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  Before the Quagmire - American...

  William J. Rust

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  This critical study of US intervention in the Laotian Civil War is “a major contribution to the literature on America's Southeast Asian involvement” (Publishers Weekly).   In the decade preceding the first US combat operations in Vietnam, the Eisenhower administration sought to defeat a communist-led insurgency in neighboring Laos. Although US foreign policy in the 1950s focused primarily on threats posed by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the American engagement in Laos evolved from a small cold war skirmish into a superpower confrontation near the end of President Eisenhower's second term. Ultimately, the American experience in Laos foreshadowed many of the mistakes made by the United States in Vietnam in the 1960s.   In Before the Quagmire, historian William J. Rust examines key policy decisions made in Washington and how they were implementation on the ground in Laos, setting the US on a path to wider war in Southeast Asia. Drawing on previously untapped archival sources, Before the Quagmire documents how ineffective assistance to Laotian anticommunist elites reflected fundamental misunderstandings about the country's politics, history, and culture.  A Choice Outstanding Academic Title

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  The Evolution of Irish...

  Tom Garvin

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  Professor Tom Garvin's classic work studies the growth of nationalism in Ireland from the middle of the eighteenth century to modern times.
  
  It traces the continuity of tradition from earlier organisations, such as the United Irishmen and the agrarian Ribbonmen of the eighteenth century, through the followers of Daniel O'Connell, the Fenians and the Land League in the nineteenth century to the Irish political parties of today, including Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Labour Party and Fine Gael.
  
  The dual nature of Irish nationalism is shown in sharp focus. Despite the secular and liberal leanings of many Irish leaders and theoreticians, their followers were frequently sectarian and conservative in social outlook. This book demonstrates how this dual legacy has influenced the politics of modern Ireland.
  The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics: Table of Contents
  
  - Irish parties and Irish politics
  The Irish republic: post-colonial politics in a western European state
  Political culture and political organisation
  Geography, economics and method
  
  - The origins of Irish popular politics
  Roots of Irish popular nationalism
  The beginnings of urban radical political organisation, 1750–1800
  Agrarianism, religion and revolution, 1760–1800
  
  - The development of nationalist popular politics, 1800–48
  Secret societies before the Famine: the rise of Ribbonism
  Political mobilisation in pre-Famine nationalist Ireland
  
  - Secret societies and party politics after the Famine
  The social background
  Electoral politics after the Famine
  The recrudescence of republicanism: Fenianism and the Agrarians
  The IRB and Irish politics after the Land War
  
  - Agrarianism, nationalism and party politics, 1874–95
  Political mobilisation and the agrarian campaign
  The development of the Irish National League
  The Parnell split: the collapse of the Irish National League
  
  - The reconstruction of nationalist politics, 1891–1910
  The rebuilding of the parliamentary party
  The rise of the Hibernians
  
  - The new nationalism and military conspiracy, 1900–16
  The development of cultural nationalism and the origins of Sinn Féin
  Fenians, Volunteers and insurrection
  
  - Elections, revolution and civil war, 1916–23
  The rise of Sinn Féin
  The electoral landslide of December 1918
  The Republic of Ireland, 1919–23
  
  - The origins of the party system in independent Ireland
  The ancestry of the Irish party system
  The legitimation of the state and the building of political parties
  
  - An analysis of electoral politics, 1923–48
  Parties and elections in the Irish Free State
  Turnout, 1922–44
  Sinn Féin III/Fianna Fáil
  Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael
  The Labour Party
  The farmers' parties
  The break-up of the Treaty party system
  
  - The roots of party and government in independent Ireland
  The central place of party in Irish politics
  Party and the physical force tradition
  The evolution of the Irish state
  Party and government in independent Ireland
  
  - Some comparative perspectives
  Liberal democracy
  The party system in comparative perspective

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  Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky -...

  Jessie Asya Kanzer

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  This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and editor.Volodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there's a single one that informs Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: "We are all simple people."Jessie Kanzer sees Zelensky as a Spiritual Leader for Our Times. As a native Russian speaker (like Zelensky himself), she picks up on the deep philosophical ramifications behind his words. Rich and yet easily understood, the life lessons in Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky are accessible and wise, and are more about starting where you are than about war.Kanzer herself has a bit part in Zelensky's life story, acting in one of his movies filmed in the States. She's a self-described "spiritual nerd" who followed Zelensky long before he stood before a blue and yellow backdrop on the national stage. She writes, "What is so incredible about our man Volodymyr is that his belief in himself stems not from seeing himself as special, but from seeing himself as ordinary and from knowing there is great power in this ordinariness."A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press Essentials.

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  Indigenous Rights - Changes and...

  Sarah Sargent

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  Over 25 years in the making, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is described by the UN as setting "an important standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples that will undoubtedly be a significant tool towards eliminating human rights violations against the planet's 370 million indigenous people and assisting them in combating discrimination and marginalisation."

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  Anatomy of a Killing - Life and...

  Ian Cobain

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  “A concise and gripping history of the Troubles, revealing the people behind the pain and violence” from the award-winning investigative journalist (Vice).On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son.In Anatomy of a Killing, award-winning journalist Ian Cobain documents the hours leading up to the killing, and the months and years of violence, attrition and rebellion surrounding it. Drawing on interviews with those most closely involved, as well as court files, police notes, military intelligence reports, IRA strategy papers, memoirs and government records, this is a unique perspective on the Troubles, and a revelatory work of investigative journalism.“As gripping as a thriller, except that this isn’t fiction but cold, spine-tingling reality.” —Daily Mail “A remarkable piece of forensic journalism.” —Ed Moloney, author of Voices from the Grave“Reads like a work of fiction . . . True and harrowing.” —Irish Sunday Independent (Books of the Year)</

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  Knowing the Enemy - Jihadist...

  Mary Habeck

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  “In considerable detail and with admirable clarity, [Habeck] contributes one of the most valuable books on the ongoing Middle East—and world—crisis” (Booklist, starred review).   After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qaeda and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks.   Mary Habeck explains that these extremist groups belong to a new movement—known as jihadism—with a specific ideology based on the thought of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Hasan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. Jihadist ideology contains new definitions of the unity of God and of jihad, which allow members to call for the destruction of democracy and the United States and to murder innocent men, women, and children. Habeck also suggests how the United States might defeat the jihadis, using their own ideology against them.   “Concise and sober . . . Quite simply the best single volume currently available on this topic.” —Los Angeles Times   “Knowing the Enemy is vital in the struggle of ideas.” —Theo Hartman, Centre for Research on Geopolitics   “A level-headed, intelligent, thorough and accessible survey of modern Islamic militant thinking.” —The Guardian   “[An] important and necessary new book . . . It demonstrates an insight and forthrightness rare among Western pundits.” —The New York Sun   “A succinct and useful guide.” —The Wall Street Journal

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