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  • Presidential Policies on Terrorism

    From Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book analyzes how the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush used force in response to incidents of international terrorism - providing comparison between each of the administrations as they grappled with the evolving nature and role of terrorism in the United States and abroad. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Counter-Terrorism from the Obama Administration to President Trump

    Caught in the Fait Accompli War

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Following up on Donna Starr-Deelen's previous book Presidential Policies on Terrorism: From Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama (Palgrave, 2014), this book compares and contrasts the approach of the Obama administration with the Trump administration regarding national security and counter-terrorism. It provides an overview of counter-terrorism in the Obama era and then moves to the rise of ISIS and the ... Read more

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    Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice

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  • Federal Government and Criminal Justice

    by N. Marion ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Providing a description of the responses taken by the federal government to issues revolving around criminal justice, each chapter focuses on a different problem and shows what different presidents have said, what policies were proposed and/or passed by Congress, and any cases heard by the Supreme Court on the issue. ... Read more

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  • The Finish

    The Killing of Osama bin Laden

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    New York Times bestseller: The true behind-the-scenes story of the manhunt for the 9/11 mastermind is "a page-turner" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).From the author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968, this is a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key sources, Mark Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.After ... Read more

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  • Life After Life

    A Guildford Four Memoir

    Paddy Armstrong was one of four people falsely convicted of The Guildford Bombing in 1975. He spent fifteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Today, as a husband and father, life is wonderfully ordinary, but the memory of his ordeal lives on. Here, for the first time and with unflinching candour, he lays bare the experiences of those years and their aftermath. Life after Life is a ... Read more

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  • The Operators

    The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan

    The inspiration for the Netflix original movie War Machine**, starring Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, and Ben Kingsley**From the author of The Last Magazine, a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of our military commanders, their high-stake maneuvers, and the politcal firestorm that shook the United States.In the shadow of the hunt for Bin Laden and the United States’ involvement in the Middle East, ... Read more

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  • The Faces of Terrorism

    Social and Psychological Dimensions

    Series series Science Essentials
    Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work?Neil Smelser begins by tackling ... Read more

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  • Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion

    Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion

    The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when we speak of "Afghanistan," we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan--and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. In Talibanistan, an unparalleled group of experts offer a nuanced understanding of this critical region. Edited by Peter Bergen, ... Read more

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  • Terror in France

    The Rise of Jihad in the West

    by Gilles Kepel ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    The virulent new brand of Islamic extremism threatening the WestIn November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, cafés and restaurants, and the national sports stadium. On Bastille Day in 2016, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into crowds of vacationers at the beaches of Nice, and two weeks later an elderly French priest ... Read more

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  • The Europe Dilemma

    Britain and the Drama of EU Integration

    by Roger Liddle ...
    Series series Policy Network
    What is Britain's future in Europe? This book revisits an old argument but for dramatically new times. The old argument is about Britain's 'semi-detachedness' from Europe and whether that posture could ever change. The new times are the crisis in the Eurozone and its wider impact on the European Union's future. While logic may point to deeper integration, the politics associated with the EU's ... Read more

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  • Deterrence

    Rising Powers, Rogue Regimes, and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century

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    This volume moves beyond Cold War deterrence theory to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security: in space, in cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. ... Read more

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