2013 China Military and Security Report: People's Liberation Army (PLA), Space, Cyber Attacks on American Military, Technology, People's Republic of China Force Modernization, Taiwan    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 172400 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
This important DOD report from May 2013 provides extensive details on the status of the Chinese military. In addition to the new 2013 report, this unique ebook compilation includes seven other DOD annual reports for the years 2006 through 2012.

The International Political Economy of Risk: Rationalism, Calculation, and Power    by Robert Deuchars
Price: $12.00 USD. 115910 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
The discipline of international political economy faces a number of critical challenges at present, as it seeks to incorporate a number of relatively new issues, one of these being "risk". This captivating and enlightening study redresses the neglect of "risk" in this field by focusing on objectivist rationalism.

State and Class: A Sociology of International Affairs    by Ralph Pettman
Price: $12.00 USD. 110630 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
International affairs are most commonly explained in terms of the flow of diplomatic traffic and the wealth-springs of foreign policy. This study complements the conventional debates with one cast in terms of an emerging world society.

Human Behaviour and World Politics: A Transdisciplinary Introduction    by Ralph Pettman
Price: $12.00 USD. 123580 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
The work traces the history of the study of world politics, and the consequent attempt to build a science of world affairs.

Governance and Security as a Unitary Concept    by Tom Rippon
Price: $9.99 USD. 116550 words. Language: English. Published by AgioPublishing on February 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
World leaders have not been able to find solutions to the growing problem of global insecurity associated with failed and failing states in many regions. "Governance and Security As A Unitary Concept" is the first compilation of contemporary commentaries, from 20 contributing authors on 6 continents, to examine governance and security together rather than as complementary yet separate entities.

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.