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The article reviews several books including "Securing the State," by David Ormand, "Southern Africa: Old Treacheries and New Deceits," by Stephen Chan, and "The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic," by Robert L. O'Connell.

The article reviews several books about political studies including "Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons," by Anne L. Clunan, edited by Peter R. Lavoy and Susan B. Martin, "Peace Operations," by Paul F. Diehl and "From Freedom Fighters to Terrorists: Women and Political Violence," by Paige Whaley Eager.

The article reviews several books including "Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics," edited by Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss, "Global Ethics: Anarchy, Freedom and International Relations," by Mervyn Frost and "Humanitarian Intervention After Kosovo: Iraq, Darfur and the Record of Global Civil Society," by Aidan Hehir.

Reviews are presented of the books "Khomeini's Ghost: The Definitive Account of Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution and Its Enduring Legacy" by Con Coughlin, "The Ottoman Empire: A Short History" by Suraiya Faroqhi, translated by Shelley Frisch, "Three Camels to Smyrna: Times of War and Peace in Turkey, Persia, India, Afghanistan and Nepal 1907-1986: The Story of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Company" by Antony Wynn, and two others.

The article reviews several books including "Vanishing Moments: Class and American Literature," by Eric Schocket, "Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State," by Bruce Robbins, and "American Hungers: The Problem of Poverty in U.S. Literature, 1840-1945," by Gavin Jones.

The article reviews the book "Living Electronic Music," by Simon Emmerson.

The article reviews several books on international relations including "Making Aid Work," by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, "Theory of World Security," by Ken Booth and "Regulating Globalization: Critical Approaches to Global Governance," edited by Pierre de Senarclens and Ali Kazancigil.

Thei article reviews several books including "Globalization and Business Politics in Arab North Africa: A Comparative Perspective," by Melani Claire Cammett, "Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas: Dilemmas of a Conventional Army," by Sergio Catignani and "The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity," by David Romano.

The article reviews several books, including "Escape From Empire: The Developing World's Journey Through Heaven and Hell," by Alice H. Amsden, "Understanding Global Terror," edited by Christopher Ankersen, and "International Law and International Relations," by David Armstrong, Theo Farrell and Hélène Lambert.

The article reviews several books including "Cultures of Voting: The Hidden History of the Secret Ballot," edited by Romain Bertrand, Jean-Louis Briquet and Peter Pels, "Ethnicity and Electoral Politics," by Johanna Kristin Birnir and "Business and the Euro: Business Groups and the Politics of EMU in Germany and the United Kingdom," by Mark E. Duckenfield.

The article reviews several books, including "On New Wars," edited by John Andreas Olsen, "Invitation to Terror: The Expanding Empire of the Unknown," by Frank Furedi and "Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury & Honor Our Military Fallen," by Michael Sledge.

The article reviews several books including "Clausewitz's Puzzle: The Political Theory of War," by Andreas Herberg-Rothe, "Clausewitz and Contemporary War," by Antulio J. Echevarria and "Just War," by Charles Guthrie and Michael Quinlan.

Reviews two books related to African American studies. "Manning the Race: Reforming Black Men in the Jim Crow Era," by Marlon B. Ross; "Manliness and Its Discontents: The Black Middle Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930," by Martin Summers.

The article reviews several books including "Eurasian Crossroads, A History of Xinjiang," by James A. Millward, "People and Forest: Yunnan Swidden Agriculture in Human-Ecological Perspective," by Yin Shaoting, and "Ethnicity and Urban Life in China, A Comparative Study in Hui Muslims and Han Chinese," by Xiaowei Zang.

The article reviews several books, including "Swords and Ploughshares: Bringing Peace to the 21st Century," by Paddy Ashdown, "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," by Tim Weiner, and "Kargil: From Surprise to Victory," by V. P. Malik.

The article reviews several books related to international relations including "Force and Legitimacy in World Politics," by David Armstrong, Theo Farrell and Bice Maiguasha, and "The Empire of Security and the Safety of the People," edited by William Bain, and "Bonding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village," by Daniel H. Deudney.

The article reviews several books on Asian studies including "Frontier Passages: Ethnopolitics and the Rise of Chinese Communism, 1921-1945," by Xiaoyuan Liu, "Printing for Profit: The Commercial Publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (11th-17th Centuries)," by Lucille Chia, "The Making of the State Enterprise System in Modern China: The Dynamics of Institutional Change," by Morris L. Bian, "Intellectuals in Revolutionary China, 1921-1949: Leaders, Heroes and Sophisticates," Hung-Yok Ip and "Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China," by Gray Tuttle.

International Relations theory Book reviewed in this articles: The realist tradition and the limits of International Relations. By Michael C. Williams. Ordering international politics: identity, crisis, and representational force. By Janice Bially Mattern. The nature of political theory. By Andrew Vincent. International ethics For all peoples and all nations: Christian churches and human rights. By John Nurser. International law and organization Lawless world: America and the making and breaking of global rules. By Philippe Sands. War law: international law and armed conflict. By Michael Byers. International crimes and the ad hoc tribunals. By Guénaël Mettraux. Foreign relations Russia and the European Union: prospects for a new relationship. By Oksana Antonenko and Kathryn Pinnick. Conflict, security and armed forces The future of war: the re-enchantment of war in the twenty-first century. By Christopher Coker. The turbulent decade: confronting the refugee crises of the 1990s. By Sadako Ogata. The UN's role in nation-building: from the Congo to Iraq. Edited by James Dobbins, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele and Richard Teltschik. The politics of peacekeeping in the post-Cold War era. Edited by David S. Sorenson and Pia Christina Wood. Energy and environment A world environment organization: solution or threat for effective international environmental governance? Edited by Frank Biermann and Steffen Bauer. History The United States and Germany in the era of the Cold War, 1945-1968: a handbook, volume I. Edited by Detlef Junker. The United States and Germany in the era of the Cold War, 1968-1990: a handbook, volume II. Edited by Detlef Junker. The Eden-Eisenhower correspondence, 1955-1957. Edited by Peter G. Boyle. Europe Why Europe will run the 21st century. By Mark Leonard. The EU and Turkey: a glittering prize or a millstone? Edited by Michael Lake. The European Union in the wake of eastern enlargement: institutional and policymaking challenges. Edited by Amy C. Verdun and Osvaldo Croci. Republik ohne Kompass: Anmerkungen zur deutschen Aussenpolitik. By Hans-Peter Schwarz. Germany and the use of force: the evolution of German security policy 1990-2003. By Kerry Longhurst. Russia and Eurasia Tribal nation: the making of Soviet Turkmenistan. By Adrienne Lynn Edgar. Middle East and North Africa Israel and the Palestinians: Israeli policy options. Edited by Mark A. Heller and Rosemary Hollis. Water, power and politics in the Middle East: the other Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By Jan Selby. Inheriting Syria: Bashar's trial by fire. By Flynt Leverett. Sub-Saharan Africa The African state and the AIDS crisis. Edited by Amy S. Patterson. Asia and Pacific Confronting environmental change in East and Southeast Asia: eco-politics, foreign policy, and sustainable development. Edited by Paul G. Harris. North America What's the matter with Kansas? How conservatives won the heart of America. By Thomas Frank. Latin America and Caribbean And the money kept rolling in (and out): Wall Street, the IMF and the bankrupting of Argentina. By Paul Blustein. Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch policies in a comparative perspective. By Gert Oostindie and Inge Klinkers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews several books about Asian studies. "Representation of Childhood and Youth in Early China," by Anne Behnke Kinney; "China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation," by Karl Gerth; "China's Challenges in the Twenty-First Century," edited by Joseph Y. S. Cheng.

Reviews the book "Bribes," by J.T. Noonan.

The article reviews several books about politics including, "The First Privatisation, the Politicians, the City and the Denationalisation of Steel," by Kathleen Burk, "Whigs and Liberals: Continuity and Change in English Political Thought," by J. W. Burrow, and "The Changing Working Class: Essays on Class Structure Today," by Alex Callinicos and Chris Harman.

The article reviews the book "The Global Remapping of American Literature" by Paul Giles.

A review of the book "Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture," by Amy Erdman Farrell, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Down in the Dumps: Place, Modernity, American Depression," by Jani Scandura, "Black Fascisms: African American Literature and Culture Between the Wars," by Mark Christian Thompson.

Reviews two books "The Money Changers," by C. Raw; "Gun, Lies and Spies," by C. Cowley.

The article reviews the book "Wayward Governance: Illegality and its Control in the Public Sector. Australian Studies in the Law, Crime and Justice," by P. N. Grabosky.

The article reviews the book "The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq: The Alastair Campbell Diaries" by Alastair Campbell.

The article reviews the book "A War of Choice: The British in Iraq 2003-2009," by Jack Fairweather.

The article reviews the book "A Europe of Rights: The Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems," edited by Helen Keller and Alec Stone Sweet.

Reviews the book "Global Pirates: Fraud in the Offshore Insurance Industry," by R. Tillman.

Reviews the book 'Nuclear Fallacy: Dispelling the Myth of Nuclear Strategy,' by Morton H. Halperin.

Reviews the book 'Star Wars and European Defence: Implications for Europe,' edited by Hans Gunter Brauch.

Reviews the book 'Blundering Disaster,' by Robert McNamara.

Reviews the book 'China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader,' edited by King C. Chen.

The article reviews the book "Thatcher, Reagan, and Mulroney: In Search of a New Bureaucracy," by Donald J. Savoie.

The article reviews the book "Delivering Public Service in Western Europe: Sharing Western European Experiences of Para-governmental Organizations," edited by Christopher Hood and Gunnar Folke Schuppert.

The article reviews the book "Discovery and Invention," edited by Jim Ballantyne and Cathy Grant.

Reviews the book "Money Laundering: A Practical Guide to the New Legislation," by R. Bosworth-Davies and G. Saltmarsh.

Reviews the book "Behind Closed Doors, B.C.C.I. Biggest Bank Fraud in History."

Reviews the book "The Case for the Prosecution," by M. McConville, A. Sanders and R. Leng.

Reviews the book 'NATO's Future: Towards a New Transatlantic Bargain,' by Stanley R. Sloan.

The article reviews the book "The Fundamentals of EU Law Revisited," edited by C. Barnard.

Reviews the book "International Relations in the Twentieth Century: A Reader," edited by Marc Williams.