Prepare for this story, where fantasy and reality overlap. Each page unveils a tale taken from real life. Brace yourself for a captivating journey into the realms of passion, betrayal, and redemption. Remember, the heart of this narrative pulsates with the rhythm of a true story, making every chapter a portal to a life that's now lost. Join me on this literary exploration to unveil the unfolding drama when external influences attempt to drive a wedge between two souls. Every emotion you encounter is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of real-life tales. Will love emerge victorious against all odds, or will it succumb to the machinations of those intent on its destruction? The answer lies within the pages, waiting to be discovered.

Tracing the solitude of the American self, the difference between idolatrous and companionate affection, and the dream of an "America of love," Eric Murphy Selinger shows how such concerns can shape a poet's most intimate decisions about genre and form. His lucid, elegant prose illuminates not only well-known love poets, including Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams, but also more unexpected figures, notably Wallace Stevens and Mina Loy. Like the poets he discusses, Selinger refuses to view love reductively. Rather, he takes the impulse to debunk love as part of his subject, whether it crops up in Puritan theology or contemporary literary theory. As he details Whitman's courtship of his readers, weighs the restorations of romance in H. D. and Ezra Pound, and demonstrates the bonds between poets as disparate as Robert Creeley and Robert Lowell, Selinger establishes love poetry as an essential American genre.

Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economic integration hinges on democratic structures, the size of the global system, the nature of the trade goods, and a reduced influence of the military on political decisions. In sum, this book demonstrates how important the still fragile "capitalist peace" is.