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Roosevelt and Churchill: men of secrets
By David Stafford. 1999
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Historical biography, Politics and government biography, Politics and government, War, World War II
Explores the relationship between the United States president Franklin Roosevelt and the British prime minister Winston Churchill before and during…
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the Second World War. Explains how the two leaders shared intelligence secrets, bribed Spain to remain neutral, and trusted each other despite conflicting postwar national interests. 1999.
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Rogue state: a guide to the world's only superpower
By William Blum. 2000
United States history, Politics and government
A critical look at the U.S. and its role as a superpower. Blum examines the U.S. foreign policy and its…
involvement in foreign elections and assassinations. He raises the question of why the U.S. has become the target of terrorists and discusses the issues of freedom and human rights in the U.S. 2000.
Saddam Hussein and the crisis in the Gulf
By Judith Miller, Laurie Mylroie. 1990
Biography, Politics and government biography, War and military biography, Politics and government, War
Describes Hussein's peasant origins, his rise through the ranks as hit man and intelligence chief to leader of Iraq. Considers…
the course of events that led to the invasion of Kuwait and includes a short account of the ensuing war. Bestseller 1990.
Russia: between yesterday and tomorrow
By Marika Pruska-Carroll. 1995
A teacher of Russian and Eastern politics at Concordia University, Pruska-Carroll travelled throughout Russia in the early 1990s, interviewing Russians…
about the changes in their country. She spoke to workers and professionals, artists and businessmen, students and drop-outs, and recorded their impressions and experiences of the new Russia, its people and values, and the new politics and economy. c1995
Russian roulette: the inside story of Putin's war on America and the election of Donald Trump
By David Corn, Michael Isikoff. 2018
Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Politics and government
The incredible, harrowing account of how Vladimir Putin hacked an American election as part of a covert operation to subvert US democracy. Bestseller. 2018.
Rushing to Armageddon: the shocking truth about Canada, missile defence and Star Wars
By Mel Hurtig. 2004
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Canadian non-fiction, Police and military, Politics and government, Canadian politics and government, War
Hertig asserts that both the American and Canadian governments are intentionally misleading their citizens about the Pentagon's unprecedented plans to…
weaponize space, about the new Russian and Chinese nuclear missile build-ups, and about the destruction of important, long-standing arms control agreements. Other topics covered are why the so-called U.S. missile "defence" system is really about establishing a U.S. first-strike-from-space capability, why both Paul Martin and Stephen Harper want to join in George W. Bush's program, and how all these factors may be leading to a rapidly increasing danger of a nuclear apocalypse. 2004.
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Russia and the West: Gorbachev and the politics of reform
By Jerry F Hough. 1988
The author argues that Gorbachev is breaking with Stalinist and Leninist legacy by opening the Soviet Union to western ideas…
and technology. His reforms are far-reaching and changes in global power relationships are imminent. 1988.
Roundup at the Double Diamond: the American cowboy today
By William Surface. 1974
Adventure and exploration, Nature, United States travel and geography
A rugged on-the-scene account of one roundup season on an immense ranch in western Texas. Captures the cowboy's speech, the…
dust and dangers, and the camaraderie of the veteran foreman with his mixed gang of old-time cowboys. 1974.
Roughneck: the life and times of Big Bill Haywood
By Peter Carlson. 1983
Biography, Business biography, Business and economics, Politics and government
Biography of the former cowboy, prospector, and silver miner who became the radical leader of the Industrial Workers of the…
World - the celebrated "Wobblies." He led miners in the bloody "labour wars" in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and textile workers in the famous "bread and roses" strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Prosecuted in two criminal cases, a "guilty" Haywood jumped bail and escaped to exile in Russia. Some strong language. 1983.
The grand failure: the birth and death of communism in the twentieth century
By Zbigniew Brzezinski. 1989
By looking at the history of Marxism, Leninism and Stalinism, and the state of the communist movement, the author argues…
that Gorbachev's reforms will not be enough to save this doomed structure. c1989.
The great awakening: reviving faith and politics in a post-religious right America
By Jim Wallis. 2008
Politics and government, Christianity, Inspirational and family life
What will it take to solve the biggest issues of our time? Jim Wallis, the man who changed the conversation…
about faith and politics, has traveled the United States and found a nation hungry for a politics of solutions and hope. He shows us that a revival is happening, as people of faith and moral conviction seek common ground for change. c2008.
The gilded ghetto: women and political power in Canada
By Sydney Sharpe. 1994
Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Politics and government, Canadian politics and government
Sharpe takes an in-depth look at women in Canadian politics, and their struggles in an arena of male privilege and…
influence. She documents the attitudes of male politicians towards women, from Pearson to Mulroney, and interviews women in all levels of politics across the country, such as Monique Begin, Sheila Copps, and Barbara McDougall. c1994.
The gentleman from New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan : a biography
By Godfrey Hodgson. 2000
Biography, Politics and government biography, Politics and government
Presents an account of the popular senator's life as a politician who championed both liberal and conservative causes. Traces Moynihan's…
difficult childhood, his educational path, and his varied career in government. Discusses the philosophy behind his landmark 1965 report on African American families. Some strong language. 2000.
The first world oil war (G - Reference,information And Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.)
By Timothy C Winegard. 2016
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Politics and government
Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity. Oil is also the root source of global conflict, toxicity and…
economic disparity. The author argues that beginning with the First World War, oil became the preeminent commodity to safeguard national security and promote domestic prosperity. For the first time in history, territory was specifically conquered to possess oil fields and resources; vital cogs in the continuation of the industrialized warfare of the twentieth century. 2016.
The friendly dictatorship
By Jeffrey Simpson. 2001
Canadian non-fiction, Politics and government, Canadian politics and government
Simpson argues that with the Liberal Party's re-election to a third majority government, Canada is in danger of becoming a…
de facto one-party state. He tries to make sense of what has been happening in three areas that are vital to Canadian democracy: the parliamentary system, the political parties, and the electorate. What has occurred within each of these spheres has directly influenced developments in the others. 2001.
The frock-coated communist: the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels
By Tristram Hunt. 2009
Biography, Historical biography, Politics and government biography, European history, Politics and government
Friedrich Engels was a textile magnate and fox-hunter, a raffish, high-living, heavy drinking devotee of the good things in life.…
But Engels was also the man behind Karl Marx who for forty years funded him, looked after his children, soothed his furies, and provided one-half of history's most celebrated ideological partnership. He was co-author of The Manifesto of the Communist Party and co-founder of what would come to be known as Marxism. Interpreted and misinterpreted, quoted and misquoted, Friedrich Engels became one of the central architects of modern global socialism. 2009.
The full catastrophe: travels among the new Greek ruins
By James Angelos. 2015
The author presents the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its…
dysfunctional present. With vivid character-driven narratives and engaging reporting that offers an immersive sense of place, he brings to life some of the causes of the country's financial collapse, and examines the changes, some hopeful and others worrisome, emerging in its aftermath. 2015.
The fourth power: a grand strategy for the United States in the 21st Century
By Gary Hart. 2004
Police and military, Politics and government
Hart, a former senator and presidential candidate, fears that containment of communism has been supplanted by a blatant strategy of…
empire as the basis of American foreign policy. He rejects what he regards as the unilateral efforts by the current administration to promote geopolitical interests. As an alternative, Hart proposes a foreign policy designed to advance the "fourth power" - that is, the power of core American values, including representative government and individual liberty. 2004.
The founding fathers on leadership: Classic Teamwork In Changing Times
By Donald T Phillips. 1999
Phillips present a riveting account of how the leadership and management skills America's founding fathers used during the Revolutionary War can translate into great success in corporate America. 1999.
The fate of the west: the battle to save the world's most successful political idea (Economist Bks.)
By Bill Emmott. 2017
When faced with global instability and economic uncertainty, it is tempting for states to react by closing borders, hoarding wealth…
and solidifying power. This insularity, together with increased inequality of income, threatens the future role of the West as a font of stability, prosperity and security. Part of the problem is that the principles of liberal democracy upon which the success of the West has been built have been suborned, with special interest groups such as bankers accruing too much power and too great a share of the economic cake. States such as Sweden in the 1990s, California at different times or Britain under Thatcher all halted stagnation by clearing away the powers of interest groups and restoring their societies' ability to evolve. From reinventing welfare systems to redefining the working age, from reimagining education to embracing automation, Emmott lays out the changes the West must make to revive itself. 2017.
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