Building Peace in the New Millennium    by Suchitra Onkom
Price: $2.99 USD. 29450 words. Language: English. Published by booksmango  on April 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
Building Peace in the New Millennium is a collection of academic papers written and presented at international conferences by the Thai philosopher, Dr. Suchitra Onkom. Her articles, also print-published in different magazines, symbolize a critical outlook on religio-historical facts of the past and present. Her intent is to point a finger at our doings or rather not doings concerning the creation

The Art of Strategic Agency    by Iain Cowie
Price: Free! 36820 words. Language: British English. Published on April 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Movements / Post-structuralism.
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In an age of postmodern irony, the army commander is trapped in a loop of strategic narratives. The endgame in the hyperreal, media-saturated world is pre-determined by the stories of old. This author- a former military researcher at the World’s oldest thinktank- takes a look at this startlingly new frontline in military plotting.

Turning Away From Your Slavic Brother: The Effects Of Identity On Relations Between Russia And Belarus    by Matthew Matejka
Price: Free! 42360 words. Language: English. Published on March 30, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
Looking inside the Kremlin through the lens of identity, this study focuses on the relationship between Russia & Belarus. As an increasingly liberal identity made itself manifest throughout the Medvedev presidency, relations continually soured with Belarus. This book seeks to uncover the nature of this relationship, & in a broader context seeks to uncover the significance of identity in politics.

Hating America - A History    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 104030 words. Language: English. Published on February 17, 2013. Essay » Political.
When writing a book, an author often has the sensation of being surrounded by that topic. In the case of anti-Americanism that experience was particularly strong. As the 21st century began it seemed as if the amount of criticism the United States was receiving around the world was matched only by the quantity of passionate debate about why this was happening.

Children of Dolhinov    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 146450 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
It is a titanic story though one rather slow-moving by contemporary standards.

The Truth about Syria    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 126090 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2013. Essay » Political.
A stock figure of modern political literature is the Latin American dictator, a beribboned generalissimo, overweight, corrupt, propping up rich landlords who live in luxury on the back of impoverished peasants, using the language of anti-Communism to justify crushing any possibility of reform. Clearly, such people were seen as villains.

Istanbul Intrigues    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 106090 words. Language: English. Published on February 14, 2013. Essay » Political.
This is the story of Istanbul--but also of Turkey, the Balkans, and the eastern Mediterranean--during World War II, based on extensive interviews and the use of archives, especially those of the OSS, which I was the first to see for this region. The book is written as a cross between a scholarly work and a real-life thriller.

Assimilation and its Discontents    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 120470 words. Language: English. Published on February 13, 2013. Essay » Political.
When I realized that nobody had written a comprehensive history of Jewish assimilation, I knew that I had to try doing it myself. It was a remarkable learning experience as I researched a wide range of cultural and historical issues and discovered lots of people and events of which I’d previously known nothing.

The Tragedy of the Middle East    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 111440 words. Language: English. Published on February 13, 2013. Essay » Political.
The title was chosen in great sincerity because the theme here is to explain how the region’s modern history really is a tragedy.’ Terrible mistakes were made; the wrong roads were chosen. Bloodthirsty ideology took hold; pragmatism was thrown out the window. And yet alongside all of these disasters was a certainty of correctness and a violent rejection of even considering what had gone wrong.

Long War for Freedom    by Barry Rubin
Price: Free! 98970 words. Language: English. Published on February 13, 2013. Essay » Political.
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This book foresaw the “Arab Spring” of 2011. It was obvious years before that the old Arab nationalist dictatorships had failed and were being challenged by two forces: liberal democracy advocates and revolutionary Islamists. While the Long War for Freedom focuses on the moderates, it also, by necessity, presents the worldview and strategy of the Islamists.