Regional Security Structures in Asia

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Kapor argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-Second World War period have relied too much on the Cold War as a key explanatory factor, and have not given enough emphasis to the useful concepts of 'regional power formation', 'conflict formation' and 'conflict resolution'. The author outlines these concepts and goes on to elaborate on them, and to apply them to three key Asian regions - northeast, southeast, and south Asia - discussing practical strategic issues in an historical perspective and arguing that these concepts, and other concepts which he discusses, are extremely helpful in making sense of the complex pattern of international relations in Asia.

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The History of the Republican Party (The U.S. Government: How It Works)

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Hollywood's Frontier Captives: Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)

Hollywood's Frontier Captives: Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) Review

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Hollywood's Frontier Captives: Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) Feature

The captivity narrative is the earliest genre of American popular literature and continues to be of cultural significance in late 20th century Hollywood. This book contains essays which explore the way contemporary films incorporate the same elements and also offer something new to the tradition - they focus on the captive who resists rescue. Films as diverse as Little Big Man , taxi Driver , and The Deer Hunter are used as examples which adapted the captivity narrative's conventions to criticize aspects of American society and reject the outworn models of male heroism.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to African American History

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Although the first black slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, our knowledge of African American history is often limited to "lessons" in films.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to African American History reveals a full portrait of black life, including familiar figures such as Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. DuBois, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Federal Reserve

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Military Reform: An Uneven History and an Uncertain Future (Stanford Security Studies)

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By reference to the fundamental strengths and weaknesses of America's armed forces, Wheeler and Korb establish a definition of what genuine military reform is and is not, and identify what really needs to be done to transform our military. They compare genuine reform with "cosmetic dabbling"—that improves nothing and often burdens US combat forces to the point of mental and physical immobility.

They focus particularly on the reforms advocated by a small group in Congress and the Pentagon in the 1980s, revealing how these reforms have fundamentally altered the ways in which the Department of Defense designs and buys hardware, and how our armed forces fight. The book uses Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom—and the subsequent insurgency in Iraq—to demonstrate what has been reformed in the US armed forces and the Department of Defense, and what has not.

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The Shooters (A Presidential Agent Novel)

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The #1 New York Times-bestselling series returns with a story as up-to-date as the headlines.

The novels of W. E. B. Griffin featuring Delta Force officer Charley Castillo and his band of troubleshooters have won wide praise for their realism, action, and "punchy prose that connects like a right hook" (Chicago Tribune).

Now, still in Argentina tying up loose ends from his investigation into the UN oil-for-food scandal, Castillo is startled when a young man is marched into his office at gunpoint, caught trying to sneak through the fence. It turns out he's an American officer, a lieutenant assigned to the embassy in Paraguay. A key agent for the DEA has disappeared while trying to interdict drugs and very little is being done about it, for phony diplomatic reasons. The lieutenant's heard of Castillo, knows what he's done, and wants his help in getting the agent back. More than that, he's got an innovative plan for dealing with the drug lords themselves.

Intrigued, Castillo gets permission to try it, but the President has just one warning for him: Don't get caught. Charley couldn't agree more-but it might turn out to be something easier said than done. . . .

Filled with Griffin's trademark rich characters and cutting-edge drama, this is an exceptional novel by "a writer of true virtuosity and talent" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).

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