The book details the history of the First World War (1914-1918), explores the mysteries of how a civilization at its peak could bring itself to such a devastating conflict, and reveals the secret negotiations between the crowned representatives of Europe, and their doomed attempts to defuse the crisis, shows how, due to a startling failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute has grown and engulfed the entire continent

Stephen Van Evera's Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science makes an important contribution toward improving the use of case studies for theory development and testing in the social sciences

The Commanding Heights is about the most powerful economic forces at work in the world today, and about the people and the ideas that are shaping the future

Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen, provide leaders in business and government with a guide to complexity that will help them make effective decisions in a world of rapid change. Their approach to management is based on the concept of the Complex Adaptive System, which can describe everything from rain forests to the human gene pool, and from automated software agents to multinational companies

Peace operations are now a principal tool for managing armed conflict and building world peace. The expanded and updated second edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, practice and politics of contemporary peace operations

Russian Roulette is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry

Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the wild and bizarre heart of twenty-first-century Russia

The Insurgents is the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by General David Petraeus, who plotted to revolutionize one of the largest, oldest, and most hidebound institutions—the United States military. This is a story of power, politics, ideas, and personalities—and how they converged to reshape the twenty-first-century American military

This unique volume features comprehensive coverage of many hot topics including methods of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, the danger of intelligence politicization, relationships between intelligence officers and the policymakers they serve, covert action, counterintelligence

In his new book, author Steve Coll explains how Pakistan's main intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is partly responsible for the United States ' struggle in neighboring Afghanistan. The discussion will focus on the international relations of the United States and Pakistan