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What They Wished for

American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004

By: Lawrence John McAndrews

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What They Wished for

American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004

By: Lawrence John McAndrews

Though divided by race, class, gender, and party, Catholics have influenced issues of war and peace, social justice, and life and death among modern presidents in a profound way, from President Kennedy's election to John Kerry's run.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820346837

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9780820346830

Steep

The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party

By: Lawrence Rosenthal,Christine Trost

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Steep

The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party

By: Lawrence Rosenthal,Christine Trost

“Steep brings together many of the leading scholars on modern, U.S.-right-wing politics. An exceptionally important and timely collection that sheds new light on the Tea Party phenomenon.” - Kathleen Blee, author of Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement "Steep is deep. Its contribution of genuine interdisciplinary scholarship to the phenomenon of the Tea Party is one the best things to happen to our understanding of contemporary right-wing politics. This is an outstanding place for concerned citizens to understand the movement, whether it ends up rising or falling." - Rick Perlstein, author of Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus and Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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Univ of California Press

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0520274229

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9780520274228

America at the Brink of Empire

Rusk, Kissinger, and the Vietnam War

By: Lawrence W. Serewicz

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America at the Brink of Empire

Rusk, Kissinger, and the Vietnam War

By: Lawrence W. Serewicz

Addressing issues of continuing if not heightened relevance to contemporary debate, America at the Brink of Empire explores the foreign policy leadership of Dean Rusk and Henry Kissinger regarding the extent of the United States' mission to insure a stable world order. Lawrence W. Serewicz argues that in the Vietnam conflict the United States experienced an identity crisis-a near Machiavellian moment, to use the concept of J. G. A. Pocock-whereby America came close to assuming an imperial role, stretching the country to the limits of its identity as a republic. Serewicz offers a revealing look at the parts played by Rusk and Kissinger-and President Lyndon Johnson-in bringing the nation to the brink of empire in the years 1963-75.As a true believer in liberal internationalism, Rusk set the stage by defining the war in Vietnam as a threat to the world order based on the United Nations security system created after World War II. Johnson kept an open-ended commitment in Vietnam without a clear goal in sight even as he pursued the ambitious domestic reforms of the Great Society. In refusing to choose between either an imperial mission or a true republican position for the nation, he brought it perilously close to becoming an empire, ultimately failing to achieve his goals either at home or abroad. Kissinger corrected for Johnson's overreach, implementing a pragmatic realism based upon the principle that the United States is an ordinary country-a republic, not an empire-within the international community and therefore must balance its commitments with its resources.In concluding, Serewicz reflects on the continuing relevance of the Machiavellian moment for the United States by observing the differences and similarities between the presidencies of Johnson and George W. Bush. America at the Brink of Empire illuminates the far-reaching consequences of Rusk's and Kissinger's widely divergent foreign policy philosophies and outlines the tension that a statesman must reconcile between a republican government and the maintenance of a stable world order.

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LSU Press

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0807131792

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9780807131794

The Era of Education

The Presidents and the Schools, 1965-2001

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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The Era of Education

The Presidents and the Schools, 1965-2001

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clinton focuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal government in education as well as to how education issues embody larger questions of opportunity, exclusion, and equality in American society. Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the evolution of policy as each president developed (or avoided developing) a stance toward these issues and discusses the repercussions and implications of policy decisions for the educational community over nearly four decades.

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University of Illinois Press

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025209185X

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9780252091858

The Presidents and the Poor

America Battles Poverty, 1964–2017

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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The Presidents and the Poor

America Battles Poverty, 1964–2017

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

Declaring a War on Poverty in 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaimed: “We shall not rest until that war is won.” Since then, nine presidents have come and gone, each taking up the campaign in his own way—but the poor are still here. While all of these presidents have helped produce meaningful changes in the lives of the nation’s underclass, their setbacks have been at least as notable as their successes. The Presidents and the Poor asks why. This book is the first thorough study of the policies and politics of the presidents from Johnson to Barack Obama—what they did right and how they went wrong—in over half a century of fighting poverty. Many factors conspired to frustrate Democratic efforts to escalate Johnson’s War on Poverty and Republican attempts to unravel it: the rivalry of the two-party system; the frequency of congressional elections; the fluctuations of the economy; the demands of foreign policy; the inertia of the federal bureaucracy; the tensions among cities, states, and Washington, DC; and the priorities of the presidents, the press, and the public. Examining how each president tried to alleviate the suffering of the poor—including what resources he marshaled for which programs, policies, legal strategies, and political maneuvers—Lawrence J. McAndrews details how and why none of the presidents were able to surmount the enormous socioeconomic, political, and cultural barriers to eradicating poverty. Comprehensive and engaging, rich in primary research, and sobering in its conclusions, his book brings much-needed attention and clarity to an enduring yet too often neglected problem.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700626735

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9780700626731

Firewall

The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up

By: Lawrence E. Walsh

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Firewall

The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up

By: Lawrence E. Walsh

The independent counsel in the seven-year Iran-Contra investigation reveals the extent of the Reagan administration's deceit and the effects of the cover-up.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393318605

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9780393318609

Presidential Power

Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-first Century

By: Robert Y. Shapiro,Martha Joynt Kumar,Lawrence R. Jacobs

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Presidential Power

Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-first Century

By: Robert Y. Shapiro,Martha Joynt Kumar,Lawrence R. Jacobs

A collection of essays that reevaluates Richard Neustadt's place in presidential studies and shows that, while Neustadt's classic work remains a beacon for the study of the presidency, it no longer offers a reliable roadmap embodying the consensus among contemporary scholars.

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Columbia University Press

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0231109326

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9780231109321

Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil

The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism

By: Robert Jewett,John Shelton Lawrence

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Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil

The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism

By: Robert Jewett,John Shelton Lawrence

Grasping this vision honored by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike includes recognizing the dangers of zealous violence, the illusions of current crusading, and the promise of peaceful coexistence under international law.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802828590

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9780802828590

Country Boy Inspirations

By: Lawrence Rasberry

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Country Boy Inspirations

By: Lawrence Rasberry

Short inspirational & motivational stories from an old country boy. Stories of faith, encouragement and life lessons that I hope will touch you and help you in someway.

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Lulu.com

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1312169583

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9781312169586

A Natural History of the Mojave Desert

By: Lawrence R. Walker,Frederick H. Landau

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A Natural History of the Mojave Desert

By: Lawrence R. Walker,Frederick H. Landau

Invites readers to explore the smallest and most unique southwestern desert, the beautiful Mojave--Provided by publisher.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816532621

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9780816532629

Secret Societies

Inside the Freemasons, the Yakuza, Skull and Bones, and the World's Most Notorious Secret Organizations

By: John Lawrence Reynolds

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Secret Societies

Inside the Freemasons, the Yakuza, Skull and Bones, and the World's Most Notorious Secret Organizations

By: John Lawrence Reynolds

Provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world's most notorious secret societies, chronicling their origins, history, initiations, rituals, beliefs, activities, secret signs, members, and influence.

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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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161145042X

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9781611450422

Serving America's Veterans

A Reference Handbook

By: Lawrence J. Korb,Sean E. Duggan,Peter M. Juul,Max A. Bergmann

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Serving America's Veterans

A Reference Handbook

By: Lawrence J. Korb,Sean E. Duggan,Peter M. Juul,Max A. Bergmann

In this authoritative handbook, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense lays out the infrastructural, administrative, and health care challenges facing the Veterans Administration, policymakers, and our veterans themselves. Serving America's Veterans: A Reference Handbook comes from an impeccable source—former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations, and Logistics Lawrence J. Korb. Korb and his team of experts survey, analyze, and evaluate the infrastructural conditions, administrative and health care service challenges, policies, and politics affecting veterans affairs in the United States. They overview the historical context of contemporary veterans affairs and project the capabilities of the Veterans Administration to cope with the needs of active, reserve, and retired veterans. Most critically, they provide practical prescriptions and policy recommendations to address veterans' many, pressing needs. The full spectrum of veterans issues is examined: changing personnel policies in the armed forces; unprecedented levels of National Guard and Reserve mobilization; societal reintegration and funding adequacy when the professional military is a relatively small fraction of the U.S. electorate; rising costs of medical technology; and the growing proportion of veterans with conditions requiring protracted rehabilitation or lifelong intensive care.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313355274

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9780313355271

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Foreign Affairs

By: Lawrence R. Sullivan

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Historical Dictionary of Chinese Foreign Affairs

By: Lawrence R. Sullivan

In an act of totally unnecessary and wanton destruction, British forces in China during the Second Opium War (1856-1860) looted and destroyed much of the Old Imperial Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) including three imperial gardens and hundreds of halls, pavilions, and temples stock full of ancient artwork, antiquities, and literary works. More than a hundred years later, President Xi Jinping (2013- ) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) proclaimed the “rejuvenation” of the Chinese nation with the economic and especially military power to prevent any such recurrence of “national humiliation.” Though not yet a superpower equal in global stature to the United States, the PRC is undoubtedly poised to become the equal if not the superior power in the Asia-Pacific region expanding its territorial claims in the South China Sea and asserting undisputed economic dominance. With government, business, and academic leaders debating how regional and global powers should respond to a rising China. Historical Dictionary of Chinese Foreign Affairs contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on major events, national institutions, foreign nations, and personages impacting Chinese foreign affairs along with the many institutions of the post-World War II international order that the PRC has engaged especially since the 1970s. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese foreign affairs.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538111624

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9781538111628

Claiming the Mantle

How Presidential Nominations Are Won and Lost Before the Votes Are Cast

By: R. Lawrence Butler

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Claiming the Mantle

How Presidential Nominations Are Won and Lost Before the Votes Are Cast

By: R. Lawrence Butler

This book examines the process by which presidential nominees are selected in U.S. , describing the evolution of the presidential nomination system from its original conception of letting the voters decide to its current form in which the race is usually over before the first vote is cast.

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Routledge

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0429711247

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9780429711244

The Growth Experiment Revisited

Why Lower, Simpler Taxes Really Are America's Best Hope for Recovery

By: Lawrence B. Lindsey

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The Growth Experiment Revisited

Why Lower, Simpler Taxes Really Are America's Best Hope for Recovery

By: Lawrence B. Lindsey

The first edition of The Growth Experiment, originally published in 1990 as a response to critics of the Reagan-era tax cuts, became a kind of bible for proponents of supply-side economics. This new and updated edition, which explores the economic effects of America's tax policy over the last five presidential administrations, makes a bold and timely argument against the centerpiece of Obama's economic policy -- increasing taxes on the wealthy. Lawrence Lindsey provides a data-rich argument showing that because of changes in human behavior prompted by tax cuts, lowering taxes on the wealthy "costs" the treasury far less than most economists calculate and creates an economic boon to middle and lower income earners. Sure to be controversial, The Growth Experiment Revisited is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the arguments at the heart of this most fractious of American policy debates.

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Basic Books

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0465060994

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9780465060993

Refuge in the Lord

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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Refuge in the Lord

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

In this overarching portrait of three decades of U.S. immigration reform, the author focuses on the roles, on the one hand, of presidents from Reagan to Obama, and on the other, of Catholic immigration advocates, shedding light on the relationship between debates over immigration policy and broader domestic politics"--Provided by publisher.

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CUA Press

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0813227798

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9780813227795

Toward Nuclear Abolition

A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1971-Present

By: Lawrence S. Wittner

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Toward Nuclear Abolition

A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1971-Present

By: Lawrence S. Wittner

The final volume in the trilogy "The Struggle Against the Bomb", this book presents the inspiring and dramatic story of how citizen activists helped curb the arms race and prevent nuclear war.

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Stanford University Press

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0804748624

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9780804748629

Chilcot Report

Executive Summary

By: Sir John Chilcot (chairman),Sir Lawrence Freedman,Sir Martin Gilbert,Sir Roderic Lyne,Baroness Prashar

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Chilcot Report

Executive Summary

By: Sir John Chilcot (chairman),Sir Lawrence Freedman,Sir Martin Gilbert,Sir Roderic Lyne,Baroness Prashar

All the key findings of the public inquiry into the handling of the 2003 Iraq war by the British government led by Tony Blair. Chaired by Sir John Chilcot, the Iraq Inquiry (known as the 'Chilcot Report') tackled: Saddam Hussein's threat to Britainthe legal advice for the invasionintelligence about weapons of mass destruction andplanning for a post-conflict Iraq. This 60,000-word executive summary was published in July 2016. Philippe Sands QC wrote in the London Review of Books: 'It offers a long and painful account of an episode that may come to be seen as marking the moment when the UK fell off its global perch, trust in government collapsed and the country turned inward and began to disintegrate.' Published under an Open Government Licence, this book aims to make better known the findings of the Iraq Inquiry, which took seven years to complete at a cost of £10 million. The text, headings, footnotes and any emphasis are exactly those of the original document. Contents Introduction Pre-conflict strategy and planning The UK decision to support US military action Why Iraq? Why now? The UK's relationship with the US Decision-making Advice on the legal basis for military action Weapons of mass destruction Planning for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq The post-conflict period Occupation Transition Planning for withdrawal Did the UK achieve its objectives in Iraq? Key findings Lessons Timeline of events REVIEWS The Iraq Inquiry, chaired by Sir John Chilcot and composed of five privy councillors, finally published its report on the morning of 6 July, seven years and 21 days after it was established by Gordon Brown with a remit to look at the run-up to the conflict, the conflict itself and the reconstruction, so that we can learn lessons. It offers a long and painful account of an episode that may come to be seen as marking the moment when the UK fell off its global perch, trust in government collapsed and the country turned inward and began to disintegrate. — Philippe Sands, London Review of Books A more productive way to think of the Chilcot report is as a tool to help us set agendas for renewed best efforts in creating more effective and accountable statecraft. Chilcot has confirmed that... we still do not have intelligent long-range planning by the armed forces in close and active cooperation with other government agencies, nor an adequate and integrated system for the collection and evaluation of intelligence information, nor do we have the highest possible quality and stature of personnel to lead us through these challenging times. — Derek B. Miller, The Guardian Although sceptics wondered how much more the very-long-awaited Report of the Iraq Inquiry by a committee chaired by Sir John Chilcot could tell us when it appeared at last in July, it proves to contain a wealth of evidence and acute criticism, the more weighty for its sober tone and for having the imprimatur of the official government publisher. In all, it is a further and devastating indictment not only of Tony Blair personally but of a whole apparatus of state and government, Cabinet, Parliament, armed forces, and, far from least, intelligence agencies. Among its conclusions the report says that there was no imminent threat from Saddam Hussein; that the British chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted; that military action was not a last resort... — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books Ideal for any student of politics, diplomacy, or conflict.

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Canbury Press

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099549780X

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9780995497801

A Choice of Enemies

America Confronts the Middle East

By: Lawrence Freedman

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A Choice of Enemies

America Confronts the Middle East

By: Lawrence Freedman

It is in the Middle East that the U.S. has been made to confront its attitudes on the use of force, the role of allies, and international law. The history of the U.S. in the Middle East, then, becomes an especially revealing mirror on America's view of its role in the wider world. In this wise, objective, and illuminating history, Lawrence Freedman shows how three key events in 1978-1979 helped establish the foundations for U.S. involvement in the Middle East that would last for thirty years, without offering any straightforward or bloodless exit options: the Camp David summit leading to the Israel-Egypt Treaty; the Iranian Islamic revolution leading to the Shah's departure followed by the hostage crisis; and the socialist revolution in Afghanistan, resulting in the doomed Soviet intervention. Drawing on his considerable expertise, Freedman makes clear how America's strategic choices in those and subsequent crises led us to where we are today.

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PublicAffairs

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1586486594

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9781586486594

The Persian Gulf and Iraqi Wars

By: Lawrence J. Zwier,Matthew Scott Weltig

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The Persian Gulf and Iraqi Wars

By: Lawrence J. Zwier,Matthew Scott Weltig

Explores both ancient and modern history of the Persian Gulf region, with emphasis on Iraq's wars with the United States, Iran, and Kuwait.

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Twenty-First Century Books

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0822508486

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9780822508489

Kangaroo

By: D. H. Lawrence

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Kangaroo

By: D. H. Lawrence

A critical edition of Kangaroo, D. H. Lawrence's eighth novel, set in Australia.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521007119

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9780521007115

A History of Missouri

By: Lawrence Harold Larsen

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A History of Missouri

By: Lawrence Harold Larsen

Traces the history of Missouri from 1953 to 2003, highlighting key events, figures, and policies that impacted the state's development during that time.

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0826215467

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