist regime began in triumph. It ended some twenty-two years later with the execution of Mussolini and the collapse of the German-inspired Italian Social Republic. In this third edition of Italian Fascism Alexander De Grand maintains his disagreement with recent interpretations of the movement and regime as revolutionary and leftist. While not ignoring the importance of ideology, he sees Fascism in Italy as a bourgeois response to the challenge of proletarian revolution and an approach to the problem of conservative control in an era of mass politics.[via]For the third edition, De Grand has substantially revised the discussion of culture and ideology, the conclusion, and the bibliography. Incorporating the most recent interpretations and research, this introduction to Italian Fascism reinterprets an important development in modern history.
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliverby Jonathan Swift, Martin Jenkins, Chris RiddellISBN 0763624098 (0-7636-2409-8)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Swift's Gulliver'Book summary:A tour de force of illustration and design, JONATHAN SWIFT'S GULLIVER is a magnificent introduction to one of the most popular stories in the English language.
First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's classic adventure story has long been a favorite with adults and children alike. This magnificent edition contains all of Gulliver's extraordinary voyages. Travel to Lilliput, land of the small, and Brobdingnag, land of giants; to Laputa, where inhabitants need to be hit on the head with sticks to remind them to talk; to Glubbdubdrib, island of ghosts and magicians; and finally, to the kingdom of the Houyhnhnms, where horses rule over humans.
Award-winning author Martin Jenkins has skillfully abridged the original novel, remaining true to its tone and humor while making it accessible to younger readers. He is brilliantly assisted by Kate Greenaway Medalist Chris Riddell, who brings to life the people, creatures, and kingdoms of Swift's searing imagination in wonderful panoramic detail. [via]More editions of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver:
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The Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0802713025 (0-8027-1302-5)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Left Hand of Darkness'Book summary:Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed. The inventiveness and delicacy with which Le Guin portrays her alien world are not only unusual and inspiring, they are fundamental to almost all decent science fiction that has been written since. In fact, reading Le Guin again may cause the eye to narrow somewhat disapprovingly at the younger generation: what new ground are they breaking that is not already explored here with greater skill and acumen? It cannot be said, however, that this is a rollicking good story. Le Guin takes a lot of time to explore her characters, the world of her creation, and the philosophical themes that arise.
If there were a canon of classic science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness would be included without debate. Certainly, no science fiction bookshelf may be said to be complete without it. But the real question: is it fun to read? It is science fiction of an earlier time, a time that has not worn particularly well in the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness was a groundbreaking book in 1969, a time when, like the rest of the arts, science fiction was awakening to new dimensions in both society and literature. But the first excursions out of the pulp tradition are sometimes difficult to reread with much enjoyment. Rereading The Left Hand of Darkness, decades after its publication, one feels that those who chose it for the Hugo and Nebula awards were right to do so, for it truly does stand out as one of the great books of that era. It is immensely rich in timeless wisdom and insight.
The Left Hand of Darkness is science fiction for the thinking reader, and should be read attentively in order to properly savor the depth of insight and the subtleties of plot and character. It is one of those pleasures that requires a little investment at the beginning, but pays back tenfold with the joy of raw imagination that resonates through the subsequent 30 years of science fiction storytelling. Not only is the bookshelf incomplete without owning it, so is the reader without having read it. --L. Blunt Jackson [via]
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M. Butterflyby David Henry HwangISBN 0822207125 (0-8222-0712-5)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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MacHiavelli's the Prince: Text and Commentaryby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0812005244 (0-8120-0524-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Madam Secretary: A Memoirby William Woodward, Madeleine AlbrightISBN 0786868430 (0-7868-6843-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madam Secretary: A Memoir'Book summary:Madeleine Albright is one of the most admired women of our era and the rst in American history to serve as Secretary of State. For eight years, during Bill Clinton's two presidential terms, she was a decision-maker and inside observer of the most dramatic episodes of recent years-from NATO's decision to halt ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, to the pursuit of peace in the Middle East. Now, in an outspoken memoir, she shares her story and provides a ringside view of world affairs during a period of unprecedented turbulence. Albright's story begins with her childhood as a Czechoslovak refugee, whose family fled rst Hitler and then the Communists. In America, Albright grew up to be a passionate advocate of civil and women's rights and followed a zigzag path to a career that ultimately placed her in the upper stratosphere of diplomacy and policy-making in her adopted country. Refreshingly candid, Madam Secretary brings to life the world leaders Albright dealt with intimately in her years of service and the battles she fought to prove her worth in a male-dominated arena. There are colorful portraits of such leading American gures as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, Jesse Helms, and of a host of fascinating foreign ofcials-Vaclav Havel, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, Benjamin Netanyahu, King Hussein, Vladimir Putin, Slobodan Milosevic, and North Korea's mysterious Kim Jong-Il. Besides these many encounters with the famous and powerful, we get to know Albright the private woman: her life raising three daughters, the painful breakup of her marriage to the scion of one of America's leading newspaper families, and the discovery late in life of her own Jewish ancestry and that her grandparents had died in concentration camps. Madam Secretary is sure to be one of the signature books of the early years of the twenty-rst century-a tapestry both intimate and panoramic, personal and public, a rich memoir destined to become a classic. [via]
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Manta's Giftby Timothy ZahnISBN 081258032X (0-8125-8032-X)
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Multilateral Negotiations: Lessons from Arms Control, Trade, and the Environmentby Michael Hart, Fen Osler HampsonISBN 0801861977 (0-8018-6197-7)
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The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860-1898by Walter LafeberISBN 0801485959 (0-8014-8595-9)
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New Zealand in World Affairs, 1972-1990by Bruse BrownISBN 0864733720 (0-86473-372-0)
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Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagleby Thomas WalkerISBN 0813338824 (0-8133-3882-4)
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Niccolo Machiavelli's the Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, Gerald Lee RatliffISBN 0812035364 (0-8120-3536-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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On Warby F. N. Maude, Karl Von Clausewitz, Jan Willem Honig, J. J. GrahamISBN 0760755973 (0-7607-5597-3)
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Origins of a Catastrophe : Yugoslavia and it's Destroyers - America's Last Ambassador Tells What Happened and Whyby Warren ZimmermannISBN 0812933036 (0-8129-3303-6)
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Our Man in Havanaby Graham GreeneISBN 0848822846 (0-8488-2284-6)
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Parting With Illusionsby Vladimir PoznerISBN 0871132877 (0-87113-287-7)
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A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914-1922by David FromkinISBN 0805008578 (0-8050-0857-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914-1922'Book summary:Peopled with larger-than-life figures such as Winston Churchill (around whom the story is structured), General Kitchener and T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Attaturk, Emir Feisal and Lloyd George the book describes the showdown with the Ottoman Empire which erupted into the devastating Eastern campaign of World War I and led to the formation - by bureaucracy and subterfuge by Americans and Europeans - of the states known collectively as the Middle East. The years 1914-1922 were the creative, formative years when everything seemed possible, but the events of 1922, the pivotal year, set the course for a future of endless wars and acts of terrorism that became the legacy of this period. Issues such as The Allenby Declaration establishing nominal independence for Egypt, the Palestine Mandate and the Churchill White Paper (from which Israel and Jordan sprang), the installing of Hashemite leaders of predominantly Shi'ite teritories, new leaders for Egypt and Iraq, the Russian declaration of a Soviet Union intent on re-establishing her rule over Moslem Central Asia - David Fromkin shows how all these changed the Middle East (and Europe) forever. [via]
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Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle Eastby David FromkinISBN 0805068848 (0-8050-6884-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East'Book summary:The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into being after World War I, and why it is in upheaval today[via]
In our time the Middle East has proven a battleground of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and dynasties. All of these conflicts, including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis that have flared yet again, come down, in a sense, to the extent to which the Middle East will continue to live with its political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed upon the region by the Allies after the First World War.
In A Peace to End All Peace, David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies came to remake the geography and politics of the Middle East, drawing lines on an empty map that eventually became the new countries of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922, when all-even an alliance between Arab nationalism and Zionism-seemed possible he raises questions about what might have been done differently, and answers questions about why things were done as they were. The current battle for a Palestinian homeland has its roots in these events of 85 years ago.More editions of Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East:
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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran And Americaby KENNETH POLLACKISBN 0812973364 (0-8129-7336-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran And America'Book summary:In his highly influential book The Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, in The Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, he examines the behind-the-scenes story of the tumultuous relationship between Iran and the United States, and weighs options for the future.
Here Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official, brings his keen analysis and insider perspective to the long and ongoing clash between the United States and Iran, beginning with the fall of the shah and the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. Pollack examines all the major events in U.S.-Iran relationsincluding the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal, American-Iranian military tensions in 1987 and 1988, the covert Iranian war against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf that culminated in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, and recent U.S.-Iran skirmishes over Afghanistan and Iraq.
He explains the strategies and motives from American and Iranian perspectives and tells how each crisis colored the thinking of both countries leadership as they shaped and reshaped their policies over time. Pollack also describes efforts by moderates of various stripes to try to find some way past animosities to create a new dynamic in Iranian-American relations, only to find that when one side was ready for such a step, the other side fell short.
With balanced tone and insight, Pollack explains how the United States and Iran reached this impasse; why this relationship is critical to regional, global, and U.S. interests; and what basic political choices are available as we deal with this important but deeply troubled country.
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0804900566 (0-8049-0056-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:Notes, a 2-page map, an index, and an altogether remarkable Introduction by David Wootton, make this edition an ideal encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory. [via]
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The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda and an Unnecessary Warby Thomas J. DilorenzoISBN 0761526463 (0-7615-2646-3)
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Rival Ambassadors at the Court of Queen Maryby E. Harris HarbisonISBN 0836951824 (0-8369-5182-4)
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Robert's Rules of Orderby Darwin Patnode, Henry M. RobertISBN 0840771991 (0-8407-7199-1)
Softcover, T. Nelson
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Robert's Rules of Orderby Henry M. RobertISBN 0800786106 (0-8007-8610-6)
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The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945by Charles RitchieISBN 077107526X (0-7710-7526-X)
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Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II: Imperial and Globalby Alvin Z. RubinsteinISBN 0876268106 (0-87626-810-6)
Hardcover, Winthrop Publishers
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Speaking Franklyby James F. ByrnesISBN 0837174805 (0-8371-7480-5)
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Starving Armenians: America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and Afterby Merrill D. PetersonISBN 0813922674 (0-8139-2267-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45by Barbara TuchmanISBN 0802138527 (0-8021-3852-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45'Book summary:Barbara W. Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize for Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 in 1972. She uses the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache to China in 1935-39 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942-44, to explore the history of China from the revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China's Nationalist government faced attack from Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. Her story is an account of both American relations with China and the experiences of one of our men on the ground. In the cantankerous but level-headed "Vinegar Joe," Tuchman found a subject who allowed her to perform, in the words of The National Review, "one of the historian's most envied magic acts: conjoining a fine biography of a man with a fascinating epic story."[via]More editions of Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45:
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Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Modern Chinese Interpretationby Yuan Shibing, Tao HangzhangISBN 0806966394 (0-8069-6639-4)
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Sun Zi: The Art of Warby Guoliang XieISBN 0835131769 (0-8351-3176-9)
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Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warby Ralph D. SawyerISBN 081331951X (0-8133-1951-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sun-Tzu: The Art of War'Book summary:[via]The Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of warfare. The principles Sun-tzu expounded were utilized brilliantly by such great Asian war leaders as Mao Tse-tung, Giap, and Yamamoto. First translated two hundred years ago by a French missionary, Sun-tzus Art of War has been credited with influencing Napoleon, the German General Staff, and even the planning for Desert Storm. Many Japanese companies make this book required reading for their key executives. And increasingly, Western businesspeople and others are turning to the Art of War for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive situations of all kinds.Unlike most editions of Sun-tzu currently available (many simply retreads of older, flawed translations), this superb new translation makes use of the best available classical Chinese manuscripts, including the ancient tomb text version discovered by archaeologists at Linyi, China.Ralph Sawyer, an outstanding Western scholar of ancient Chinese warfare and a successful businessman in his own right, places this classic work of strategy in its proper historical context. Sawyer supplies a portrait of Sun-tzus era and outlines several battles of the period that may have either influenced Sun-tzu or been conducted by him. While appreciative of the philosophical richness of the Art of War, this edition stresses Sun-tzus practical origins and presents a translation that is both accurate and accessible.More editions of Sun-Tzu: The Art of War:
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Theodore Rexby Edmund MorrisISBN 0812966007 (0-8129-6600-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theodore Rex'Book summary:In this lively biography, Edmund Morris returns to the gifted, energetic, and thoroughly controversial man whom the novelist Henry James called "King Theodore." In his two terms as president of the United States, Roosevelt forged an American empire, and he behaved as if it was his destiny. In this sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Morris charts Roosevelt's accomplishments: the acquisition of the Panama Canal and the Philippines, the creation of national parks and monuments, and more. "Collaring Capital and Labor in either hand," Morris writes, Roosevelt made few friends, but he usually got what he wanted--and earned an enduring place in history.
Morris combines a fine command of the era's big issues with an appreciation for the daily minutiae involved in governing a nation. Less controversially inventive, but no less readable, than the Ronald Reagan biography Dutch, Theodore Rex gives readers new reason both to admire and fault an American phenomenon. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Tin Princessby Philip PullmanISBN 078578490X (0-7857-8490-X)
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Tito, Mihailovic, and the Alliesby Walter R. RobertsISBN 0822307731 (0-8223-0773-1)
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Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorismby John K. CooleyISBN 0745316913 (0-7453-1691-3)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians And Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian Warby Victor HansonISBN 0812969707 (0-8129-6970-7)
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Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present.
Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
Hansons perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like Americas own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this centurys red stateblue state schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.
Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war.
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With Stalin Against Tito: Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communismby Ivo BanacISBN 0801421861 (0-8014-2186-1)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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The Yugoslav Dramaby Mihailo CrnobrnjaISBN 0773514295 (0-7735-1429-5)
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