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The National Security Presidency in Constitutional Context: Reflections on Terrorism and the Presidency from the Last Ten Years [PDF]

, 2003
In this time of terrorist threat, there is no more important institution to study than the national security presidency. That is because the president is singularly situated to command the instruments to counter terrorism.
Baker, James E.
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Lithuanian community of exiles in the West: return to a free Lithuania

Genocidas ir Rezistencija
The Second World War and the Soviet and Nazi occupations had a significant impact on the Lithuanian nation, leading to its division and dispersion. As the Second World War’s Eastern Front approached the Baltic countries, over sixty thousand Lithuanians ...
Juozas Banionis
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Celebrating the nation: the case of Upper Silesia after the plebiscite in 1921 [PDF]

, 2008
Book description: The relationship between states, societies, and individuals in Central and Eastern Europe has been characterised by periods of change and redefinition.
Michalczyk, A.
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Spanish Women in Action. Female Mobilization in Francoism in Buenos Aires during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Estudios de Historia de España, 2019
It is well known that the development of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) had profound repercussions on Argentine society and on the large community of Spanish immigrants residing in the country.
Alejandra Noemí Ferreyra
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Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism [PDF]

, 2006
Five years have passed since the catastrophic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Those attacks ushered in the war on terror. Since some high-ranking government officials and pundits are now referring to the war on terror as the "Long War" or "World
Timothy Lynch
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Wojny graniczne: translacja i konwergencja w polityce i mediach

Artium Quaestiones
The text is a translation of W. J. T. Mitchell’s essay included in his book Image Science. Iconology, Visual Culture, and Media Aesthetics (2015). It is an extensive, cultural reflection on the notion of borders and boundaries in terms of their diverse ...
William J. T. Mitchell
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Walking and Wandering: Reconstructing Diasporic Subjectivity in T. C. Huo\u27s Land of Smiles and Lê Thi Diem Thúy’s The Gangster We Are All Looking For [PDF]

, 2017
Diaspora has often been defined as the condition of dispersal and displacement in which its members express minimal connections with their host country and always look to return to their ancestral homelands.
Chen, Brian G
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State of the States 2005 [PDF]

, 2005
Summarizes major state policy developments in 2004 and projects likely trends for 2005. Includes health care, education, homeland security, tax and budget policy, the same-sex marriage controversy, and profiles of governors elected in November ...
Barbara Rosewicz, Eric Kelderman, Erin Madigan, Kathleen Hunter, Kathleen Murphy, Kavan Peterson, Pamela M. Prah   +6 more
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Frontline(s) [PDF]

, 2003
The challenge of theorising and analysing socio-political phenomena can feel overwhelming given today’s somewhat threatening realpolitik (9/11, US-led wars on Afghanistan, Iraq and now, perhaps, Syria) and the rapid pace with which (dis)information is ...
Sullivan, Sian
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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa [PDF]

We examine the long-run consequences of a neglected aspect of colonization, the artificial drawing of borders during the Scramble for Africa and uncover the following empirical regularities.
Elias Papaioannou, Stelios Michalopoulos
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