R Arnold: 41 books
Grant Wins the War
Decision at Vicksburg
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
Vicksburg is the key. . . . Let us get Vicksburg, and all that country is ours.--President Abraham Lincoln, 1862
In a brilliantly constructed and powerfully rendered new account, James R. Arnold offers a penetrating analysis of Grant's strategies and actions leading to the Union victory at...
Arendt, Agamben and the Issue of Hyper-Legality
In Between the Prisoner-Stateless Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
In the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt famously argued that the stateless were so rightless, that it was better to be a criminal who at least had some rights and protections.
In this book, Kathleen R. Arnold examines Arendt’s comparison in the context of post-1996 U.S. criminal...
Why Don't You Just Talk to Him?
The Politics of Domestic Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Why Don't You Just Talk to Him? looks at the broad political contexts in which violence, specifically domestic violence, occurs. Kathleen Arnold argues that liberal and Enlightenment notions of the social contract, rationality and egalitarianism -- the ideas that constitute norms of good citizenship...
Jungle of Snakes
A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The end of the Cold War promised a new, more peaceful era was at hand. But with the escalation of violence by terrorists, insurgents, and guerillas, former CIA director James Woolsey said "After forty-five years of fighting a dragon we finally killed it, and now instead, we find ourselves standing...
by J. R. Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1961
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1961
As every schoolboy knows, Canada is one of the larger trading countries of the world but, from the point of view of balancing her international merchandise trade payments, she does not export enough. The purpose of this book is to describe, not in broad economic terms, but in daily practical detail,...
Marengo and Hohenlinden
Napoleon's Rise to Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
In a tense, crowded thirty-three days in the autumn of 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte organized a coup and made himself dictator of France. Yet his position was precarious. He knew that France would accept his rule only if he gained military victories that brought peace. James Arnold, in this detailed and...
America's New Working Class
Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in a Biopolitical Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2008
Today’s political controversy over immigration highlights the plight of the working class in this country as perhaps no other issue has recently done. The political status of immigrants exposes the power dynamics of the “new working class,” which includes the former labor aristocracy, women,...
American Immigration After 1996
The Shifting Ground of Political Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Few topics generate as much heated public debate in the United States today as immigration across our southern border. Two positions have been staked out, one favoring the expansion of guest-worker programs and focusing on the economic benefits of immigration, and the other proposing greater physical...
by C Evans,R Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
With sales of over 40,000 copies for the hardback, Close to Flying was one of Christmas 2009's bestselling books. Cadel Evans appeared at sold-out events across Australia and thrilled fans with his 2009 Cycling world Championship win. With his recent success at the Giro d`Italia, Cadel is again poised...
The Moro War
How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
As the global war on terror enters its second decade, the United States military is engaged with militant Islamic insurgents on multiple fronts. But the post-9/11 war against terrorists is not the first time the United States has battled such ferocious foes. The forgotten Moro War, lasting from 1902...
Monster
The Story of a Young Mary Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
A fictionalized autobiography of the woman who wrote Frankenstein.
Two centuries ago, a twenty-year-old woman invented science fiction.
Her father gave her a better education than any woman of the age could hope for—and made her the victim of ongoing incest. At fifteen, she became...
by William R. Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Billy Ray was born during the Great Depression. Through totally unforeseen circumstances, he wandered through varied, random, and unrelated situations. His life seldom had a predictable direction. Despite that, he became successful in athletics, teaching, working, and schooling. This eventually led...
by Walter R. Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
I was raised in Essexville, Michigan, with my two brothers and two sisters. My exposure to Christianity was because of my mother, who took us to a Community Baptist church most Sundays. When I was eleven years of age, I heard a clear voice say that He would give me until Im thirty-five. There was...
by R. Douglas Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Douglas Arnold asks: do local newspapers provide the information citizens need in order to hold representatives accountable for their actions...