Ebooks on Current Politics

venomencer · #1 Friday, January 09, 2009

I am submitting some ebooks links which might prove helpful for readers interested in world politics. These books are quite recent based on uptodate researchs and will quite help in covering current affairs section.

(1) America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy By Ivo H. Daalder, James M. Lindsay

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press 2003 | 246 Pages | ISBN: 0815716885 | PDF | 1 MB

George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions impose on its freedom of action. He has insisted that an America unbound is a more secure America...

(2) America's Role in Nation-Building From Germany to Iraq By James Dobbins
Publisher: RAND Corporation 2005 | 290 Pages | ISBN: 083303460X | PDF | 1.1 MB

America's Role in Nation-Building is a nearly 50-year review of U.S. efforts to transform defeated and broken enemies into democratic and prosperous allies. The authors identify key determinants of success in terms of democratization and the creation of vibrant economies...

Published by famous think tank RAND

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(3) Fool's Errands: America's Recent Encounters with Nation Building By Gary Dempsey
Publisher: Cato Institute 2001 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 1930865066 | PDF | 1.2 MB

This book cuts through the excuses and uncovers the causes of Washington's pattern of failure.

(4) Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty

RAND Research (Authors: F. Stephen Larrabee, Ian O. Lesser) | 2003 | ISBN: 083303281X | 218 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Since the end of the Cold War, and perhaps even the early days of the Turkish Republic, there have rarely been so many open questions regarding Turkey's role in the world. What is Turkey's place in Europe, NATO, and the E.U.? What risks and opportunities exist for Turkey in a conflict-ridden Middle East? How will Ankara deal with a changing Russia, an unstable Caucasus, and Central Asia? Can Turkey's competitive relationship with Greece be moderated against a background of successive Balkan crises?

CONTENTS
Summary
All Prefatory Materials
Chapter One: Introduction: Turkish Foreign Policy in Transition
Chapter Two: The Changing Domestic Context
Chapter Three: Turkey and Europe
Chapter Four: Relations with Greece and the Balkans
Chapter Five: Turkey and Eurasia
Chapter Six: The Middle East and the Mediterranean
Chapter Seven: Turkey and the United States
Chapter Eight: Conclusion
Supplementary Materials
(Also includes various useful, historic maps of Turkey in relation to Europe in a separate folder)

(5) Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American National Security
Columbia University Press | 2007-08-17 | ISBN: 0231138881 | 264 pages | PDF | 2MB

The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the false assessment of Saddam Hussein's weapons arsenal were terrible reminders that good information is essential to national security. These failures convinced the American public that their intelligence system was broken and prompted a radical reorganization of agencies and personnel, but as Richard K. Betts argues in this book, critics and politicians have severely underestimated the obstacles to true reform.

(6) The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control
W. W. Norton & Company | 1991-08 | ISBN: 0393307948 | 264 pages | PDF | 1.2MB

This book is an excellent book on the history on human experimentation in North-America and the involvement of the CIA into this research. The starting point of this research was already before the Korean war, but it became linked to this war in the sense that the American public was confronted with confesions of thousands of American prisoners of war in the hand of the communist governments in China and North-Korea. As these confessions were false, it was natural to ask how they were obtained. The search for methods to control the mind and to extract the truth from prisoners were justified with these incidents and concerntrated on hypnosis, drugs (in particular LSD) and to a minor degree also implants in or near to the brain. Although a careful questioning of the returned prisoners of war and defected communist interrogators showed that these advanced methods had not been behind the mass confessions, the research continued and many people were harmed within the framework of this research.
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(7) Plato's Dreams Realized: Surveillance and Citizen Rights, from KGB to FBI
Algora Publishing |2006-10-01 | ISBN: 0875864945 | 260 pages | PDF| 2MB

Surveillance of private citizens is increasing in the US and abroad. This book explores the frontiers of legal theory within the United States with regards to modern surveillance and its effects on human rights.

Alexander Avakov briefly shares his personal experiences, first in the Soviet Union with the KGB and then with the American national security state, outlines various ways in which surveillance of citizens is increasing, then examines the bases of our expectations of liberty, from Plato to the US Constitution.

(8) B. O’conner "The Rise of Anti-Americanism"

Routledge | 2005-12-16 | ISBN: 041536907X | 225 pages | PDF | 1 MB

This volume brings together an international team of well-known scholars from the US, UK and Australia to examine the rise of anti-Americanism.
Is anti-Americanism one of the last respectable prejudices, or are accusations of anti-Americanism a way to silence reasonable criticism of the United States?
Is the recent rise in anti-Americanism principally a reaction to President George W. Bush and his administration, or does it reflect a general turn against America and Americans? Have we moved from the American century to the anti-American century, with the United States as the 'whipping boy' for a growing range of anxieties? Can the United States recapture the international good will generally extended towards it in the days following 11 September 2001? These key questions are tackled by this new book, which offers the first comprehensive overview of anti-Americanism in the twenty-first century.
Examining what is sensibly called anti-Americanism and its principal sources, this study details how the Bush administration has provoked a recent upsurge in anti-Americanism with its stances on a range of issues from the Kyoto Protocol to the war in Iraq. However, the spread of anti-Americanism reflects deeper cultural and political anxieties about Americanization and American global power that will persist beyond the Bush administration.
At the heart of much of the recent anti-Americanism is opposition in the Middle East, and elsewhere, to US support of Israel. This crucial issue is explored in depth as is the associated claim of a 'clash of civilizations' between Islam and the West and the rise of anti-American terrorism.
This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of American Studies, International Relations and Politics.

(9) John Perkins, "The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World"
Plume | 2008-04-29 | ISBN: 0452289572 | 384 pages | PDF | 2,2

A riveting exposé of international corruption—and what we can do about it, from the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list.
In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an “economic hit man” in the international corporate skullduggery of a de facto American Empire. This riveting, behind-the-scenes exposé unfolded like a cinematic blockbuster told through the eyes of a man who once helped shape that empire. Now, in The Secret History of the American Empire, Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world and, drawing on interviews with other hit men, jackals, reporters, and activists, examines the current geopolitical crisis. Instability is the norm: It’s clear that the world we’ve created is dangerous and no longer sustainable. How did we get here? Who’s responsible? What good have we done and at what cost? And what can we do to change things for the next generations? Addressing these questions and more, Perkins reveals the secret history behind the events that have created the American Empire, including:
• The current Latin-American revolution and its lessons for democracy
• How the “defeats” in Vietnam and Iraq benefited big business
• The role of Israel as “Fortress America” in the Middle East
• Tragic repercussions of the IMF’s “Asian Economic Collapse”
• U.S. blunders in Tibet, Congo, Lebanon, and Venezuela
• Jackal (CIA operatives) forays to assassinate democratic presidents
From the U.S. military in Iraq to infrastructure development in Indonesia, from Peace Corps volunteers in Africa to jackals in Venezuela, Perkins exposes a conspiracy of corruption that has fueled instability and anti-Americanism around the globe. Alarming yet hopeful, this book provides a compassionate plan to reimagine our world.

(10) Taliban: Islam, Oil and The New Great Game in Central Asia
Yale University Press | ISBN: 0300089023 | 2001| PDF | 279 pages | 10 MB

Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban, the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers, explaining the Taliban's rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban. He also describes the new face of Islamic fundamentalism and explains why Afghanistan has become the world center for international terrorism.

(11) Hezbollah: The Changing Face of Terrorism
I. B. Tauris / September 15, 2005 | 256 pages | ISBN: 1845110242 | PDF | 1 Mb

Since the assassination of Rafik Hariri in early 2005, Lebanese politics has been plunged into a new era. Will Syrian withdrawal send the country back into civil war? How will the seismic political shifts underway affect the stability of the region? At the center of the turmoil stands one player that will affect the outcome more than any other: Hezbollah. Hezbollah, or the "Party of God", is one of the most powerful and the most misunderstood forces in Middle Eastern politics. In this new edition of her acclaimed book, Judith Harik explains what it actually believes in, what its real relationship with other regional players is, and in what direction it is heading. Hezbollah arose amidst the chaos of the Lebanese civil war to resist the Israeli invasion of 1982. Based amongst the poor Shi'ite population, it takes its inspiration from the Iranian revolution and the teachings of Ayatollah Khomeini. Today Hezbollah's military wing controls the major fault-line of the Middle East: the Lebanese-Israeli border. To the US, Hezbollah represents one of the most dangerous terrorist networks in the world. In Lebanon, it is a democratically elected party within the Lebanese parliament, backed not just by Shi'ites, but by Christians and secular Muslims. To the wider Arab world, Hezbollah is a legend: the only Arab fighting force to have defeated Israel, forcing its withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000. Harik draws on her considerable first-hand experience of the movement to tell the story of how a clandestine, radical militia transformed itself into a seemingly moderate and mainstream player in the Lebanese political arena. She looks at key questions: why do so many non-Shiites support them? Who controls the movement--the Mullahs, or the grassroots? Harik's penetrating analysis helps us make sense of fast-moving events as the future of Lebanon--and the region--hangs in the balance.

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