Product Description: "Rich in ideas and illustrations...of interest to scholars and art enthusiasts alike."—Library JournalSince its first publication in 1994, this book has established itself as the most popular and highly regarded textbook in the field...read more

Product Description: From Bullets to Ballots considers non-state Muslim organiations at different stages of abandoning violence and pursuing their goals through a political process. Some have successfully made the transition. Others are in mid-stream...read more

Product Description: The Statue of Liberty likeness illustrated on the cover of Enlightenment is a very symbolic image not only for Americans but for many other people of the world who harbor dreams for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." However, there are

Product Description: Things didn't go wrong in postwar Iraq because the United States lacked a plan. Things went wrong because the United States was blinded by ideology and ignored planning that was already underway. Losing Iraq tells the story of the tragedy of Iraq, from the first discreet meetings to plan the political transition through the debacle the United States finally created...read more

Product Description: Cities ruled the first half of the 20th century; the second half belonged to the suburbs. Will cities become dominant again? Can the recent decline of many suburbs be slowed? ?Tomorrow's Cities, Tomorrow's Suburbs ? predicts a surprising outcome in the decades-long tug-of-war between urban hubs and suburban outposts...read more

Product Description: The commission examines strategies for implementing the Special Autonomy Law for Papua and proposes more accountable security practices, as well as a process for justice and reconciliation. The commission also recommends sharpening development assistance by linking conflict prevention goals to socioeconomic development...read more

Product Description: Sprawling commercial and residential development in the suburbs can mask severe socioeconomic problems more usually associated with inner cities, such as income decline, crime increase and tax base erosion. This is an examination of conditions and trends in cities and suburbs since 1960, arguing that, beginning in the 1980s, the United States entered a "post-suburban" era of declining suburbs accompanied by large-scale deterioration of communities...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An illustrated overview of the Civil War includes original maps and period photographs that capture the tension and strife of the times

Product Description: 110 color photos/illus. 10 x 10.