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The Impact of 9/11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment: The Day That Changed Everything?
ISBN: 9780230608412 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Impact of 9-11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of o
The Impact of 9-11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matt...
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351,78 zł |
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Africana Cultures and Policy Studies: Scholarship and the Transformation of Public Policy
ISBN: 9780230602809 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field of study, rooted in the historical experience of people of African descent and focusing on policy development, anlaysis, and practical application.
This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field of study, rooted in the historical experience of people of Afr...
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195,42 zł |
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The Constitution and 9/11: Recurring Threats to America's Freedoms
ISBN: 9780700616015 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The announced purpose of U.S. antiterrorist policies after 9/11 was to bring democracy and the rule of law to the Middle East. At home, those values were regularly threatened by illegal, unconstitutional, secret, and unaccountable programs. The Bush administration claimed that terrorists hate America for its freedoms, yet its actions jeopardized those freedoms and brought the reputation of the United States lower in the eyes of the world. Government surveillance. Suspension of habeas corpus. Secret tribunals. Most Americans would recognize these controversial topics from today's...
The announced purpose of U.S. antiterrorist policies after 9/11 was to bring democracy and the rule of law to the Middle East. At home, those values w...
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189,69 zł |
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Longitudes and Attitudes : Exploring the World Before and After September 11
ISBN: 9780141015217 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title brings together reportage and reflections on the state of the world leading up to and after September 11, 2001. Travelling throughout the Middle East and Europe, Thomas Friedman talks to the world's leading political figures, as well as the men and woman in bazaars, schools and alleyways, developing and refining his perspective on the new kind of war the West finds itself fighting. In this collection, Friedman gives voice to our awakening sense of a radically new world and our own complex place in it. His commentary provides a trenchant perspective on world affairs, setting the...
This title brings together reportage and reflections on the state of the world leading up to and after September 11, 2001. Travelling throughout the M...
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88,32 zł |
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Clinton's Legacy: A New Democrat in Governance
ISBN: 9780333735756 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Bill Clinton left office there was little consensus even among Democrats as to the significance of his political legacy. He was eager to stress that enduring changes had been made to American society. Critics, however, were less convinced that Clintonism had developed an integrated vision of governance. This book examines whether or not the Clinton experience illustrates the value of the New Democrat and Third Way agenda.
When Bill Clinton left office there was little consensus even among Democrats as to the significance of his political legacy. He was eager to stress t...
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390,87 zł |
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9.11: The New Evidence
ISBN: 9781845295141 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A sequel to "9/11 Revealed", this work examines the precedents of black operations by the US/UK, from Northern Ireland to Italy, from Vietnam to Kosovo. It looks at the various 9/11 theories, including the twists in the official story, and tests them again
A sequel to "9/11 Revealed", this work examines the precedents of black operations by the US/UK, from Northern Ireland to Italy, from Vietnam to Kosov...
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153,01 zł |
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9/11 and the War on Terror
ISBN: 9780748633814 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary study of how 9/11 and the 'war on terror' were represented during the Bush era, shows how culture often functioned as a vital resource, for citizens attempting to make sense of momentous historical events that frequently seemed beyond their influence or control. Illustrated throughout, the book discusses representation of 9/11 and the war on terror in Hollywood film, the 9/11 novel, mass media, visual art and photography, political discourse, and revisionist historical accounts of American 'empire, ' between the September 11 attacks and the Congressional midterm...
This interdisciplinary study of how 9/11 and the 'war on terror' were represented during the Bush era, shows how culture often functioned as a vital r...
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104,88 zł |
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Global War on Terrorism: Assessing the American Response
ISBN: 9781590339183 / Angielski / Twarda / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The signal events opening the global war on terrorism were the attacks of September 11. The world media began to focus on one of the terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda, a well-funded terrorist organisation headquartered in Afghanistan or Pakistan with offshoots in many countries. America has turned out to be the primary target of Al-Qaeda. America's first response was the attack on Afghanistan and the establishing of a puppet government. Next America attacked Iraq under the guise of a response to terrorism although no connection has been proven or even alleged except by hardcore neocons aligned with...
The signal events opening the global war on terrorism were the attacks of September 11. The world media began to focus on one of the terrorist groups,...
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325,25 zł |
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Cultures of the War on Terror: Empire, Ideology, and the Remaking of 9/11
ISBN: 9780773534841 / Angielski / Miękka / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Holloway discusses representations of 9/11 and the war on terror in Hollywood film, novels, mass media, visual art and photography, political discourse, and revisionist historical accounts of the American empire created between the 11 September attacks and the Congressional midterm elections in 2006. He suggests that the culture of the period not only prompted international crises in security, governance, and law but also points to a crisis unfolding in the institutions and processes of US republican democracy. Cultures of the War on Terror offers a cultural and ideological history of the...
Holloway discusses representations of 9/11 and the war on terror in Hollywood film, novels, mass media, visual art and photography, political discours...
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120,62 zł |
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Lindenhurst: First Fifty Years
ISBN: 9780595507047 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lindenhurst Living. Real-estate developer Morton Engle's desire to create a post-war suburb from the remnants of the Lehmann family's, Depression-era country estate marked the birth of the village of Lindenhurst in 1956. Meant as a balance of country living and modern amenity, Lindenhurst's history remains a story of carefully preserving that balance. Now, more than fifty years after its birth, the village continues to experience rapid growth in both residences and businesses. This book uncovers and explores a selection of interesting stories, photographs, conflicts, and compromises from...
Lindenhurst Living. Real-estate developer Morton Engle's desire to create a post-war suburb from the remnants of the Lehmann family's, Depression-era ...
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47,83 zł |
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Leave People Alone
ISBN: 9781434391193 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about how the Bush administration used September 11 to get away with anything it said or did. It is also about how September 11 became a turning point in the relations between the United States of America and the whole world. It is about how this administration went to war against Iraq and pretended that war was urget as Iraq was an eminent threat and had weapons of mass destruction. It is about how this adminstration worsened the ecomony of the United States by its practices as well as the ecomony of the world. This book also shows how this adminstration helped increasing the...
This book is about how the Bush administration used September 11 to get away with anything it said or did. It is also about how September 11 became a ...
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54,53 zł |
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American Thought and Culture in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780748626021 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will the twenty-first century be the next American Century? Will American power and ideas dominate the globe in the coming years? Or is the prestige of the United States likely to crumble beneath the pressure of new international challenges?This ground-breaking book explores the changing patterns of American thought and culture at the dawn of the new millennium, when the world's richest nation has never been more powerful or more controversial. It brings together some of the most eminent North American and European thinkers to investigate the crucial issues and challenges facing the United...
Will the twenty-first century be the next American Century? Will American power and ideas dominate the globe in the coming years? Or is the prestige o...
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162,66 zł |
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The American Future: A History
ISBN: 9780061669071 / Angielski / Miękka / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "With eloquence, wit, passion, and irony, The American Future traces the history of an idea: that of our national destiny....A book of beautiful writing, peppered with wisecracks, slashed with rapier thrusts." --Philadelphia Inquirer A De Tocqueville for the 21st century, Simon Schama, NBCC Award winning author of Rough Crossings offers an essential, historical, long view analysis of the American character in The American Future. Shama examines four themes--war, race and faith, immigration, and custodianship of the land--through the prism...
"With eloquence, wit, passion, and irony, The American Future traces the history of an idea: that of our national destiny....A book of beauti...
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131,00 zł |
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Descent Into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
ISBN: 9780143115571 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After September 11th, Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America's failed war on terror. Called "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter" by Christopher Hitchens, Rashid has shown himself to be a voice of reason amid the chaos of present-day Central Asia. Descent Into Chaos is his blistering critique of American policy-a dire warning and an impassioned call to correct these disasterous strategies before these...
After September 11th, Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he return...
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104,83 zł |
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Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror
ISBN: 9780520254725 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to the dentist. Fifteen-year-old Omar Khadr crying out to an American soldier, "Kill me " Hunger strikers at Guantanamo being restrained and force-fed through tubes up their nostrils. John Walker Lindh lying naked and blindfolded in a metal container, bound by his hands and feet, in the freezing Afghan winter night. This is the story of the Bush administration's response to the attacks of September 11, 2001and of how we have been led down a path of executive abuses, human...
Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to the dentist. Fifteen-year-old Om...
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171,21 zł |
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Spirit of Adventure: Eagle Scouts and the Making of America's Future
ISBN: 9780312378981 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An extraordinary journey alongside America's new generation of Eagle Scouts, who are discovering their purpose and bringing the values of Scouting to the world. Over the past century, Scouts have helped to guide the course of American history. But what does Scouting and the Eagle badge mean to the Scouts of today? How will they shape the future of Scouting and America itself? In Spirit of Adventure, Scouting expert and Eagle Scout Alvin Townley finds the answer. Townley traveled across the country and to the far corners of the globe to meet these young Eagle... An extraordinary journey alongside America's new generation of Eagle Scouts, who are discovering their purpose and bringing the values of Scouti... |
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152,84 zł |
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The Pornography of Power: Why Defense Spending Must Be Cut
ISBN: 9780446505260 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex.
Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our... In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag...
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121,02 zł |
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Backlash 9/11: Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans Respond
ISBN: 9780520257351 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For most Americans, September 11, 2001, symbolized the moment when their security was altered. For Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans, 9/11 also ushered in a backlash in the form of hate crimes, discrimination, and a string of devastating government initiatives. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the post-9/11 events on Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans as well as their organized response. Through fieldwork and interviews with community leaders, Anny Bakalian and Mehdi Bozorgmehr show how ethnic organizations mobilized to demonstrate their commitment to...
For most Americans, September 11, 2001, symbolized the moment when their security was altered. For Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans, 9/11 also ushe...
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138,08 zł |
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Clinton's Foreign Policy: Between the Bushes, 1992-2000
ISBN: 9780415359849 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a detailed account of President Clinton's foreign policy during 1992-2000, covering the main substantive issues of his administration, including Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo. The book emphasizes Clinton's adaptation of the elder Bush's 'New World Order' outlook and his relationship to the younger Bush's 'Americanistic' foreign policy. In doing so, it discusses in detail such key policy areas as foreign economic policy; humanitarian interventionism; policy towards Russia and China, and towards European and other allies; defence priorities; international terrorism; and... This volume is a detailed account of President Clinton's foreign policy during 1992-2000, covering the main substantive issues of his administratio... |
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787,03 zł |
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Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11
ISBN: 9781416559269 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback, the riveting story of the response of the heroic pilots and air traffic controllers who found themselves on the front lines of an undeclared war on September 11, 2001. In this gripping minute-to-minute narrative, based on an astonishing feat of reporting, Lynn Spencer re-creates the never-before told story of the unprecedented battle in the skies on 9/11, making vital corrections to the findings of the 9/11 Commission and revealing many startling, unknown elements of the day's events. The reader is taken right to the front lines of the heroic response that fateful...
Now in paperback, the riveting story of the response of the heroic pilots and air traffic controllers who found themselves on the front lines of an un...
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87,32 zł |
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