Recent Catalogues - January 2020 - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

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Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.

A highly readable account of the problems we face now and in the future from global warming to shrinking water resources and the picture is very frightening. However he also shows a way forward and we should listen to his advice in order to stabilise the...

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Islamic State: Rewriting History.

The political analyst helps us understand the complex mind of the Middle East in a concise overview with a well-constructed timeline. He explains what the Islamic State is, where it came from, and how it surpassed al-Qaeda to become the most powerful...

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Company Confessions: Revealing CIA Secrets.

Spies are supposed to keep quiet, never betraying their agents or discussing their operations. Somehow this doesn't apply to the CIA, which is routinely asked to vet fifty or so books by former officers every month. Many of these memoirs command huge...

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The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War.

In 1991, with the end of the Soviet Union there was a general feeling of euphoria around the world. So how did Russia become so violently expansionary and dangerously nationalistic? The Russian state today is seen not as providing central services but as...

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Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World.

Wenar delves into the ethical implications of our dependence on the petroleum trade and the fact that it fuels many violent conflicts and funds a large fraction of the world's autocrats. He shows that much of this oil has been stolen from the citizens...

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The Wikileaks Files: The World According to US Empire.

With an introduction by Julian Assange, we are presented with the contents of select cables that were dumped into the public sphere for all to read. For the most part the cables are written in clear and unambiguous language and reveal a side of American...

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Windsor's Way.

Offers an interesting view of the hung Parliament after the 2010 election. Windsor pulls no punches as he analyses his actions and those of others in deciding to support the Gillard Government. His observations of fellow Parliamentarians, media and some...

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No Expenses Spared.

Aahh, the gravy train of politics. This tells the sordid story of the British M.P.s' use of expenses including Gordon Brown's peculiar cleaning arrangements, Oliver Letwin's tennis court, Sir Peter Vigger's duck house, Douglas Hogg's 2,200 pounds bill...

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