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Book Giveaway! Extraordinary Justice: Law, Politics, and the Khmer Rouge Tribunals, By Craig Etcheson (Dec 9, 2019)
“Few have witnessed or studied the rise, demise, and prosecution of the Khmer Rouge as Craig Etcheson has done for more than three decades. Extraordinary Justice is a gripping eyewitness account of the Khmer Rouge leadership’s final coda in front of domestic and international justice, however imperfect that justice might be. Extraordinary Justice will be the definitive reference text
Book Excerpt! Social Media and the Public Interest, by Philip M. Napoli (introduction) (Dec 6, 2019)
“Drawing on the history of U.S. media regulation, Napoli offers an insightful framework for reimagining how social media can serve the public interest. Social Media and the Public Interest is an essential text for policy makers and those struggling to reduce the harm of caustic content and misinformation.” ~danah boyd, author of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of
Book Excerpt! Allies of Convenience: A Theory of Bargaining in U.S. Foreign Policy (Dec 5, 2019)
 “Standard bargaining theories are puzzled by the ability of allies that are not only weak but also distasteful to get so much advantage when dealing with the United States. In an important contribution, Evan N. Resnick shows that the answer lies in the open nature of the American domestic political system that allows the
New from Our Distributed Presses! (Dec 4, 2019)
Our weekly list of new books is now available! Auteur From the Devil’s Advocates series Shivers Luke Aspell Shivers (1975) was David Cronenberg’s first commercial feature and his first horror film. Luke Aspell’s analysis addresses shot composition, lighting, cinematographic texture, sound, the use of stock music, editing, costume, make-up, optical work, the screenplay, the casting,
Donald Trump and the Dangerous U.S. Addiction to “Allies of Convenience” (Dec 4, 2019)
“Resnick’s Allies of Convenience is an incisive analysis of the role of alliances in U. S. foreign policy. This book will be of interest not only to international relations scholars but also to the current architects of American foreign policy. Coming at a time when alliances are currently being questioned and reevaluated, this book is a most

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