Public Policy
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Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War
$17.00 Add to cartIn “a clear-eyed and shrewd examination…of how the US seems to be mired in a losing and intractable battle against global terrorism” (Publishers Weekly), Mark Danner describes a nation forever alter… [more below]
- Author: Danner, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1476747776
- Language: English
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Systems Ultra: Making Sense of Technology in a Complex World
$24.95 Read moreA TOOLBOX FOR COMPREHENDING — AND CHANGING — THE WORLD
Systems Ultra explores how we experience complex systems: the mesh of things, people, and ideas interacting to produce their own patterns and b- Author: Voss, Georgina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 1839760559
- Language: English
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The Commonist Horizon: Futures Beyond Capitalist Urbanization
$20.00 Add to cartHow do we move from defensive tactics that respond to the latest stages of capitalist urbanization, to transformative, strategic revolts, attacking the root causes and putting into practice alternativ… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Mary N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1942173717
- Language: English
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The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war–and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises–from Tru… [more below]
- Author: Kaplan, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1982107308
- Language: English
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Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865-1915
$19.95 Add to cartAn in-depth critical analysis of how ruling elites use the police institution in order to control communities.
- Author: Harring, Sidney L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1608468542
- Language: English
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Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy
$20.95 Add to cartThe United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy th
- Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
- Author: Posen, Barry R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1501700723
- Language: English
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The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait
$22.00 Add to cartA timeless resource that describes the evolution of the US military in the first half of the 20th century.More than 50 years after its publication, The Professional Soldier remains a path-breaking stu… [more below]
- Author: Janowitz, Morris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1501179322
- Language: English
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What Are Animal Rights For?
$13.95 Add to cartHow should we treat animals? The long-held belief that other animals exist solely for human use has undergone radical challenge in the past half century. How much further do we need to go to minimize,… [more below]
- Series: What Is It For?
- Author: Cooke, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1529228417
- Language: English
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The Case for Open Borders
$19.95 Add to cartA beautifully-written, broadly accessible, and forthright argument for a solution to the migration crisis: open the gates.
Because of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die. Closed borders fo… [more below]- Author: Washington, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9798888900727
- Language: English
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It’s Ok to Be Angry about Capitalism
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blueprint for what trans… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, Bernie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0593238737
- Language: English
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Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis
$16.00 Add to cartPresident Jimmy Carter offers a passionate defense of separation of church and state, warning that fundamentalists are deliberately blurring the lines between politics and religion.
In Our Endangered- Author: Carter, Jimmy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0743285018
- Language: English
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A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism
$22.95 Add to cartThe American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geop
- Author: Sachs, Jeffrey D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 023118848X
- Language: English
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The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada
$25.99 Read moreThe climate crisis is here, and the end of this world? a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide? is on the horizon. In this compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indig
- Author: Alook, Angele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 27 2023
- ISBN10: 177113612X
- Language: English
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Post Growth: Life After Capitalism
$19.95 Read moreWinner of the 2022 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics
Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability – and l
- Author: Jackson, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1509542523
- Language: English
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Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need
$21.95 Add to cartOur Changing Menu unpacks the increasingly complex relationships between food and climate change. Whether you’re a chef, baker, distiller, restaurateur, or someone who simply enjoys a good pizza or dr
- Author: Hoffmann, Michael P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501754629
- Language: English
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Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
$17.95 Add to cartFrom a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive-and why it doesn’t have to be
Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscie- Author: Reinhardt, Uwe E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0691208530
- Language: English
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Uncle Sam’s Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America’s Poor and What We Can Do about It
$19.99 Add to cartUncle Sam’s Plantation is an incisive look at how government manipulates, controls, and ultimately devastates the lives of the poor–and what Americans must do to stop it. Once a hustler and welfare a
- Author: Parker, Star
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2010
- ISBN10: 1595552235
- Language: English
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The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force
$31.65 Add to cartSpeak softly and carry a big stick Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry bu… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Eliot A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1541617274
- Language: English
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
$23.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History
Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award
Shortlisted for the 2018… [more below]- Author: Steil, Benn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: February 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1501102389
- Language: English
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The Virtue of Color-Blindness
$29.99 Read moreA black professor takes on the cult of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this compelling appeal to true justice, he demolishes the identity politics that makes a travesty of Martin Luther King’s dr… [more below]
- Author: Archie, Andre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 168451309X
- Language: English
