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Political Science
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Democracy: A Short, Analytical History
by Roland N. Stromberg
Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993
edited by John Dunn
The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Early America, 1630-1789: The Legacy for Contemporary Politics
by Joshua Miller
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Constitution Making: Conflict and Consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787
by Calvin C. Jillson
Creating the Constitution: The Convention of 1787 and the First Congress
by Thornton Anderson
The American Founding: Essays on the Formation of the Constitution
edited by J. Jackson Barlow, Leonard W. Levy, and Ken Masugi
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Rhythm and Resistance: Explorations in the Political Uses of Popular Music
by Ray Pratt
Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements
edited by Reebee Garofalo
Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action
by Mark Mattern
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War Powers of the President and Congress: Who Holds the Arrows and Olive Branch?
by W. Taylor Reveley III
War Powers: The President, the Congress, and the Question of War
by Donald L. Westerfield
The Judicial Development of Presidential War Powers
by Martin S. Sheffer
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Mahatma Gandhi: Peaceful Revolutionary
by Haridas T. Muzumdar
Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha)
by Mahatma Gandhi
War Without Violence: A Study of Gandhi's Method and Its Accomplishments
by Krishnalal Shridharani
Gandhi on War and Peace
by Rashmi-Sudha Puri
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The Political Olympics: Moscow, Afghanistan, and the 1980 U.S. Boycott
by Derick L. Hulme, Jr.
The Olympic Movement and the End of the Cold War
by Lincoln Allison, in World Affairs
More Than a Game: Sports and Politics
by Martin Barry Vinokur
Global Television and the Politics of the Seoul Olympics
by James F. Larson & Heung-Soo Park
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Seeing Spots: A Functional Analysis of Presidential
Television Advertisements, 1952-1996
by William L. Benoit
Beyond the Politics of Disappointment? American Elections, 1980-1998
by Wilson Carey McWilliams
Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988
by Daniel C. Hallin, in Journal of Communication
The Presidential Election of 1996: Clinton's Incumbency and Television
by E. D. Dover
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Ethnic Conflict in World Politics
by Ted Robert Gurr & Barbara Harff
The Ethnic Entanglement: Conflict and Intervention in World Politics
by John F. Stack, Jr. & Lui Hebron
Native vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland,
and South Africa
by Thomas G. Mitchell
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The United Nations and the Maintenance of International Security:
A Challenge to Be Met
by James S. Sutterlin
The United Nations and Changing World Politics
by Thomas G. Weiss, David P. Forsythe & Roger A. Coarte
The Door of Opportunity: Creating a Permanent Peacekeeping Force
by Lionel Rosenblatt & Larry Thompson, in World Policy Journal
Peacekeeping: Outspoken Observations by a Field Officer
by James H. Allan
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Why the Cold War Ended: A Range of Interpretations
by Ralph Summy & Michael E. Salla
The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War
by Raymond L. Garthoff
After the End: Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World
by James A. Scott, in World Policy Journal
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