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Balkan Tragedy
"Yugoslavia was well positioned at the end of the cold war to make a successful transition to a market economy and westernization. Yet two years later, the country had ceased to …
Moscow Rules
From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world?and its place in it?that the West can best meet the Russian challenge.Russia and the …
Dream Hoarders
Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of …
Global China
The global implications of China's rise as a global actorIn 2005, a senior official in the George W. Bush administration expressed the hope that China would emerge as a …
Jordan and America
A telling history of one of the most important relationships in the Middle East This is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the relationship between Jordan and the …
The Islamic State
An authoritative guide to the rise of the Islamic State and its senior leadership.How did the Islamic State grow from regional terrorist group to a brutal multinational …
Myanmar/Burma
"Burma had the brightest prospects of any Southeast Asian nation after World War II. In the years since, however, it has dropped to the bottom of the world's socioeconomic ladder. …
Red Arctic
Renewed tensions between Russia and the West have fueled speculation that Moscow’s apparent designs on the Arctic region could help stimulate a new cold war. Vladimir Putin’s …
Surprise Attack
Long before Germany's blitzkrieg swept the West, European leaders had received many signals of its imminence. Stalin, too, had abundant warning of German designs on Russia but …
Suez Deconstructed
Experiencing a major crisis from different viewpoints, step by step.The Suez crisis of 1956—now little more than dim history for many people—offers a master class in statecraft. It …
Crowded Airwaves
Political advertising plays a key role in modern electioneering and has formed part of political campaigns since the earliest federal elections were held in the United States. As …
The Soviet Mind
Isaiah Berlin's response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Born a Russian subject in Riga in 1909, he spoke Russian as a child …