Over the past decade, the growing number of insurgents and non-State actors in the war, as well as their willingness to use irregular methods of warfare, have led commentators to talk about "new wars". Every war is a hostile business, capable of generating its own dynamics and therefore evolving in directions that can never be fully predicted

The Passage of Power, Caro covers Johnson's life from 1958 to 1964, the challenges Johnson faced upon his assumption of the presidency, and the significant accomplishments in the months after Kennedy's assassination

The book is a presentation of the report "Global Trends 2030" and is largely focused on influencing American politics

The textbook provides an introduction to the scientific study of politics. It presents the basic tools to become both critical consumers and beginning producers of scholarly research in polititcal science

The book describes the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 in fascinating detail. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the crushing defeats of the Prussian army in Denmark, the French emperor Napoleon III vowed to subjugate Prussia, but Prussia and its German allies had twice as many troops as the French, in July 1870, the conflict was too close to the end of hostilities on both sides

Kahneman's research has shown that people's constant thinking errors are caused more by the mechanism of thinking itself than by the influence of emotions. Today, researchers agree with the thesis that our minds are prone to systematic errors. Kahneman's main idea is to demonstrate the workings of the mind, taking into account the latest discoveries in cognitive and social psychology

In both text and photography, the story of September 11 is told through a selection of powerfully moving artifacts from the 9/11 museum’s collection that serve as touchstones to the day and its aftermath

Bestselling author, former White House speechwriter, and Atlantic columnist and media commentator David Frum explains why President Trump has undermined our most important institutions in ways even the most critical media has missed, in this thoughtful and hard-hitting book that is a warning for democracy and America’s future

This atlas graphically illuminates the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th century B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads of some of the world's most important developments, all succinctly explained in this book

In a compact guide to essential sources, this bibliography covers the Soviet armed forces from the birth of the Red Army and the origins of the Soviet military system to the demise of the Soviet Union. The authors have selected over 1,400 titles that accommodate both wider interests and those of the specialist