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  • Privileged and Confidential

    The Secret History of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

    de Kenneth Michael Absher, Michael C. Desch, Roman Popadiuk ...
    The history of one of the most secretive segments of America's intelligence community.Above the politics and ideological battles of Washington, DC, is a committee that meets behind locked doors and leaves its paper trail in classified files. The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is one of the most secretive and potentially influential segments of the US intelligence community. ... Leer más

    $9.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena

    Professors or Pundits?

    Edición de Michael C. Desch ...
    What is a public intellectual? Where are they to be found? What accounts for the lament today that public intellectuals are either few in number or, worse, irrelevant? While there is a small literature on the role of public intellectuals, it is organized around various thinkers rather than focusing on different countries or the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in varied disciplines or ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations

    de Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, Michael J. Tierney, Amanda Murdie, Sarah E. Mendelson, Jessica F. Green0, Thomas Hale1, Marc A. Levy2, Christina J. Schneider3, Steven Radelet4, Edward D. Mansfield5, Jon C. W. Pevehouse6, Robert B. Zoellick7, Thomas B. Pepinsky8, David A. Steinberg9, Dimitri G. Demekas0, Sarah Kreps1, Jessica Weeks2, Peter D. Feaver3, Michael G. Findley4, Joseph K. Young5, Scott Edwards6, Paul C. Avey7, Michael C. Desch8, John R. Harvey9 ...
    There is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time.The essays in this volume use data ... Leer más

    $33.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Power and Military Effectiveness

    The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism

    de Michael C. Desch ...
    Since 1815 democratic states have emerged victorious from most wars, leading many scholars to conclude that democracies are better equipped to triumph in armed conflict with autocratic and other non-representative governments.Political scientist Michael C. Desch argues that the evidence and logic of that supposition, which he terms “democratic triumphalism,” are as flawed as the arguments for the ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • Cult of the Irrelevant

    The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security

    de Michael C. Desch ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    How professionalization and scholarly “rigor” made social scientists increasingly irrelevant to US national security policyTo mobilize America’s intellectual resources to meet the security challenges of the post–9/11 world, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates observed that “we must again embrace eggheads and ideas.” But the gap between national security policymakers and international relations ... Leer más

    $32.39 USD

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  • The Misinformation Age

    How False Beliefs Spread

    de Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall ...
    "Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy." — Kirkus ReviewsEditors' choice, The New York Times Book ReviewRecommended reading, Scientific AmericanWhy should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequenc... ... Leer más

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  • The Mongol Conquests

    The Military Operations of Genghis Khan and Sübe'etei

    de Carl Fredrik Sverdrup ...
    "A scholarly, detailed history of how the Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire in history" ( Midwest Book Review).The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insignificant tribal leader, Genghis Khan gradually increased his power, overcoming one rival after another. After he had subjugated ... Leer más

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  • The Drone Memos

    Targeted Killing, Secrecy and the Law

    de Jameel Jaffer ...
    "A trenchant summation" and analysis of the legal rationales behind the US drone policy of targeted killing of suspected terrorists, including US citizens ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In the long response to 9/11, the US government initiated a deeply controversial policy of "targeted killing"—the extrajudicial execution of suspected terrorists and militants, typically via drones. A ... Leer más

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  • The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

    de David Bercovici ...
    Series series More or Less
    Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.With wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life ... Leer más

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  • The Project

    How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America

    de David A. Graham ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent, topic-by-topic guide to Project 2025, with everything you need to know about how the second Trump administration is remaking America—from a go-to authority at The AtlanticWhen President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, news spread about his implementation of Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page document published by the conservative ... Leer más

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  • How to Fall in Love with Questions

    A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty

    de Elizabeth Weingarten ...
    "In a world stupefied by quick fixes and easy answers, Elizabeth Weingarten delivers a smart and urgent wake-up call."—Daniel H. Pink"An interesting, insightful, and surprisingly reassuring read."—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden PotentialJournalist and applied behavioral scientist Elizabeth Weingarten charts a new path for personal growth—a way to embrace ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

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  • Fascism Comes to America

    A Century of Obsession in Politics and Culture

    de Bruce Kuklick ...
    "Demonstrates successfully how the concept of fascism has changed its meaning and its place in American political discourse." ― The NationFrom the time Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922, Americans have been obsessed with the meaning of fascism and how it might migrate to the United States. Fascism Comes to America examines how we have viewed fascism overseas and its implications for our own ... Leer más

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