Автор: DK Название: The Politics Book ISBN: 1409364453 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409364450 Издательство: Dorling Kindersley Цена: 2617.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Learning about the vast concept of politics can be daunting, this book makes it easier than ever by giving you all the big ideas, simply explained. It includes more than 100 ideas in the history of politics that are helpfully broken down so that abstract topics, such as theoretical foundations and practical applications become real.
Автор: George Orwell Название: Politics and the English Language ISBN: 0141393068 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141393063 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: от 395.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Includes all issues such as political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. This title offers an essay on style.
Описание: This Book is a Gripping Account of the Murky World of the Anglo-American Oil Industry and its Hidden Role in World Politics. -- William Engdahl takes the reader through the history of how seven giant oil companies - five American and two British - developed a controlling grip on the worlds economy unprecedented in history. This is no ordinary history of oil. It is a history of global politics, more precisely of global geopolitics - how control of strategic geographical pivot regions first British and later American interests to control in large part the world economy. -- The book sheds light for the first time on such events as the 1973 oil shock - a sudden 400% rise in the price of the worlds most essential commodity in a matter of weeks. What William Engdahl reveals, with flawless documentation, will shock most people. The implications are even more devastating. He also documents how oil played an essential role in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union, in the rise and fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in the US occupation of Iraq and countless other events not normally understood in such a light.
Описание: The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons - a luxury that we can no longer indulge. In this book, the author argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate.
Автор: Shah Aqil Название: The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan ISBN: 0674728939 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674728936 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 5853.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In sharp contrast to neighboring India, the Muslim nation of Pakistan has been ruled by its military for over three decades. The Army and Democracy identifies steps for reforming Pakistan`s armed forces and reducing its interference in politics, and sees lessons for fragile democracies striving to bring the military under civilian control.
Автор: R. D. Laing Название: The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise ISBN: 0140134867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140134865 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us leads to feelings of alienation and a waste of human potential. This title examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and `us and them` thinking, and illustrates ideas with a case history of a ten-day psychosis.
Автор: Browning, Guy Название: Office politics ISBN: 0091910757 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780091910754 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lets you into the little secrets, tips and rules for surviving the office jungle. This work helps you learn about: bosses from hell, with egos even larger than their company cars; how office pot plants survive on a diet of cold coffee and furniture polish; and more. It aims to make sense of the things in office life that make no sense at all.
Описание: Explores how French queens and noblewomen of early modern France, used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers. This title sheds light on architecture, self, and society in the ancient regime.
Автор: McCurry Stephanie Название: Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South ISBN: 0674064216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674064218 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 3794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The attempt to repress a majority of its own population backfired on the Confederate States of America as the disenfranchised demanded to be counted and considered in the great struggle over slavery, emancipation, democracy, and nationhood. This title presents the story of this epic political battle.
Автор: Arter, David Название: Scandinavian politics today ISBN: 0719078539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719078538 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This second completely revised edition of Scandinavian politics today analyses and compares the contemporary politics and international relations of the five-nation states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the three Home Rule territories of Greenland, Faeroes and Aland that together make up the Nordic region. -- .
Описание: We all know that the arctic is the canary in the coal mine of climate change, but that is only part of the story. This book reveals that the melting snow and ice are giving way to a much bigger story of battles over vast deposits of gas, oil and minerals, arguments over control of sea lanes and disputes over access to huge fisheries in seas.
Описание: Cosimo dei Medici stabilized ducal finances, secured his borders, doubled his territory, attracted scholars and artists to his court, academy, and universities, and dissipated fractious Florentine politics. These triumphs were far from a foregone conclusion, as Gregory Murry shows in this study of how Cosimo crafted his image as a sacral monarch.
Описание: Presents an insightful biography of Barack Obama, the President of the United States. This title covers his presidential campaign and shows how he learned his political skills in his early career, which led him from his university lecturer`s office in Iowa, to his nomination as a Democratic candidate, and finally to the Oval Office in Washington.
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