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Failed states [CD]

Chomsky, Noam

Publication Date

2006

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327.73009 CHO I2119063X

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SD_ILS:124075

States of neglect : how red-state leaders have failed their citizens and undermined America

Kleinknecht, William, 1960- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

352.23 KLE

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SD_ILS:667433

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Fixing failed states : a framework for rebuilding a fractured world

Ghani, Ashraf, 1949-

Publication Date

2008

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Books

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341.84 GHA

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SD_ILS:173420

Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy

Chomsky, Noam

Publication Date

2006

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327.73009 CHO

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SD_ILS:124074

The JFK conspiracy : the secret plot to kill Kennedy--and why it failed

Meltzer, Brad, author.

Publication Date

2025

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973.922 MEL

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SD_ILS:795112

The JFK conspiracy [large print] : the secret plot to kill Kennedy--and why it failed

Meltzer, Brad, author.

Publication Date

2025

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973.922 MEL

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SD_ILS:801531

Bird of a thousand stories

Monsef, Kiyash, author.

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2025

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MON

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SD_ILS:794141

Integrated : how American schools failed Black children

Rooks, Noliwe, 1963- author.

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2025

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379.2630973 ROO

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SD_ILS:804134

Theodore Roosevelt [digital video].

Jones, Rufus, actor.

Publication Date

2022

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GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:811188

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The JFK conspiracy [CD] : the secret plot to kill Kennedy--and why it failed

Meltzer, Brad, author.

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2025

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973.922 MEL

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SD_ILS:795011

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Masters of War. Episode 15 Mahan, Corbett, and the Pacific War [digital video].

R. Wilson, Andrew, actor.

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2012

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The shadow of war : a novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Shaara, Jeff, 1952- author.

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2024

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SHA

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