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Why do the armed forces sometimes intervene in politics via short-lived coups d’état, at other times establish or support authoritarian regimes, or in some cases come under the democratic
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In this comprehensive introduction to causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their co-authors delineate the ontological and epistemological differences among these methods,
In this comprehensive introduction to causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their co-authors delineate the ontological and epistemological differences among these methods,
Classicists, art historians, and archaeologists show how the sculptural landscape that modern scholarship works with, and that museum visitors today come face to face with, came into being largely as
In the early 20th century, the diesel-electric submarine made possible a new type of unrestricted naval warfare. Such brutal practices as targeting passenger, cargo, and hospital ships not only violat
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Black musical forms profoundly influenced the work of American poet and leading literary figure Lorenzo Thomas, and he wrote about them with keen insight---and obvious pleasure. This book, begun by T
Black musical forms profoundly influenced the work of American poet and leading literary figure Lorenzo Thomas, and he wrote about them with keen insight---and obvious pleasure. This book, begun by T
What explains variance in the policy of Great Powers toward drug traffickers, pirates, and terrorists? Does counterharm policy depend just on the degree of material harm caused to a powerful state by
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At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers another way of looking at Islam. In an innovat
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Playwright and actor David Greenspan has been a leading figure in Manhattan's downtown performance scene for over twenty years. His numerous accolades include a Guggenheim fellowship and four Obie Awa
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