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“charles cushman”

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  • Congress and Civil-Military Relations

    by Colton C. Campbell, David P. Auerswald, Mitchel Sollenberger, Katherine Scott, Jordan Tama, John Griswold, Alexis L. Ross, Charles Cushman, Charles Stevenson0, Louis Fisher1, Frank Mora2, Michelle Munroe3 ...
    While the president is the commander in chief, the US Congress plays a critical and underappreciated role in civil-military relations—the relationship between the armed forces and the civilian leadership that commands it. This unique book edited by Colton C. Campbell and David P. Auerswald will help readers better understand the role of Congress in military affairs and national and international ... Read more

    $31.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mission Creep

    The Militarization of US Foreign Policy?

    by Gordon Adams, Shoon Murray, James Dobbins, Derek S. Reveron, Charles Cushman, G. William Anderson, Connie Veillette, Nina Serafino, Brian E. Carlson0, Anthony Quainton1, Sharon K. Weiner2, Jennifer Kibbe3, Edward Marks4 ...
    Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy? examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign policy. After the Cold War, and accelerating after September 11, the United States has drawn upon the enormous resources of DOD in adjusting to the new global environment and challenges arising from ... Read more

    $33.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to the U.S. Congress

    by Charles B. Cushman ...
    What does Congress do? How does it do it? Why is it such a complicated institution? This concise primer offers students and general readers a brief and systematic introduction to Congress and the role it plays in the US political system. Drawing on his experience as a former Congressional staff member, the author explores the different political natures of the House and Senate, examines Congress's ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry

    by P. W. Singer ...
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    Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized ... Read more

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  • The International Arms Trade

    by Rachel Stohl, Suzette Grillot ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.This succinct and accessible new ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy

    The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

    by Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Mackubin Thomas Owens ...
    Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post–World War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United States attempted to construct a world characterized by cooperation. When American optimism clashed with Soviet expansionism, the United States ... Read more

    $29.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The National Security Enterprise

    Navigating the Labyrinth, Second Edition

    by Roger Z. George, Harvey Rishikof, Jon J. Rosenwasser, Michael Warner, David P. Auerswald, Gordon Adams, Rodney Bent, Kathy Peroff, Marc Grossman0, Desaix Myers1, Franklin C. Miller2, Joseph McMillan3, Michael J. Meese4, Isaiah Wilson III5, Dina Temple-Raston6, Thomas Fingar7, Brittany Albaugh8, Susan Ginsburg9, Colton C. Campbell0, Gerald Felix Warburg1, Ellen Laipson2, John Diamond3 ...
    This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • By Order of the President

    The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action

    by Phillip J. Cooper ...
    Series series Studies in Government and Public Policy
    Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action within our democracy. In this revised and expanded edition, noted scholar Phillip Cooper offers a cogent guide to these powers and shows how presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have used and abused them in trying to realize their visions for the nation.As Cooper reveals, there has been ... Read more

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  • Contractors and War

    The Transformation of United States’ Expeditionary Operations

    Edited by Christopher Kinsey, Malcolm Hugh Patterson ...
    The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War, and yet are expected to do as much if not more than they did during those years. As a result, a transformation is occurring in the way the U.S. government expects the military to conduct operations—with much of that transformation contingent on the ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • The Great Destroyer

    Barack Obama's War on the Republic

    by David Limbaugh ...
    When it comes to our prosperity, our freedom tradition, and our constitutional government, President Barack Obama has been the great destroyer—knocking down the free-market economy and principles of limited government that have made America the envy of the world. As New York Times bestselling author David Limbaugh documents in chilling detail in his new book, The Great Destroyer, the Obama ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • It's Even Worse Than It Looks

    How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism

    by Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein ...
    Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our very system of constitutional democracy. And one of these parties has taken on the role of insurgent outlier; the Republicans have become ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • A Game As Old As Empire

    The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption

    Edited by Steven W. Hiatt ...
    Builds on the shocking picture of worldwide economic corruption first presented in John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man • Features a dozen chapters detailing contemporary examples of how the economic hit man game is played around the globe John Perkins’ controversial and bestselling exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, revealed for the first time the secret world of economic hit ... Read more

    $17.99 USD