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Jeremi Suri
The revolutions of 1968 represent the culmination of 1960’s protest movements across the globe.
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The Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight over democracy never did. In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively militarily defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in…
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A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American…
Suri puts the tumultuous 1960s into international perspective in the first study to examine connections between great power diplomacy and global social protest. He examines the decade through leaders and…
What made Henry Kissinger the kind of diplomat he was? What experiences and influences shaped his worldview and provided the framework for his approach to international relations? Suri offers a…
Brings together more than 50 documents which examine foreign policy not only in terms of leaders and states, but also through social movements, cultures, ideas, and images, to provide comprehensive…
In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in exile or in jail. Yet in the years that followed, Lincoln's vision of a genuinely united country…
This book aims to ‘reinvent’ diplomacy for our current era. The original and comparative research provides a foundation for thinking about what successful outreach, negotiation, and relationship-building with foreign actors…
How can the United States craft a sustainable national security strategy in a world of shifting threats, sharp resource constraints, and a changing balance of power? This volume brings together…
Leading scholars and policymakers explore how history influences foreign policy and offer insights on how the study of the past can more usefully serve the present. History, with its insights…
This textbook, the first comprehensive comparative study ever undertaken, surveys and compares the world’s ten largest diplomatic services: those of Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Turkey, the United…
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In The Impossible Presidency, celebrated historian Jeremi Suri charts the rise and fall of the American presidency, from the limited role envisaged by the Founding Fathers to its current status…
Professor of History Jeremi Suri (University of Texas)
Liberty s Surest Guardian traces America s efforts at building nations from the country s founding, illuminating what America has to offer failed states around the world today.
This work examines the military, economic, diplomatic, and political evolution of the conflict as well as its impact on the different regions and cultures of the world.
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