Product Description: In his official response to the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush invoked the Crusades, tapping into a centuries-long history of fear and aggression. The West's longstanding perception of Islam as a threat has taken on new and more complex implications in the twenty-first century, as years of migration and resulting demographic shifts have brought the "enemy" within Western borders...read more

Product Description: US relations with North and South Korea have been characterized by profound asymmetries of power and perception which in recent years have led to increased tensions among the three countries. Bringing together twelve prominent experts on US-Korean and US-Pacific relations, this book explores the many dimensions of current and future US foreign policy...read more

Product Description: A concise dissection of the new U.S. unilateralism, Power Trip is the first book-length critique of this fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to consolidate and extend U.S. global control. Charting the new terrain of foreign policy after September 11 and demonstrating how the Bush administration is building on the policies of its successors, here are Barbara Ehrenreich, William Hartung, Ahmed Rashid, Michael Ratner, Noy Thrupkaew, Coletta Youngers, Mark Weisbrot, and their contemporaries on the Bush administration and its flawed ambition to control the world...read more

Product Description: This volume attempts to reveal what ordinary people around the world are doing in life-affirming response to economic globalization. From small farmers in Honduras, to urban poor in Bosnia, to Cambodian woodcutters, these essays show modest attempts by those who do not benefit from globalization, to create alternatives that may yield sustainable improvements in people's lives...read more

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Product Description: The end of the Cold War has witnessed the re-emergence of nationalism as a major force in Europe. The collapse of Yugoslavia, the newly won independence of the Baltic states, the unification of Germany, the wars in Bosnia and Georgia, and the strength of xenophobic politics in France all attest to the salience of nationalism...read more

Discusses the economy, foreign policy, national defense, taxes, the environment, health care, and democratic reform

Discusses the economy, foreign policy, national defense, taxes, the environment, health care, and democratic reform

Product Description: Paints a vivid picture of the political and economic conflicts that reshaped Eastern Europe in 1989, including Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.

Product Description: Paints a vivid picture of the political and economic conflicts that reshaped Eastern Europe in 1989, including Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.

Examines recent changes in Soviet foreign policy and suggests possible U.S. responses that might lead to a permanent detente between these two super powers