BOOKS

Banning the Bomb: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Jean Krasno and Elisabeth Szeli

Frustrated by the abrogation of promises by nuclear weapons states to disarm, countries that have foregone nuclear weapons joined forces with key members of civil society in efforts that    More >

The Fabric of Dissent: Public Intellectuals in South Africa
Vasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, and Heather Thuynsma, editors

What are public intellectuals? What is their role in social, cultural, political, and academic contexts? What compels them to put forward their ideas? The rich tapestry created in The Fabric    More >

Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Present State
Baskın Oran, translated by John William Day

The collapse of the multiethnic, multireligious, and multilingual Ottoman Empire after World War I led to the establishment of several nation-states, with enormous repercussions for the    More >

From Party Politics to Militarism in Japan, 1924–1941
Kitaoka Shinichi

The years in Japan between June 1924, when a coalition cabinet of three political parties was established, and December 1941, when the country declared war on the United States and Britain,    More >

NATO and the Middle East: In Search of a Strategy
Rolf Schwarz

Over the course of more than seven decades, NATO has sought, but not settled on, an effective strategy for interacting with its neighbors in the Middle East and North Africa. Rolf Schwarz    More >

Introducing Disability Studies, 2nd edition
Ronald J. Berger and Loren E. Wilbers

The new edition of this acclaimed text is an up-to-date introduction to the key themes, research, and controversies in disability studies.               More >

Hack with a Grenade: An Editor's Backstories of SA News
Gasant Abarder

Hack with a Grenade offers a newspaper editor's perspective on the characters that shape South Africa's psyche. In a book that is one part humor and one part social commentary,    More >

Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation
Thomas Kent

Energizing the debate on how best to expose and deal with Russian propaganda and disinformation, Thomas Kent goes beyond suggesting simple defensive measures. Kent not only calls for more    More >

Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years
Kharis Templeman, Yun-han Chu, and Larry Diamond, editors

During the Ma Ying-jeou presidency in Taiwan (2008–2016), confrontations over relations with mainland China stressed the country’s institutions, leading to a political crisis.    More >

Nixon's FBI: Hoover, Watergate, and a Bureau in Crisis
Melissa Graves

Polly Corrigan Book Prize Finalist! In 1974, Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace. In 2020, Donald Trump was impeached. Both were investigated by the FBI, an agency under their control. How    More >

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