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...Joshua Lustig An anniversary occasions a look back through this magazine's archives. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Lustig Current History New York Times George Bernard Shaw world war international affairs...

...Julie A. George [T]he essential story of Georgian politics is a gradual, long-term trend: the slow growth in popular expectations of an accountable government that engages in fair economic and political play. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University...

... to the Pakistanis, that you re either with us or against us. Despite the heavy-handed approach and language, the administration of President George W. Bush managed to get its way with the international community, the American people, and even Pakistan, an unlikely partner consider- ing its alliance...

... History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California William Finan Aryeh Neier human rights movement George Bush war terror responsibility protect sovereignty 325 Books Let s be clear about what this book is and is not. Those expecting a volume...

...William W. Finan, Jr. A new book details how US policies under George W. Bush helped sour Vladimir Putin on the West, leaving him in the paranoid funk that still colors his outlook today. The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia , by Angus Roxburgh . Macmillan , 2012...

...Aurelia George Mulgan The Trans-Pacific Partnership promises to open markets and encourage structural reforms, but powerful domestic interests oppose Japan's involvement. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Aurelia George Mulgan...

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... and their relationship to American foreign policy have been framed in recent years by sev- eral factors. Some of these factors, such as the legacy of the George W. Bush era and the contem- porary US political environment, are reflections of American policies and politics. Others, such as events this year in the Arab...

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...). In the Graveyard of Empires shows, clearly and analytically, how the adminis- tration of George W. Bush nearly managed to lose Afghanistan after having put in place most of the elements including the right people that might have ensured a win. At the Cemetery Gates? WilliAM W. FinAn Jr. WilliAM W. FinAn Jr...

.... All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California East Germany Mary Elise Sarotte George Bush Mikhail Gorbachev Helmut Kohl 126 BOOKS According to the narrative of the cold war that has become conventional wisdom, the end went like this: We (the United States...