Power has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this complex concept by providing students with an incisive and engaging introduction to the shifting configurations of power in the contemporary global order.Drawing on the work of leading international relations scholars, philosophers and sociologists, the analysis goes beyond simplistic views of power as material capability, focusing also on its...

This book offers a comparative analysis of the approaches, policies and records of the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, through an examination of key foreign policy issues that caused controversy and debate both during the 1990s and in the years since 9/11.In the post 9/11 security environment, three issues were identified by the Bush administration as being at the heart of a threat ‘nexus’ – issues that had also preoccupied the Clinton administration. These were...

This book offers an original and distinct analysis of NATO's post-Cold War evolution. Unlike so much of the available literature, it is not focused on what in the author's opinion NATO should be doing now that the Cold War is over. Rather, the author offers a comprehensive analysis and overview of the extent to which NATO can undertake new roles, tasks and missions in light of the extent to which it has retained significance and vitality as an international institution.

Analyses the international response to the crisis in Kosovo, and its broader implications by examining its diplomatic, military and humanitarian features. Unravelling these implications can be challenging as it remains an event replete with paradoxes - the originality of this book's approach lies in its exploration of these paradoxes. The crisis in Kosovo has been a headline grabbing event - a serious study of the implications of the conflict on wider European security issues and instituti...

This title was fist published in 2000: A fresh and original study of EU and NATO enlargement, which sets both in a comparative context and considers them against a backdrop of the evolution of a pan-European security community. The book is divided into two parts. In part one the authors examine and discuss the EU and NATO enlargement processes and the ’incremental linkage’ which has developed between them. The major issues and challenges facing the two institutions as they ponder the next ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • Arkady Renko’s triumphant return to Moscow quickly turns into a waking nightmare in this “crackling suspense thriller” (The Boston Globe) from the author of Gorky Park.“What ultimately sets the Renko books apart is the careful writing, and, more importantly, the knowledge of the human heart that is carried through it, through them, first to last.”—Chicago Tri...

The true story of a deadly love triangle in a small Pennsylvania town—from the New York Times –bestselling author and prize-winning crime reporter.Dr. John Yelenic was a successful dentist in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. When he met Michele Kamler, he thought he'd finally found the woman of his dreams. She was beautiful, intelligent, and seemed to want all the same things out of life as he did.Michele married Yeleni...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For a chance at redemption, disgraced inspector Arkady Renko must solve a shocking murder in this “absolutely haunting” (Cosmopolitan) thriller from the author of Gorky Park.“Martin Cruz Smith writes the most inventive thrillers of anyone in the first rank of thriller writers.”—The Washington Post Book WorldHe made too many enemies. He lost his party membership. Once Moscow’s t...

New York Times –Bestselling Author: The true crime story of a California college student accused of murdering his entire family in 1992 to inherit millions.On Easter Sunday, multimillionaire Dale Ewell, his wife, and twenty-four-year-old daughter were gunned down one by one as they returned home from their beach house. The stone-cold killer waited on a sheet of plastic to avoid leaving clues and calmly retrieved all the bullet casings befo...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

A fascinating true-crime account of the cold-blooded murder of a Texas socialite by the New York Times –bestselling author and prize-winning crime reporter.Robert and Doris Angleton seemed to have the perfect life. Until she was coldly murdered in her own home, shot thirteen times in the head, chest, and abdomen . . .Suddenly the ideal husband seemed anything but perfect: he was jailed, accused of hiring his older...

The shocking true story of a seemingly happy family and the deadly secrets that led to murder from the New York Times –bestselling author of Death in Texas .For twenty years, Ken and Kristine Fitzhugh and their two sons had lived lives of comfortable middle-class normality in the university town of Palo Alto, California. Then came the shocking news that Kristine Fitzhugh was dea...