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Donald Trump V. the United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President

By Michael S Schmidt

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With unparalleled reporting, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter chronicles the clash between a president and the officials of his own government who tried to stop him. "A meticulously reported volume that clearly benefits from the author's extraordinary access.

Published: Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Published by: Random House

Available in: Hardcover (9781984854667)

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Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator

By Gregory B Jaczko

A shocking exposé from the most powerful insider in nuclear regulation about how the nuclear energy industry endangers our lives--and why Congress does nothing to stop it. Gregory Jaczko had never heard of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission when he arrived in Washington like a modern-day Mr. Smith. But, thanks to the determination of a powerful senator, he would soon find himself at the agency's helm.

Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Available in: Paperback (9781476755779)

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Evaluating Public Programs: The Impact of General Revenue Sharing on Municipal Government

By Patrick D. Larkey

For effective program evaluation, it is necessary to specify a counterfactual state, i. e. , what would have happened without the program. Conventional approaches to program evaluation, preoccupied with technical and value issues, fail to address directly the need for counterfactual arguments.

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Published by: Princeton University Press

Available in: Hardcover (9780691648262)

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The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong

By Judith Rodin

Building resilience--the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively--is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow.

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Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Published by: PublicAffairs

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Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats

By Joseph M Brown

Force of Words is a groundbreaking examination of the role of threats in terrorist strategies that explains the broader purpose and meaning of terrorist propaganda. Joseph M. Brown explains how terrorist groups tailor their threats so that the desired political message is sent.

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Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Published by: Columbia University Press

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Lights Out: A Cyberattack: A Nation Unprepared: Surviving the Aftermath

By Ted Koppel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. "Fascinating, frightening, and beyond timely. "--Anderson Cooper Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months.

Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Published by: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Available in: Paperback (9780553419986)

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Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State

By Karen J Greenberg

The definitive account of how America's War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security. The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States.

Published: Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Published by: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Available in: Paperback (9780804138239)

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The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity

By Darryl Li

No contemporary figure is more demonized than the Islamist foreign fighter who wages jihad around the world. Spreading violence, disregarding national borders, and rejecting secular norms, so-called jihadists seem opposed to universalism itself. In a radical departure from conventional wisdom on the topic, The Universal Enemy argues that transnational jihadists are engaged in their own form of universalism: these fighters struggle to realize an Islamist vision directed at all of humanity, transcending racial and cultural difference.

Published: Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Published by: Stanford University Press

Available in: Paperback (9781503610873)

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End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival Is Undermining Its Rise

By Carl Minzner

China's reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it-political stability, ideological openness, and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Since the 1990s, Beijing's leaders have firmly rejected any fundamental reform of their authoritarian one-party political system, and on the surface, their efforts have been a success.

Published: Thursday, March 1, 2018

Published by: Oxford University Press

Available in: Hardcover (9780190672089)

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This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States

By Anja Manuel

"By turns alarming and encouraging. . . Manuel delineates with clarity [why] the US must attend closely to. . . harmonious future relations with China and India" (Kirkus Reviews) and why our obsession with China (as once with Japan) is shortsighted. In the next decade and a half, China and India will become two of the world's indispensable powers--whether they rise peacefully or not.

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Published: Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Available in: Paperback (9781501121982)

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Donald Trump V. the United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President

Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator

Evaluating Public Programs: The Impact of General Revenue Sharing on Municipal Government

The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong

Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats

Lights Out: A Cyberattack: A Nation Unprepared: Surviving the Aftermath

Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State

The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity

End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival Is Undermining Its Rise

This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States

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