Graham O'Dwyer – författare

American Government and Politics explains both how the US governmental system works and why it works this way. American Government and Politics is a comprehensive introduction to the structure and dynamics of government and politics in the United States of America. It combines contemporary examples with a rich historical context supported by authoritative and engaging multimedia recommendations to help students explore the topic further. An integrated data-driven approach fosters critical thinking, evidence-based debate, and analytical skills. Expert authors adopt a data-driven approach to explain clearly how the US governmental system works, and why it works this way. By combining historical context with contemporary examples, this text helps students develop a deeper understanding of US politics and engage critically with the forces shaping it. The 'Exploring Further' feature provides engaging multimedia recommendations to broaden students' understanding, and to support students' exploration of information and perspectives from trustworthy and reputable sources. By being exposed to robust data in the Digging Deeper with Data feature, and pivotal moments in US politics in the Key Debate and Key Event features, students are equipped with a broader understanding of the evolution of US government and politics, painting a research-driven, comprehensive understanding of US politics today.

This innovative account of Charles de Gaulle as a thinker and writer on nationalism and international relations offers a view of him far beyond that of a traditional nationalist. Centring on the way de Gaulle regarded nations as individuals the author frames his argument by rationalising de Gaulle’s nationalism within the existential movement that flowed as an intellectual undercurrent throughout early and mid-twentieth-century France. Graham O’Dwyer asserts that this existentialism of the nation and ‘the presence of the past’ allowed de Gaulle to separate the ‘nation’ from the ‘state’ when looking at China, Russia, Vietnam, and East European countries, enabling him to understand the idiosyncrasies of specific national characters better than most of his contemporaries. This was especially the case for Russia and China and meant that he read the Cold War world in a way that Washington and London could not, allowing him a unique insight into how they would act as individuals and in relation to other nations.