December 12, 2019

Book Excerpt! Extraordinary Justice, by Craig Etcheson

“In this absorbing, persuasively argued book, Craig Etcheson draws on over thirty years of involvement with Cambodia and on his prolonged association with the so-called Khmer Rouge Tribunal, giving his readers a clear idea of what happened at the Tribunal...

December 11, 2019

New From Our Distributed Presses!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Transcript-Verlag From the Image series Border Wall Aesthetics Artworks in Border Spaces Elisa Ganivet Is there a deeper significance in the artistic encounter with border walls? Elisa Ganivet revisits the history...

December 11, 2019

How to Catch a War Criminal

“Extraordinary Justice is hands down the final verdict on the UN’s controversial ‘mixed tribunal.’ . . . Simply put, nobody knows more about the Khmer Rouge war crimes trials than Etcheson. This is a remarkable, three-dimensional study of the legally simple...

December 10, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Peace on Our Terms, Capitalism on Edge, The Ferrante Letters and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Columbia Studies in International and Global History series Peace on Our Terms The Global Battle for Women’s Rights After the First World War Mona L. Siegel Peace on Our...

December 6, 2019

Book Excerpt! Social Media and the Public Interest, by Philip M. Napoli (introduction)

“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...

December 5, 2019

Book Excerpt! Allies of Convenience: A Theory of Bargaining in U.S. Foreign Policy

 “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...

December 4, 2019

New from Our Distributed Presses!

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,...

December 4, 2019

Can We Still Rely on Counterspeech to Correct Disinformation in Political Advertising?

“Napoli takes up the daunting challenge of lassoing and taming the wild social media beasts that have wreaked so much havoc in democracies around the world. This book is bold, clear, and necessary. Readers of this book will gain a...

December 4, 2019

Donald Trump and the Dangerous U.S. Addiction to “Allies of Convenience”

“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...

December 3, 2019

New Book Tuesday! On My Country and the World; Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty Three Centuries of Economic Decision-Making George G. Szpiro Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty offers a new narrative of the three-century history of the study of decision making, tracing how...

November 29, 2019

Black Friday: What Drives Our Consumer Habits Today?

It’s Black Friday—the annual shopping event in which consumers nation-wide brave the crowds to take advantage of exclusive sales designed to kick off the holiday shopping season. Often referred to as the busiest shopping day of the year, it is...

November 27, 2019

Book Excerpt! Amy’s Crisp Apple Pie!

“In this timely volume biophysicist, Ole Mouritsen, and chef, Klavs Styrbæk, provide a great introduction to the confusing science of the senses as applied to tasting and flavor. They also provide a number of carefully considered recipes and experiments to...