The World Beyond the US

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A Crisis of Governance – Zimbabwe
Written by an internationally-trained African economic analyst, A Crisis of Governance is a detailed study of Zimbabwean socio-economic history and development since the nation achieved independence from Great Britain in April 1980, with a focus on…

Jacob Chikuhwa Price range: $15.00 through $35.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Afghanistan’s Intelligence Collapse 2001–2025
A Fragmented Nation Torn by Wolves
Written by senior analyst Musa Khan Jalalzai, this detailed work gives an analysis of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and unravels the factors contributing to its collapse, including corruption, political infighting, and external influences.

Musa Khan Jalalzai Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Exorcising Devils from the Throne:
Sao Tome and Principe in the Chaos of Democratization
Very real practical problems face the islands, starting with the corruption, despotism and illegal activities of Presidents Pinto da Costa, Miguel Trovoada and Fradique de Menezes, and including the failure to properly exploit the islands’ natural…

Albertino da Boa Morte Francisco and Nujoma Sancho Quaresma Agostinho Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
From the Mongols to the Ming Dynasty
How a Begging Monk Became Emperor of China, Zhu Yuan Zhang
The Ming Dynasty was a brilliant stretch of three centuries of native Chinese rule, during which China’s influence left its mark on cultures and societies from Vietnam in the east to the Turks in the west.

Hing Ming Hung Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Gaza: Life in a Cage
Curious to see how real life was playing out on the ground in Gaza on a day-to-day basis, two French journalists traveled there together four times in 2004, during the height of the second Intifada, to take the pulse of a society under fire.

Herve Kempf and Jerome Equer Price range: $25.95 through $34.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Japan on the Upswing
Why the Bubble Burst and Japan's Economic Renewal
Japan’s “bubble economy” of the late 1980s was one of the most spectacular financial collapses in modern history, wiping out an estimated ¥1,200 trillion — roughly $11 trillion — in combined stock and real estate value between 1990 and 2003.

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Price range: $23.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Kenya Today
Challenges in Post-Colonial Africa
The author analyzes modern African history to identify the reasons for conflict, economic collapse and other disasters, revealing a world of victims and executioners.

Ndirangu Mwaura Price range: $24.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Medina Mayrit
The Origins of Madrid
Ana Ruiz visits the monuments, architecture and archeological remains of early Madrid, tracing its evolution up until the Christian conquest in the late 11th century.

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Notes from the Other China — Adventures in Asia
Setting out to seek his fortune, Parfitt recreates the experience of jumping into the unfamiliar, blending personal anecdotes with keen insights into the diverse societies he encounters.

Troy Parfitt Price range: $22.95 through $34.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Old Shanghai and the Clash of Revolution
Written in a literary, narrative style, the book gives readers a picture of Chinese society and the country as it evolved beyond recognition in one lifetime.

X. L. Woo Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Pakistan on the Brink
The Army’s War against the Pashtun and Baloch Nations
Pakistan on the Brink: The Army’s War against the Pashtun and Baloch Nations by Musa Khan Jalalzai and Kalim Ullah Kakar presents a critical analysis of Pakistan’s volatile political and security situation.

and Kalim Ullah Kakar, Musa Khan Jalalzai Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Romanian Rhapsody
An Overlooked Corner of Europe
The West has been courting Romania for a decade now. It was given the chairmanship of the OCSE in 2001, and the country has been a reliable US ally in international adventures since then.

Dominique Fernandez Ferrante Ferranti, Photographer Price range: $25.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Slaves to Racism
An Unbroken Chain from America to Liberia
Slaves to Racism is a unique cross-racial, cross cultural approach to racism from an insider/outsider viewpoint.

Benjamin and Anita Dennis Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Blood of the Serpent
Mexican Lives
What is this Mexico that lies south of our borders? Who are its people and what are they like?

Robert Joe Stout Price range: $22.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Crisis of Britain’s Surveillance State
Security, Law Enforcement, and the Intelligence War in Cyberspace
The revelations of Mr. Edward Snowden also sparked widespread outrage about the illegal surveillance mechanisms of NSA and GCHQ.

Musa Khan Jalalzai Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Egyptian Revolution
Between Hope and Despair: Mubarak to Morsi
The author examines how Egyptians have received the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and its progress in the two years that followed Hosni Mubarak’s demise, from the moment the revolution erupted on January 25 to late in February of 2013 when protests…

Mohamed El-Bendary Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page