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Book Cover for: Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, Samuel Moyn

Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

Samuel Moyn
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Book Review: Samuel Moyn's "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" argues that efforts to make war more ethical have failed. https://t.co/BJvBL44oQa

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: NATO: Dangerous Dinosaur, Ted Galen Carpenter

NATO: Dangerous Dinosaur

Ted Galen Carpenter
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"The 2007 Munich Security Conference speech should have erased all doubt about whether Russia viewed ... [NATO's] inexorable march eastward as provocative and threatening," writes Ted Galen Carpenter. https://t.co/C8n3CjnIq2

Hardcover, 2019

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It, Steve Forbes

Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It

Steve Forbes
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Steve Forbes, chair of Forbes Media, contended on Monday that central banks and governments are focusing too much on hiking interest rates to cool inflation. https://t.co/s4hfRcHj75

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy, Andrew Lambert

The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy

Andrew Lambert
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Book review: Andrew Lampert's "The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy" provides an insightful look at one of the pioneers of British naval strategy. https://t.co/jspjsVMVEA

Hardcover, 2021

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy, Henry Kissinger

Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy

Henry Kissinger
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Book review: Henry Kissinger's "Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy" offers a guide for the perplexed to international relations. https://t.co/LsszMwow4P

Paperback, 2024

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: China: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy, Michael D. Swaine

China: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy

Michael D. Swaine
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China and the United States must now prepare to defuse the crisis triggered by Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, writes Michael D. Swaine. https://t.co/kevPDCDjZB

Paperback, 1995

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World, Edward Shawcross

The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

Edward Shawcross
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Book review: Edward Shawcross's "The Last Emperor of Mexico" details the brief reign of Maximilian I over the Second Mexican Empire. https://t.co/X4avel3ZGg

Hardcover, 2021

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age, Robert D. Kaplan

Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age

Robert D. Kaplan
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Book review: Robert D. Kaplan's "Adriatic" provides a spellbinding look at a region of the world that has historically been a battleground between cultures and civilizations. https://t.co/AJbSwuFJML

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall, Christopher H. Owen

Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall

Christopher H. Owen
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Book review: Christopher H. Owen's "Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall" offers a insightful portrait of one of the American Right's leading thinkers. https://t.co/YKz3L5cIbF

Paperback, 2023

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: China: human rights violations and coercion in one-child policy enforcement, United States House of Representatives

China: human rights violations and coercion in one-child policy enforcement

United States House of Representatives
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A divided Congress could stunt milestones in the United States' technological competition with China just when it needs them most, writes Vincent J. Carchidi. https://t.co/dmcU1hxBIM

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