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The hundred years' war on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and res…
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not …
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- 9781250787651
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- 319 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm
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- 320 KHA t
How Democracies Die
How does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and wh…
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- 9780241438787
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- 312 pages : illus. ; 20 cm.
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- 321.8 LEV h
All The King's Men
When All the King's Men was first published in 1946, Sinclair Lewis pronounced it "massive, impressive...one of our few national galleries of character." Diana Trilling, reviewing it for the Nation, wrote, "For sheer virtuosity, for the sustained drive of its prose, for the speed and the evenness of its pacing, for its precision of language...I doubt indeed whether it can be matched in American…
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- 9780156004800
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- 661p; bw; pbk
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- 823 WAR a
The Army and Politics in Indonesia
"A comprehensive description of the Indonesian Army's history of political involvement. Crouch's incredible knowledge of so many facets of intrigue and manipulation, of names, dates, enemies and friends, and specific circumstances under which each attempted coup and counter effort was made if phenomenal. His attention to the supporting literature and his own personal experiences in-country cert…
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- 9789793780504
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- 384 p.; 21 cm
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- 959.803 CRO a
Gulag
Gulag adalah neraka bagi rakyat Uni Sovyet di bawah kekuasaan Stalin yang tersembunyi dari mata dunia. Tak seorang pun mampu luput darinya, termasuk pemuka agama, wanita, bahkan anak-anak. Dengan gaya bertutur yang tangkas dan lincah, kadang berbau satiris, Solzhenitsyn menuturkan operasi penangkapan, kamp kerja paksa, suasana batin dan derita fisik para tahanan, dan orang-orang yang secara men…
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- 9786022914518
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- 15x23.5cm; pb; bw; 636p
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- 947.0842 SOL g
Common Ground: A Political Life
Justin Trudeau’s candid memoir reveals for the first time the experiences that have shaped him over the course of his life, revealing how his passion for politics took root. From his childhood at the prime ministerial residence of 24 Sussex to his leadership of the Liberal party, Trudeau captures the formative moments of his upbringing, including the influence of his father, Pierre, who was p…
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- 9781786071569
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- 15x23cm; pb; bw; ill; 357p
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- 971.064092 TRU c
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large share…
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- 9781984877895
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- 336 p.; 23 cm
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- 302 MCN z
Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to Regression?
Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic re…
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- 9789814881500
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- xxii, 390 pages.: illus, map.; 23 cm.
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Islam in Indonesia: The Contest for Society, Ideas and Values
Indonesia's Muslims are still pondering the role of religion in public life. Although the religious violence marring the transition towards democratic reform has ebbed, the Muslim community has polarised into reactionary and progressive camps with increasingly antagonistic views on the place of Islam in society. Debates over the underlying principles of democratisation have further heated up a…
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- 9781849044370
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- xx, 373 p.; 21,5 cm
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Children's Book of Politics
Why would the ancient Greeks think modern democracies are undermocratic?
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- 9780241184356
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- 21,5 x 27,5; Pbk; Hp; Fcol; Ill; 94p
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- 323.1 MAR c
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