This work outlines lessons from the past that are relevant to today's conflicts and focuses on French military actions against counterinsurgents during the 1940's and 50's. This revised and updated edition is part of the highly acclaimed "Praeger Security International Classics of Counterinsurgency"[...]

Known as the "Prince of Bummers," Leonard Cohen is a multi-talented poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and Zen Buddhist whose career has spanned more than forty years and inspired countless other artists. In this critically acclaimed biography originally published in 1996 by Pantheon Books, Ira Nade[...]

This work offers a detailed comparison of two Western democracies - the United States and the Netherlands - and their pattern of participation in foreign policy.[...]

The legal and technical rules governing flows of information are out of balance, argues Julie E. Cohen in this original analysis of information law and policy. Flows of cultural and technical information are overly restricted, while flows of personal information often are not restricted at all. The [...]

Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia. His integration into American society b[...]

An intimate and profoundly moving Jewish family history--a story of displacement, prejudice, hope, despair, and love.
In this luminous memoir, award-winning "New York Times "columnist Roger Cohen turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own forebears. As he follows them acro[...]

In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected--a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness.
Eric Schmid[...]

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good--or equally poor--health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian [...]

The first biography of the comedic genius behind the cult favorite TV show "Da Ali G Show" and the high grossing and gross out smash film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. "If the millions of fans who flocked to the blockbuster films "Borat" and "T[...]

In the autumn of 2005, researchers cracked the code of the chimpanzee genome and provided a startling new window into the differences between humans and our closest primate cousins. For the past several years, acclaimed "Science" reporter Jon Cohen has been following the DNA hunt, as well as eye-ope[...]