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1) World order
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Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
Kissinger offers his analysis of the twenty-first century's ultimate challenge: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historic perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism.
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
2007
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What do the Taliban, Liberian war criminal Charles Taylor, and the U.S. government have in common? They have all done business with the man who put the "blood" in blood diamonds--an immensely wealthy and powerful arms dealer who has flooded Africa and Southwest Asia with weapons of war. Here, two respected journalists tell the story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout's...
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Sean King and Michelle Maxwell volume 6
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The teenage son of an U.S. MIA in Afghanistan hires Sean King and Michelle Maxwell--former Secret Service agents turned private investigators--to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper, more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? What was his true mission? Could Tyler be the next target?
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Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea present serious challenges to our national security. But the biggest threat to the United States comes not from abroad-but from within. Burgeoning deficit and debt, crumbling infrastructure, second class schools, and an outdated immigration system have resulted in a country less competitive and far more vulnerable than it should be. In Foreign...
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Weapons of war volume 21
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Peacekeepers often serve in extreme conditions where ancient hatreds, organized crime and human rights abuses are widespread. Follow the development of peacekeeping in operations from all corners of the globe: from the Sinai Desert to Central America. Discover where peacekeeping initiatives have led to seccussful resolutions, and understand why other missions have failed.
11) The greatest threat: Iraq, weapons of mass destruction, and the growing crisis of global security
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Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Civilization may face no greater enemy than Saddam Hussein, and yet the major powers allowed Saddam to face them down. Here, Richard Butler tells the inside story of the UN's failed attempt to stop Saddam and explains the terrible cost of that failure. As the head of UNSCOM, the special United Nations commission that was supposed to regularly inspect Iraq for weapons violations, Butler had the authority to shut the Iraqis down if he caught them...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"No single invention of the last half century has changed the way we live now as much as the Internet. Alexander Klimburg was a member of the generation for whom it was a utopian ideal turned reality: a place where ideas, information, and knowledge could be shared and new freedoms found and enjoyed. Two decades later, the future isn't so bright any more: increasingly, the Internet is used as a weapon and a means of domination by states eager to exploit...
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