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"Terrorism expert Erick Stakelbeck pulls back the curtain on ISIS, the violent terrorist organization spreading death and hate in the Middle East. The rise of ISIS took the White House by complete surprise: President Obama called the group "JV," then was forced to reassess when ISIS began executing innocent American journalists. Now radicalized Americans and Europeans are joining ISIS' ranks. So who is ISIS? How powerful are they, and are they a threat to the homeland? Stakelbeck, a veteran national security reporter and a leading authority on the Middle East, has produced the definitive guide to America's most recent and most frightening enemy. "--.

Contains the texts of five lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in November and December 1967 as part of the Massey Lecture Series of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in which he addresses issues of equality, conscience and war, the mobilization of young people, nonviolence, and peace.

Discusses theories of postmodernism, feminism, and postcolonialism in relation to Japanese literature and analyses the fictional and critical works of four twentieth- and twenty-first-century Japanese writers--Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki, and Karatani K?jin.

The author, a former U.S. diplomat in Europe, discusses the changing relationship between the United States and Western Europe since the end of the Cold War, and maintains that a strong alliance would be beneficial to both the U.S. and Europe in terms of economic and political strength.

The author examines racial inequality in American during the twentieth century, and discusses economic policies enacted during the 1930s designed to discriminate against minority groups.

Presents evidence from U.S. and Soviet intelligence files to support the author's argument that the FBI's failure to find and convict Soviet agents in the 1940s and 1950s was due largely to its concentration on ferreting out communists through illegal means.

Chronicles the life of Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and discusses his involvement in the revolutions in China and Taiwan.

A work of alternative historical fiction which speculates on how American history would have differed if various political, economic, cultural, and technological developments and events had turned out differently.

Examines Islam's place in the Middle East, focusing on how the country's medieval and modern history has led to the interweaving of the sacred and secular in its political and intellectual life.