Sacred Causes : Religion and Politics from the European Dictators to Al Qaeda by Michael Burleigh
$60.00 AUD
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Populated by many of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century, "Sacred Causes" provides a brilliant examination of how religion has shaped 20th-century Europe from the Great War until the modern-day War on Terror. Beginning with the chaotic post-World War I landscape in which religious belief wa ...Show more
The Dragons of Expectation - Reality and Delusion in the Course of History by Robert Conquest
$30.00 AUD
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'The Dragons of Expectation' is an urgent call for society to examine the brain-blindfolds that have consistently stifled debate and prevented painful self-examination. It is a landmark defence of civilisation that illuminates the political degradations and intellectual fetishisms of our current world. ...Show more
The Elephant and the Flea by Charles B. Handy
$15.00 AUD
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The author examines his own experience and theories of life and work, using them to discuss the future of everything from education, work and marriage to capitalism, management, religion and society.
Backlash - The Undeclared War Against Women by Susan Faludi
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What has made women unhappy in the last decade? Faludi writes 'is not their equality' - which they don't yet have - but the rising pressure to halt, even worse, women's quest for that equality.
World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History by Henry A. Kissinger
$15.00 AUD
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In World Order, Henry Kissinger - one of the leading practitioners of world diplomacy and author of On China - makes his monumental investigation into the 'tectonic plates' of global history and state relations. World Order is the summation of Henry Kissinger's thinking about history, strategy and state ...Show more
America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy by Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay
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President George W. Bush is leading a revolution in American foreign policy. Galvanized by the terrorist attacks of September 11, he has radically amended, and in some cases abandoned, strategies and institutions that for decades guided America's engagement in the world. With terrorists, tyrants and tec ...Show more
RIVALS - HOW THE POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHINA, INDIA AND JAPAN WILL SHAPE OUR NEXT DECADE by Bill Emmott
$65.00 AUD
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Blood Brotherhoods: The Rise of the Italian Mafias by John Dickie
$20.00 AUD
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BLOOD BROTHERHOODS is the enthralling new history of Italian organised crime by the author of the international acclaimed bestseller COSA NOSTRA. The Sicilian mafia is far from being Italy's most powerful and dangerous criminal fraternity. The South of the country hosts two other major mafias: the Camor ...Show more
Body Of Secrets : How America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ Eavesdrop on the World by James Bamford
$25.00 AUD
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An examination of the inner workings of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the USA. Bamford investigates the parts it has played in many undercover operations. Technological aspects of the agency are also brought to light, such as listening posts and satellites.
HEADSCARVES AND HYMENS : WHY THE MIDDLE EAST NEEDS A SEXUAL REVOLUTION by MONA ELTAHAWY
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Colossus: The rise and fall of the American empire by Niall Ferguson
$45.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
Is America the new world Empire? The US government emphatically denies it. Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite the presence of more than 750 military installations across two-thirds of the globe and despite his stated intention 'to extend the benefits of freedom . . . ...Show more
Before the Killing Fields - Witness to Cambodia and the Vietnam War by Leslie Fielding
$80.00 AUD
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This is a gripping portrait of a country poised between peace and war. In the mid-1960s, Cambodia's position within South East Asia was highly vulnerable. The Americans were embroiled in war in Vietnam, the Viet Cong were gaining clandestine control over Cambodian frontier areas, while the Cambodian gov ...Show more