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Gilgamesh among Us: Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic - Theodore Ziolkowski - Google Books
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The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods.…
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The Petroleum Triangle: Oil, Globalization, and Terror - Steve A. Yetiv - Google Books
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In The Petroleum Triangle, Steve A. Yetiv tells the interconnected story of oil, globalization, and terrorism. Yetiv asks how Al-Qaeda, a small band of terrorists, became such a real and perceived threat to American and global security, a threat viewed as…
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Flowering Plants of the Galápagos - Conley K. McMullen - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=ucvFdpS2tBMC&printsec=frontcover
The Galápagos are home to a wide-ranging assortment of unusual plants and animals. The islands became famous as the site of Charles Darwin's research leading to his theory of evolution by natural selection, and their magnificent flora and fauna continue to…
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The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics - Ivo Banac - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=KfqbujXqQBkC&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=Banac+Krajina+1922&source=web&ots=VXMijbihoQ&sig=ditqJnZOBTLO
Even before it collapsed into civil war, ethnic cleansing, and dissolution, Yugoslavia was an archetypical example of a troubled multinational mosaic, a state without a single national base or even a majority. Its stability and very existence were…
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Targeting Civilians in War - Alexander B. Downes - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=TWEEW8SBvEAC&pg=PT42&dq=%22dehousing+memorandum%22&hl=de&ei=okEcTse6DcPKsgb55-yHBw&sa=X&oi=book_
Accidental harm to civilians in warfare often becomes an occasion for public outrage, from citizens of both the victimized and the victimizing nation. In this vitally important book on a topic of acute concern for anyone interested in military strategy,…
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The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Psychology (with ethics and ... - Richard Sorabji - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=GqFqAlrpNvgC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false
This is the first work to draw on the four hundred years of transition from ancient Greek philosophy to the medieval philosophy of Islam and the West. During this period, philosophy was often written in the form of commentaries on the works of Plato and…
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Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics - Margaret E. Keck, Kathryn Sikkink - Google Books
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In Activists beyond Borders, Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be…
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Channels of Power: The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq - Alexander Thompson - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=poIaSAbQcmIC&pg=PA163
When President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so without the explicit approval of the Security Council. His father's administration, by contrast, carefully funneled statecraft through the United Nations and achieved…
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Stavisky: A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue - Paul Jankowski - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=r7Byd-NqkFQC&pg=PA139
"A swindler charmed and spent his way to the heights of the [French] Republic, before coming to a mysterious end on the side of Mont-Blanc." With these words, Paul F. Jankowski introduces his subject, Russian-born Sacha Stavisky, who in 1934 set off a…