Bøger af Washington DC

Investigates China's counter insurgency effort, highlighting the success of an approach centred on reshaping local society and government institutions. This book raises the question of what the United States may be able to learn from China's approach, and argues that a case as Xinjiang needs to be examined in order for terrorism to be defeated.

Asserts that bad offences and defences have been endemic to the US policy approach, leading US policy makers to pursue policies that require them to do everything without adequate concern for resource trade-offs, and unintended consequences. This book is suitable for students of US foreign policy, national and international security, and others.

Tells the story of how America's attempts to promote human rights abroad have, paradoxically, undermined those rights in other countries. This book includes new sections on the second half of the Bush administration and the Iraq War, and information on Afghanistan.

The World Bank is one of the important and least understood major international institutions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the World Bank's history, development, structure, functionality and activities. It also discusses controversial challenges that the Bank faces in the light of the criticism from campaigners and NGOs.

An examination of the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the First World War. It proposes that the war catapulted nationalist movements into positions of authority well before they were ready culturally or politically.