Publisher details
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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New York
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Available items(s) from this publisher (7)
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American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-374-53460-8 Article on page: VI, 434 p. Class number: 973.924 Tags: Social problems--United States ; Crises--United States ; Politicians--United States--Biography ; Celebrities--United States--Biography ; United States--History--1969- ; United States--Social conditions--1980- ; United States--Politics and government--1989- Languages: English ![]()
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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. “Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghd[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-374-16573-4 Article on page: 1 vol. (287 p.) Tags: Iraq War, 2003--Campaigns--Iraq--Baghdad ; Battles--Iraq--Baghdad--History--21st century ; Counterinsurgency--Iraq--Baghdad--History--21st century ; United States. Army--Military life--History--21st century ; Soldiers--United States--Biography Languages: English ![]()
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Elizabeth D. Samet and her students learned to romanticize the army “from the stories of their fathers and from the movies.” For Samet, it was the old World War II movies she used to watch on TV, while her students grew up on Braveheart and Savi[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-312-42782-5 Article on page: 1 vol. (X, 271 p.) Tags: United States Military Academy (E) ; Military cadets--Intellectual life ; Literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point ; American literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point ; English literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point ; American literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point ; English literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point ; Literature and morals Languages: English ![]()
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The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before—creating an explosion of wealth [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-374-29278-2 Article on page: 1 vol. (X, 660 p.) Descriptors: Class number: 330.905 11 Tags: Diffusion of innovations ; Globalization--Social aspects ; Globalization--Economic aspects Languages: English ![]()
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Hailed as "The Definitive Book about the Iraq War" by Salon, The Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and id[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-374-53055-6 Article on page: 481 p. Class number: 956.7044/3 Tags: Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Insurgency--Iraq ; Civil war--Iraq ; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Occupied territories ; Iraq--Politics and government--2003- ; United States--Politics and government--2001-2009 Languages: English ![]()
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ISBN (or other code): 978-0-374-29288-1 Article on page: 488 Class number: 337.1 Tags: Globalization Languages: English ![]()
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ISBN (or other code): 978-0-374-27965-3 Article on page: 373 Class number: 909.83 Tags: International relations--History ; Capitalism--Social aspects Languages: English