Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age, Hardcover - Bear F. Braumoeller

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoe...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Bear F. (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio ...

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This fascinating three-thousand-year history of the census traces the making of the modern survey and explores its political power in the age of bi...

Residue: The Persistence of the Real presents recent work by artists whose work seeks to reconsider or redefine perceptions of the real. Produced i...

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Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached.Publisher: Polity Pre...

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A parent's guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse. From 'the funniest dad on Twitter' and with over 920, 000 followers this is the perfect Christ...

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Understanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond eco...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 40 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

This book explores the history and continuing relevance of melancholia as an amorphous but richly suggestive theme in literature, music, and visual...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 75 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

The first two decades after the end of the Cold War were characterized by governments' desires to reduce the sizes of their armed forces, not least...

DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...

Reducere. What do leaders need to know in order to be effective? Carnes Lord--a political scientist with extensive experience at high levels of American gove...

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Drawing on brand new research, this is an examination of rest and why it matters from Radio 4's voice of psychology

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An acclaimed journalist and novelist makes history personal, painting a rich and vivid portrait of the time when America become modern by tracing t...

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From laws against the implementation of Shari'ah in the United States to anger about the role of Shari'ah in Egypt's new constitution, many people ...

The Future as Catastrophe offers a novel critique of the fascination with disaster. Analyzing the catastrophic imaginary from its historical roots ...

This volume brings together the best presentations from the 8th and 9th Archaeology of the Douro Valley meetings, held in Avila (2018) and Astorga ...

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DescriptionA new edition of the #1 text in the human computer Interaction field This book seeks to chart the technology-fueled changes taking place...

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