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  • Revival: Women, Work and Family in the Soviet Union (1982)

    by Gail Lapidus ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This work reports on the Vietnam war as seen by the GI in the jungles. It discusses current attitudes, views from Saigon, Hanoi and Phnom Penh, and other locales in the countryside. ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • The Soviet System In Crisis

    A Reader Of Western And Soviet Views

    by Alexander Dallin, Gail W Lapidus ...
    This reader is intended to fill the urgent need for up-to-date materials on the Gorbachev era and to provide scholars and students with source materials and interpretations not available in standard texts. In addition, the book will be regularly revised and updated to take account of rapidly changing events. Alexander Dallin and Gail Lapidus have brought together outstanding Western analyses, as ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized

    Preventive Diplomacy in the PostDCold War World

    by James E. Goodby, Jane E. Holl, Heather F. Hurlburt, Bruce Jones, Michael S. Lund, Michael J. Mazarr, Kenneth Menkhaus, Louis Ortmayer, Katharina R. Vogeli, Susan Woodward, Gail W. Lapidus0, Astri Suhrke1, Alexander L. George3, Bruce W. Jentleson4, John J. Maresca6, I. William Zartman7 ...
    Series series Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
    The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite mixed. There have been some preventive diplomacy successes and opportunities that have been seized by ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • The Glasnost Papers

    Voices On Reform From Moscow

    by Andrei Melville, Gail W Lapidus ...
    This unique compendium of Soviet thought and dialogue introduces Western readers to the broad range of current debates in the Soviet Union concerning the past, present, and future of the country and its people. Andrei Melville, the Soviet academic who spearheaded this work, is convinced that Mikhail Gorbachev's initiatives have led his country to the brink of a domestic transformation, one that ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

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    In Search of a Better Life

    by Anu Partanen ...
    “In her careful, evenhanded series of thoughtful essays, Partanen, who just became an American citizen, parses the recipe for Nordic success that even the self-congratulatory ‘exceptional’ American may want to ponder and adapt. . . . An earnest, well-written work worth heeding, especially in our current toxic political climate.” — Kirkus ReviewsA Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • My Philanthropy

    by George Soros ...
    George Soros is one of the world's leading philanthropists. Over the past 30 years, he has provided more than 7 billion to his network of foundations, known collectively as the Open Society Institute, for projects around the world and in the United States.In this e-book, Soros writes in detail for the first time about his vision for philanthropy. "I have always been leery of philanthropy," he ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Inside China's Grand Strategy

    The Perspective from the People's Republic

    by Ye Zicheng ...
    Series series Asia in the New Millennium
    China's enormous size, vast population, abundant natural resources, robust economy, and modern military suggest that it will emerge as a great world power. Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective from the People's Republic offers unique insights from a prominent Chinese scholar about the country's geopolitical ambitions and strategic thinking. Ye Zicheng, professor of political science in ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • North Korea/South Korea

    U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis

    by John Feffer ...
    The Korean peninsula, divided for more than fifty years, is stuck in a time warp. Millions of troops face one another along the Demilitarized Zone separating communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. In the early 1990s and again in 2002-2003, the United States and its allies have gone to the brink of war with North Korea. Misinterpretations and misunderstandings are fueling the crisis. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Class Theory and History

    Capitalism and Communism in the USSR

    by Stephen A. Resnick, Richard D. Wolff ...
    Class Theory and History takes an ambitious and ground-breaking look at the entire history of the Soviet Union and presents a new kind of analysis of the history of the USSR: examining its birth, evolution, and death in class terms. Utilizing the class analytics they have developed over the last three decades, resnick and Wolff formulate the most fully developed economic theory of communism now ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • China’s Search for Security

    by Andrew Scobell, Andrew J. Nathan ...
    Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. Understanding China's foreign policy means fully appreciating these geostrategic challenges, which persist even as the country gains increasing influence over its neighbors. Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell analyze ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • How Russia Really Works

    The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business

    by Alena V. Ledeneva ...
    Series series Culture and Society after Socialism
    During the Soviet era, blat—the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures—was necessary to compensate for the inefficiencies of socialism. The collapse of the Soviet Union produced a new generation of informal practices. In How Russia Really Works, Alena V. Ledeneva explores practices in politics, business, media, and the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Contradictions of "Real Socialism"

    The Conductor and the Conducted

    by Michael A. Lebowitz ...
    What was “real socialism”—the term which originated in twentieth-century socialist societies for the purpose of distinguishing them from abstract, theoretical socialism? In this volume, Michael A. Lebowitz considers the nature, tendencies, and contradictions of those societies. Beginning with the constant presence of shortages within “real socialism,” Lebowitz searches for the inner relations ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD