Product Description: Crisis in Ukraine sets the intellectual stage for understanding the turmoil in eastern Europe, what is really at stake, and what will come next. The arguments presented span the ideological spectrum, and the authors include a range of leading experts from several disciplines and countries, including Yuliya Tymoshenko, Alexander Motyl, Orlando Figes, Kathryn Stoner, Daniel Treisman, Brian Taylor, Kathleen McNamara, and more...read more

Product Description: On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States awoke to find itself at war. If that much was clear, however, many other things were not—including the identity and nature of the enemy, the location of the battleground, and the strategy and tactics necessary for victory...read more

Product Description: Expert testimonials for and against the most important economic and political topic of the decade. This reader brings together an impressive collection of experts to explore those impacts and disentangle the thorny issues that the globalization debates raise...read more

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Product Description: A comprehensive look at the history and future of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. A comprehensive overview of the events leading to today's situation in the Middle East, this reader brings together the respected and often combative opinions of today's experts and policy makers...read more

Product Description: A brief history of modern terrorism and the world's response. With the Cold War won and the economy booming, the United States relaxed during the 1990s, letting go the tension it had sustained for decades. All that changed on September 11, 2001...read more

Product Description: What sort of role will China assume in the 21st century and will it be able to surmount its internal challenges? China's dramatic recent rise to power throws up a number of questions: Will it become an economic giant? Is it a status-quo power? Is it likely to invade Taiwan? Will AIDS or environmental devastation derail its development? Is it democratizing? The one thing we can know for sure is that the relationship between China and the United States will be one of the most important of the 21st century, with vital implications for both countries as well as the rest of the international system...read more

Product Description: In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, one question was on everyone's mind: ''How did this happen?'' This book seeks to answer this question in all its aspects -- the motives & actions of the terrorists, the status of the U...read more