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Showing 1 - 12 of 13 results for “robert mcnamara”
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  • The 1964 Election and Its Aftermath

    from In Retrospect

    by Robert Mcnamara ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    "Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's controversial memoir answers the lingering questions ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • In Retrospect

    The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

    by Robert Mcnamara ...
    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The definitive insider's account of American policy making in Vietnam."Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Hashemites

    The Dream of Arabia

    by Robert McNamara ...
    Series series Makers of the Modern World
    The story of the Arab Revolt and the Hashemite princes who led it during the First World War is inextricably linked in modern eyes to the legend of Lawrence of Arabia as portrayed in David Lean's 1962 film. But behind this romantic image lies a harsher reality of wartime expediency, double-dealing and dynastic ambition, which shaped the modern Middle East and laid the foundations of many of the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Britain, Nasser and the Balance of Power in the Middle East, 1952-1977

    From The Eygptian Revolution to the Six Day War

    by Robert McNamara ...
    A multi-archival documentary history of British policy towards Nasser's Egypt under the Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Home and Wilson governments. The primary focus of the study is an enquiry into the causes of the Anglo-Egyptian Cold War from 1952 to 1967. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960–1980

    by Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, Robert McNamara ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This work examines the attempt by the governments of Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa to defy the drive for African independence in the 1960s and 70s, and the international community’s response. From 1961 to 1974, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa collaborated in the attempt to preserve white minority rule in their respective territories. Hard-pressed by African nationalists, recently ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Making the Modern Middle East

    Second Edition

    by T. G. Fraser, Andrew Mango, Robert McNamara ...
    A century ago, as World War I got underway, the Middle East was dominated, as it had been for centuries, by the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition, as the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and Zionism led to a redrawing of borders and shuffling of alliances—a transformation whose consequences are ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Disconnection and Cancel Culture

    Karens, Kyles, and Intolerance in American Society

    by Robert Hartmann McNamara ...
    Taking a sociological approach, this timely book explains the significance, development, and impact of cancel culture. Robert McNamara discusses the popular phenomenon of ‘Karens’ and their male counterparts, often known as ‘Kyles,’ ‘Kevins,’ or ‘Kens’, demonstrating how they are symptomatic of a larger trend in American society.McNamara examines how the tendency of these archetypes to find fault ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Everyday People

    Understanding the Rise of Trump Supporters

    by Robert Hartmann McNamara ...
    Everyday People provides a comprehensive assessment of Trump supporters including white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, the Christian right, and cult followers and offers students a discussion of how this group is a symptom of a much larger social issue and movement in the United States. McNamara examines the appeal of Trump as a president and explains why so many people voted for him in the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Criminalization of Immigration

    Truth, Lies, Tragedy, and Consequences

    by Robert Hartmann McNamara ...
    This book presents the history of immigration to the United States, debates over criminalization under the Trump administration, and the effects on immigrants, U.S. residents, the U.S. economy, and its relationships with other nations.Robert Hartmann McNamara offers a comprehensive understanding of past and current immigration policy in the United States and exposes falsehoods in the rhetoric and ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Chiropractic Medicine

    An Ethnographic Study

    by Robert Hartmann McNamara ...
    From its very beginning, chiropractic medicine has faced challenges about the scientific validity of the treatment and the credibility of its practitioners. Since those early years, many of these criticisms have remained, but legislation, licensure, and litigation have created an environment where chiropractic care is allowed in all 50 states, and licenses are required of all chiropractors who ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Port-Cities and their Hinterlands

    Migration, Trade and Cultural Exchange from the Early Seventeenth Century to 1939

    Edited by Robert Lee, Paul McNamara ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    This interdisciplinary book brings together eleven original contributions by scholars in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, America and Japan which represent innovative and important research on the relationship between cities and their hinterlands. They discuss the factors which determined the changing nature of port-hinterland relations in particular, and highlight the ways in which port ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Overseas Students in Higher Education

    Issues in Teaching and Learning

    Edited by Robert Harris, David McNamara, Professor David Mcnamara ...
    Higher education institutions are increasingly concerned with the quality of their teaching and learning experiences they provide for students, including the increasing number from overseas. In this text, some of the leading authorities in the field bring together current research and sound practical advice on the provision of quality teaching and learning for overseas students. The text ... Read more

    $76.99 USD