The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War With Itself (Bork Robert H.)(Paperback)

The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War With Itself (Bork Robert H.)(Paperback)

Since it first appeared in 1978, this seminal work by one of the foremost American legal minds of our age has dramatically changed the way the courts view government's role in private affairs. Now reissued with a new introduction and foreword, this classic shows how antitrust suits adversely affect

Ideals, Interests, and U.S. Foreign Policy from George H. W. Bush to Donald Trump (Powaski Ronald E.)(Paperback)

This volume discusses the presidential foreign policies of the post-Cold War era, beginning with George H. W. Bush and ending with the first 17 months of Donald Trump's presidency. During this period, the United States emerged from the Cold War as the world's most powerful nation. Nevertheless, the

Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Stone Deborah)(Paperback)

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favor of 'rationality.' Author Deborah Stone has fully revised and

The Debt (Kray Roberta)(Paperback)

An anonymous phone call was all it took to alert the police to a body at The Palace. Now, eighteen years later, Johnny Frank is coming out of jail with only one thing on his mind - to kill the man who put him there. But first he's going to make him suffer. Jim Buckley has got everything he doesn't:

Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (Pape Robert a.)(Paperback)

From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues

Find Me (Wymark Olwen)(Paperback)

At the age of twenty, Verity was charged by the police with damaging a chair by fire in the mental hospital were she was a patient. Later, she was committed to Broadmoor 'from where she may not be discharged without permission of the Home Secretary.' Using a technique of multiple characterization,

Heart of the Matter (Greene Graham)(Paperback / softback)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODScobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic

Turning Down the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies (Compston H.)(Paperback)

This study analyses the politics of climate policy in a range of affluent democracies and at EU level in order to identify political strategies that would make it easier for governments to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions without sustaining significant political

Mirror with a Memory: Photography, Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence (Leers Dan)(Paperback)

The complicity of the image: photography at the intersection of police surveillance, corporate/state control and artificial intelligenceHow are images being utilized to gather data on our daily activities? With the development and advancement of artificial intelligence, there has been a radical

The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century: War and the Bourbon Reforms, 1713-1796 (Kuethe Allan J.)(Paperback)

This volume elucidates Bourbon colonial policy with emphasis on Madrid's efforts to reform and modernize its American holdings. Set in an Atlantic world context, the book highlights the interplay between Spain and America as the Spanish empire struggled for survival amid the fierce international

The War on Drugs and Anglo-American Relations: Lessons from Afghanistan, 2001-2011 (Berry Philip A.)(Paperback)

Through interviews with key policy practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic, this study reveals the complex picture of counter narcotics strategy in Afghanistan. It highlights the key points of cooperation and contention, and details the often contradictory and competitive objectives of the

Wasting Police Time - The Crazy World of the War on Crime (Copperfield David)(Paperback / softback)

Stolen Things (Herron R. H.)(Paperback)

With one call, her daughter's life is on the line. Laurie Ahmadi has worked as a 911 police dispatcher in her quiet Northern California town for almost two decades, but nothing in her nearly twenty years of experience could prepare her for the worst call of her career--her teenage daughter, Jojo,

Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Rider Toby C.)(Paperback)

It is the early Cold War. The Soviet Union appears to be in irresistible ascendance, and moves to exploit the Olympic Games as a vehicle for promoting international communism. In response, the United States conceives a subtle, far-reaching psychological warfare campaign to blunt the Soviet advance

Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism (Peck Jamie)(Paperback)

We inhabit a perpetually accelerating and increasingly interconnected world, with new ideas, fads, and fashions moving at social-media speed. New policy ideas, especially 'ideas that work,' are now able to find not only a worldwide audience but also transnational salience in remarkably short order

The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain (Boyer George R.)(Paperback)

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British

Dealing with the Devil (Herrgott Wayne)(Paperback)

Dealing with the Devil is a story of ordinary police officers becoming the heroes that they are. However, just as an artist emphasizes white by laying it on a black background, the author contrasts the very good with the very bad. The antagonist is a psychopathic hired killer, the worst of

Dying Season - The Dordogne Mysteries 8 (Walker Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Bruno, Chief of Police's beloved Dordogne town of St Denis is tearing itself apart. Can he keep it together in the gripping eighth instalment in this internationally bestselling

Interest Groups and the Politics of Trade After the Cold War - The Case of the U.S.-Jordan, Singapore and Chile Free Trade Agreements (Garrastazu Antonio)(Paperback)

The politics of trade after the Cold War has transformed U.S foreign policy. Given the surge of interest in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the far- reaching political and economic repercussions of globalization, the post-Cold War period constitutes a critical juncture in the history of U.S

Owl Always Hunts At Night (Bjork Samuel)(Paperback)

When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond. But what they find at the murder site is unexpected. The body is posed, the scene meticulously set. And there is almost no forensic evidence to be found. Detective Mia Kruger is a woman on the edge. But her boss has less regard for

Police Casualties in Ireland 1919-1922 (Abbott Richard)(Paperback)

The Royal Irish Constabulary are often portrayed as the villains of the War of Independence in Ireland, Irishmen who betrayed their country by serving the British regime. No memorial has been raised in Ireland to those who died during the conflict and their names are largely forgotten, apart from a

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam (McNamara Robert S.)(Paperback)

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The definitive insider's account of American policy making in Vietnam. Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether

The Bilderbergers: Puppet-Masters of Power? an Investigation Into Claims of Conspiracy at the Heart of Politics, Business, and the Media (Wisnewski Gerhard)(Paperback)

'It is teeming with police. Every second person around you is an agent. You are secretly photographed, your phone is tapped, and your colleagues are arrested. You are made to feel as if you are totally transparent. Yes, you are in the vicinity of a Bilderberg conference' (Kopp Online).Since 1954, a

The Dead Man (Leo)(Paperback)

Sergeant Philip Trent is a 'Mountie', a member of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police. At the end of the 19th century, it's up to him and his fellow officers to criss-cross the vast open spaces of Canada to maintain law and order. Sent after a small-time killer, he finds himself saving the