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Ignatieff explains that the collapse of political order around the world is now seen as a major threat, while a new international order is emerging, crafted to suit American objectives. Humanitarian agencies wonder how to keep their programs from being suborned to imperial interests, yet they realize it was American air power that made humanitarian reconstruction possible, first in Bosnia, then in Kosovo and most recently in Afghanistan. Some descriptions...
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It has been more than three decades since the heady days of Trudeaumania, and yet Pierre Elliott Trudeau is still a subject of intense public fascination. When Trudeau died in 2000, the outpouring of emotion was extraordinary. Thousands of people across Canada - and all over the world - mourned the loss of one of our greatest prime ministers. The editor has gathered more than one hundred and fifty reminiscences and anecdotal narratives about him from...
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Traces the course of Paul Martin's early life and his success in business, as well as the partnership and split between him and Jean Chrétien. Six months after he left business for politics, he announced that he would be a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal party. His reach for the leadership in 1990 was a failure, but Martin still appears destined to be the 21st prime minister of Canada. 2003.
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Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam. Based on interviews with 75 key participants...
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