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American Civil Wars : The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s
Don H. Doyle;Don H. Doyle
American Civil Wars takes readers beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the...
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American Civil Wars : The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s
2017
American Civil Wars takes readers beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the U.S. Civil War to view the conflict from outside the national arena of the United States. Contributors position the American conflict squarely in the context of a wider transnational crisis across the Atlantic world, marked by a multitude of civil wars , European invasions and occupations, revolutionary independence movements, and slave uprisings—all taking place in the tumultuous decade of the 1860s. The multiple conflicts described in these essays illustrate how the United States'sectional strife was caught up in a larger, complex struggle in which nations and empires on both sides of the Atlantic vied for the control of the future. These struggles were all part of a vast web, connecting not just Washington and Richmond but also Mexico City, Havana, Santo Domingo, and Rio de Janeiro and--on the other side of the Atlantic--London, Paris, Madrid, and Rome. This volume breaks new ground by charting a hemispheric upheaval and expanding Civil War scholarship into the realms of transnational and imperial history. American Civil Wars creates new connections between the uprisings and civil wars in and outside of American borders and places the United States within a global context of other nations.Contributors:Matt D. Childs, University of South CarolinaAnne Eller, Yale UniversityRichard Huzzey, University of LiverpoolHoward Jones, University of AlabamaPatrick J. Kelly, University of Texas at San AntonioRafael de Bivar Marquese, University of Sao PauloErika Pani, College of MexicoHilda Sabato, University of Buenos AiresSteve Sainlaude, University of Paris IV SorbonneChristopher Schmidt-Nowara, Tufts UniversityJay Sexton, University of Oxford
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Lin Poyer;Lin Poyer
War at the Margins offers a broad comparative view of the impact of World War II on In...
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2022
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Indigenous peoples--Civil rights - World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indigenous - World War, 1939-1945--Indigenous peoplesContent provider:
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The Green Horse : My Early Years in the Canadian Rockies – A Park Warden’s Story
Dale Portman;Dale Portman
An inspiring, humorous and adventure-packed mountain memoir that takes the reader on a...
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The Green Horse : My Early Years in the Canadian Rockies – A Park Warden’s Story
2017
An inspiring, humorous and adventure-packed mountain memoir that takes the reader on a journey into western Canada's backcountry parks during the raucous 1960s and 1970s.Born in the west but raised initially in the east, Dale Portman was eight years old when his family headed back to the land of the Rockies. Growing up in Calgary, he was introduced to the Rocky Mountains at an early age and as a young man eventually found work in Banff National Park, where he spent most of his time in the saddle while working for outfitter Bert Mickle, based out of Skoki Lodge near Lake Louise. Jobs in the local tourist industry and at a couple of ski hills followed. Eventually Dale was drawn to the warden service, doing avalanche control and forecasting in Rogers Pass, with the backcountry of northern Jasper, Yoho National Park and Field, BC, eventually becoming the stage for many memorable, humorous, tragic and life-affirming moments.The Green Horse takes the reader on a journey through a time when our mountain national parks were less touristy and more substantive. When there was space for everyone to enjoy without having to line up and there was a sense of freedom and adventure in the air.
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Park rangers--British Columbia--Biography - Park rangers--Alberta--Biography - National parks and reserves--Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)Content provider:
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The Best Peace Fiction : A Social Justice Anthology
Robert Olen Butler;Phong Nguyen;Robert Olen Butler;Phong Nguyen
In the first anthology of its kind, Robert Olen Butler and Phong Nguyen assemble an as...
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The Best Peace Fiction : A Social Justice Anthology
2021
In the first anthology of its kind, Robert Olen Butler and Phong Nguyen assemble an astounding collection of stories that cause readers to contemplate war , peace, and social justice in a new light. The fourteen stories featured in this volume explore the varied and often unexpected outcomes of violence. The authors explore the tragedies that occur closer to home—not on military battlefields but rather in places that are never meant to be battlefields, like schools and churches. The fiction reveals the violence that renders our most sacred and seemingly safest of places vulnerable.Not a utopian project, this book asks whether literature has a role in furthering the ongoing pursuit of peace and justice for all. While exploring tragedy, these stories also offer hope for healing, illuminating how people can move forward from the moments when their lives change and how they can regain and reshape safe spaces to find solace.
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Short stories - Social justice--Fiction - Peace--Fiction - Peace in literature - War in literature - Social justice in literatureContent provider:
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Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction
William L. Richter;William L. Richter
The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States...
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Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction
2012
The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated. Many historians regard the Civil War as the defining event in American history. At stake was not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of the relatively new American experiment in self-government. A very real possibility existed that the union could have been severed, but a collection of determined leaders and soldiers proved their willingness to fight for the survival of what Abraham Lincoln called'the last best hope on earth.'The second edition of this highly readable, one-volume Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction looks to place the war in its historical context. The more than 800 entries, encompassing the years 1844-1877, cover the significant events, persons, politics, and economic and social themes of the Civil War and Reconstruction. An extensive chronology, introductory essay, and comprehensive bibliography supplement the cross-referenced dictionary entries to guide the reader through the military and non-military actions of one of the most pivotal events in American history. The dictionary concludes with a selection of primary documents. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Empire of Liberty : Die Vereinigten Staaten von der Reconstruction zum Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg
Michaela Hampf;Michaela Hampf
Wie erklärt man den Aufstieg der USA von einer britischen Kolonie zur globalen Hegemon...
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Empire of Liberty : Die Vereinigten Staaten von der Reconstruction zum Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg
2020
Wie erklärt man den Aufstieg der USA von einer britischen Kolonie zur globalen Hegemonialmacht in einem Zeitraum von knapp 140 Jahren von der Revolution bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg? Welche Bedeutung hat dabei die nach dem Bürgerkrieg einsetzende forcierte „Nationsbildung“, die im Kontext der Besiedelung des Westens, der Etablierung eines kapitalistischen Systems à l'Américaine, der Ausbildung eines sich von Europa deutlich unterscheidenden Systems der Regulierung von Arbeit und Kapital, der nicht Durchsetzbarkeit sozialistischer Ideen und der Politik des „small government“ und „laissez-faire“ stattfand? Kurz: Welche Bedeutung hatte die spezifisch amerikanische Entwicklung mit ihrem Fokus auf den innenpolitischen und innergesellschaftlichen Problemkontext für die Entstehung bzw. Entwicklung der diskursiven Formation des „Empire for Liberty“, das sich spätestens mit dem Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg in eine außenpolitische Maxime übersetzte und handlungsleitend für die offensive amerikanische Hegemonialpolitik nach dem Weltkrieg wurde, ja das Empire zu einem „Way of Life“ machte? Obwohl der Erste Weltkrieg gemeinhin als Beginn einer amerikanischen Dominanz in der Weltpolitik gesehen wird, argumentiert M. Michaela Hampf, dass der Aufstieg der Vereinigten Staaten zu einer imperialen Macht bereits nach 1865 erfolgte. Methodisch geht die Untersuchung insofern neue Wege als zur Erklärung des „amerikanischen Sonderwegs“ die sozialwissenschaftliche Theorie der Pfadabhängigkeit herangezogen wird. Erklärt werden soll nicht die expansive amerikanische Außenpolitik als konsequente Anwendung amerikanischer Prinzipien, sondern die Pfade, die dazu führten, dass die amerikanische Politik bereit war , einen Weg zu beschreiten, der eine Abkehr von eben jenen Grundsätzen darstellte.
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America - History (General) - Political science - Modern history, 1453-Content provider:
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The Story of Silver : How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World
William L. Silber;William L. Silber
How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis...
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The Story of Silver : How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World
2019
How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1930s and by the richest man in the world, Texas oil baron Nelson Bunker Hunt, during the 1970s altered the course of American and world history. FDR pumped up the price of silver to help jump start the U.S. economy during the Great Depression, but this move weakened China, which was then on the silver standard, and facilitated Japan's rise to power before World War II. Bunker Hunt went on a silver-buying spree during the 1970s to protect himself against inflation and triggered a financial crisis that left him bankrupt.Silver has been the preferred shelter against government defaults, political instability, and inflation for most people in the world because it is cheaper than gold. The white metal has been the place to hide when conventional investments sour, but it has also seduced sophisticated investors throughout the ages like a siren. This book explains how powerful figures, up to and including Warren Buffett, have come under silver's thrall, and how its history guides economic and political decisions in the twenty-first century.
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Mines and mineral resources--Economic aspects - Silver--History - Silver industry--HistoryContent provider:
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World Socialist Cinema : Alliances, Affinities, and Solidarities in the Global Cold War
Masha Salazkina;Masha Salazkina
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of Califor...
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World Socialist Cinema : Alliances, Affinities, and Solidarities in the Global Cold War
2023; Vol. 00004
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In this capacious transnational film history, renowned scholar Masha Salazkina proposes a groundbreaking new framework for understanding the cinematic cultures of twentieth-century socialism. Taking as a point of departure the vast body of work screened at the Tashkent International Festival of Cinemas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, World Socialist Cinema maps the circulation of films between the Soviet Bloc and the countries of the Global South in the mid- to late twentieth century, illustrating the distribution networks, festival circuits, and informal channels that facilitated this international network of artistic and intellectual exchange. Building on decades of meticulous archival work, this long-anticipated film history unsettles familiar stories to provide an alternative to Eurocentric, national, and regional narratives, rooted outside of the capitalist West.
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Film festivals--Uzbekistan--Tashkent - Socialism and motion pictures--Latin America--20th century - Socialism and motion pictures--Africa--20th century - Socialism and motion pictures--Asia--20th centuryContent provider:
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Endless Holocausts : Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire
David Michael Smith;David Michael Smith
An argument against the myth of'American exceptionalism'Endless Holocausts: Mass Death...
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Endless Holocausts : Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire
2023
An argument against the myth of'American exceptionalism'Endless Holocausts: Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire helps us to come to terms with what we have long suspected: the rise of the U.S. Empire has relied upon an almost unimaginable loss of life, from its inception during the European colonial period, to the present. And yet, in the face of a series of endless holocausts at home and abroad, the doctrine of American exceptionalism has plagued the globe for over a century. However much the ruling class insists on U.S. superiority, we find ourselves in the midst of a sea change. Perpetual wars , deteriorating economic conditions, the resurgence of white supremacy, and the rise of the Far Right have led millions of people to abandon their illusions about this country. Never before have so many people rejected or questioned traditional platitudes about the United States.In Endless Holocausts author David Michael Smith demolishes the myth of exceptionalism by demonstrating that manifold forms of mass death, far from being unfortunate exceptions to an otherwise benign historical record, have been indispensable in the rise of the wealthiest and most powerful imperium in the history of the world. At the same time, Smith points to an extraordinary history of resistance by Indigenous peoples, people of African descent, people in other nations brutalized by U.S. imperialism, workers, and democratic-minded people around the world determined to fight for common dignity and the sake of the greater good.
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National characteristics, American - World politics - Crimes against humanity--History - Political violence--United States--History - Genocide--History - Imperialism--Social aspects--United StatesContent provider:
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The Hemingway Short Story : A Critical Appreciation
George Monteiro;George Monteiro
Ernest Hemingway revolutionized the American short story, establishing himself as a ma...
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The Hemingway Short Story : A Critical Appreciation
2017
Ernest Hemingway revolutionized the American short story , establishing himself as a master of realist fiction in the tradition of Guy de Mauppasant. Yet none of Hemingway's emulators has succeeded in duplicating his understated, minimalist style. In his Iceberg Theory of fiction, only the tip of the story is seen on the surface--the rest is submerged out of sight. This study surveys the scope of Hemingway's mastery of the short story form, enabling a fuller understanding of such works as'Indian Camp,''Big Two-Hearted River,''The Killers,''The Mother of a Queen,''In Another Country,''Hills Like White Elephants,''The Snows of Kilimanjaro,'and'The Mercenaries,'among many others. All 13 stories from his underrated Winner Take Nothing collection are evaluated in detail.
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Short story - American fiction--History and criticism - NovelleContent provider:
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Poor Man's Fortune : White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950
Jarod Roll;Jarod Roll
White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, par...
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Poor Man's Fortune : White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950
2020
White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man's Fortune tells a different story , excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the century from the Civil War to World War II. With a close study of metal miners in the Tri-State district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Jarod Roll reveals why successive generations of white, native-born men willingly and repeatedly opposed labor unions and government-led health and safety reforms, even during the New Deal. With painstaking research, Roll shows how the miners'choices reflected a deep-seated, durable belief that hard-working American white men could prosper under capitalism, and exposes the grim costs of this view for these men and their communities, for organized labor, and for political movements seeking a more just and secure society. Roll's story shows how American inequalities are in part the result of a white working-class conservative tradition driven by grassroots assertions of racial, gendered, and national privilege.
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White nationalism - Working class white people--Attitudes - Miners--Tri-State Mining District--History--20th century - Miners--Tri-State Mining District--History--19th century - Masculinity--Economic aspects - Conservatism--Tri-State Mining District--History - Working class men--AttitudesContent provider:
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Cultural Expertise, Law, and Rights : A Comprehensive Guide
Livia Holden;Livia Holden
Cultural Expertise, Law, and Rights introduces readers to the theory and practice of c...
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Cultural Expertise, Law, and Rights : A Comprehensive Guide
2023
Cultural Expertise, Law, and Rights introduces readers to the theory and practice of cultural expertise in the resolution of conflicts and the claim of rights in diverse societies. Combining theory and case-studies of the use of cultural expertise in real situations, and in a great variety of fields, this is the first book to offer a comprehensive examination of the field of cultural expertise: its intellectual orientations, practical applications and ethical implications. This book engages an extensive and interdisciplinary variety of topics – ranging from race, language, sexuality, Indigenous rights and women's rights to immigration and asylum laws, international commercial arbitration and criminal law. It also offers a truly global perspective covering cultural expertise in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America. Finally, the book offers theoretical and practical guidance for the ethical use of cultural expert knowledge. This is an essential volume for teachers and students in the social sciences – especially law, anthropology, and sociology – and members of the legal professions who engage in cross-cultural dispute resolution, asylum and migration, private international law and other fields of law in which cultural arguments play a role. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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Multiculturalism--Law and legislation - Ethnological jurisprudence - Customary law--Social aspects - Law and anthropology - Forensic anthropology - Culture and law - Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc - Legal polycentricity--Social aspects - Evidence, Expert - Conflict of lawsContent provider:
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Merchants of War and Peace: British Knowledge of China in the Making of the Opium War .
Song-Chuan Chen;Song-Chuan Chen
Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving fo...
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Merchants of War and Peace: British Knowledge of China in the Making of the Opium War .
2017
Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between ‘progressive'Britain and ‘backward'China. Instead, it argues that the war was started by a group of British merchants in the Chinese port of Canton in the 1830s, known as the ‘Warlike party'. Living in a period when British knowledge of China was growing rapidly, the Warlike party came to understand China's weakness and its members returned to London to lobby for intervention until war broke out in 1839. However, the Warlike party did not get its way entirely. Another group of British merchants known in Canton as the ‘Pacific party'opposed the war . In Britain, the anti-war movement gave the conflict its infamous name, the ‘Opium War ', which has stuck ever since. Using materials housed in the National Archives, UK, the First Historical Archives of China, the National Palace Museum, the British Library, SOAS Library, and Cambridge University Library, this meticulously researched and lucid volume is a new history of the cause of the First Opium War .
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A Study of Crisis
Michael Brecher;Jonathan Wilkenfeld;Michael Brecher;Jonathan Wilkenfeld
As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of wide...
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A Study of Crisis
2022
As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of widespread turmoil, including two world wars , the end of the colonial era in world history, and a large number of international crises and conflicts. This book is designed to shed light on the causes and consequences of military-security crises since the end of World War I, in every region, across diverse economic and political regimes, and cultures. The primary aim of this volume is to uncover patterns of crises, conflicts and wars and thereby to contribute to the advancement of international peace and world order. The culmination of more than twenty years of research by Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, the book analyzes crucial themes about crisis, conflict, and war and presents systematic knowledge about more than 400 crises, thirty-one protracted conflicts and almost 900 state participants. The authors explore many aspects of conflict, including the ethnic dimension, the effect of different kinds of political regimes--notably the question whether democracies are more peaceful than authoritarian regimes, and the role of violence in crisis management. They employ both case studies and aggregate data analysis in a Unified Model of Crisis to focus on two levels of analysis--hostile interactions among states, and the behavior of decision-makers who must cope with the challenge posed by a threat to values, time pressure, and the increased likelihood that military hostilities will engulf them. This book will appeal to scholars in history, political science, sociology, and economics as well as policy makers interested in the causes and effects of crises in international relations. The rich data sets will serve researchers for years to come as they probe additional aspects of crisis, conflict and war in international relations. Michael Brecher is R. B. Angus Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Jonathan Wilkenfeld is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. They are the coauthors of Crises in the Twentieth Century: A Handbook of International Crisis, among other books and articles.
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War--20th century - Crises--20th century - World politics--20th centuryContent provider:
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Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations
Michael A. Sheehan;Erich Marquardt;Liam Collins;Michael A. Sheehan;Erich Ma...
This handbook comprises essays by leading scholars and practitioners on the topic of U...
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Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations
2022
This handbook comprises essays by leading scholars and practitioners on the topic of U.S. counterterrorism and irregular warfare campaigns and operations around the globe. Terrorist groups have evolved substantially since 9/11, with the Islamic State often described as a pseudo-state, a terrorist group, and insurgency all at the same time. While researchers', analysts', and policymakers'understanding of terrorism has grown immensely over the past two decades, similar advancements in the understanding of counterterrorism lag. As such, this handbook explains why it is necessary to take a broader view of counterterrorism which can, and often does, include irregular warfare. The volume is divided into three thematic sections: Part I examines modern terrorism in the Islamic world and gives an overview of the major terrorist groups from the past three decades; Part II provides a wide variety of case studies of counterterrorism and irregular warfare operations, spanning from the 1980s to the irregular warfare campaign against the Islamic State in northern Syria in 2018; Part III examines the government instruments used to combat terrorism and wage irregular warfare, such as drones, Theater Special Operations Commands, and Theater Commands. The handbook fills a gap in the traditional counterterrorism literature by its inclusion of irregular warfare and by providing analyses from academic experts as well as practitioners. It will be of much interest to students of counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, U.S. national security, military affairs, and International Relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-US-Counterterrorism-and-Irregular-Warfare-Operations/Sheehan-Marquardt-Collins/p/book/9780367758363, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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Terrorism--Prevention - Terrorism--United States--Prevention - Irregular warfare--United StatesContent provider:
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World War I
Tara Mann;Tara Mann
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is often cited as the event that trigger...
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World War I
2016
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is often cited as the event that triggered World War I, the massive global conflict that ensued shortly after his death. However, the First World War is more accurately described as a culmination of political tension that had been building across various European nations for decades. This comprehensive volume considers the political and diplomatic underpinnings of “the war to end all wars ,” from its buildup to its conclusion and into the interwar era. The major events of the war and currents of thought that shaped prewar and postwar international relations are examined in depth.
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World War, 1914-1918Content provider:
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Cold War Anthropology : The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology
David H. Price;David H. Price
In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers a provocative account of the profound ...
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Cold War Anthropology : The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology
2016
In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers a provocative account of the profound influence that the American security state has had on the field of anthropology since the Second World War . Using a wealth of information unearthed in CIA, FBI, and military records, he maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the American military complex. The rise of area studies programs, funded both openly and covertly by government agencies, encouraged anthropologists to produce work that had intellectual value within the field while also shaping global counterinsurgency and development programs that furthered America's Cold War objectives. Ultimately, the moral issues raised by these activities prompted the American Anthropological Association to establish its first ethics code. Price concludes by comparing Cold War -era anthropology to the anthropological expertise deployed by the military in the post-9/11 era.
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Science and state--United States--History--20th century - Cold War - Anthropology--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century - Anthropologists--Political activity--United States--History--20th century - Military intelligence--United States--History--20th centuryContent provider:
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Topical Essays on the Short Story
Salem Press;Salem Press
Topical Essays on the Short Story is a single-volume reference that contains essays ca...
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Topical Essays on the Short Story
2017
Topical Essays on the Short Story is a single-volume reference that contains essays carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in this volume discuss such topics as fables, science fiction, magical realism, and minimalism.
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Short story--Handbooks, manuals, etc - Fiction--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etcContent provider:
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The Iran-Iraq War
Pierre Razoux;Pierre Razoux
From 1980 to 1988, Iran and Iraq fought the longest conventional war of the twentieth ...
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The Iran-Iraq War
2015
From 1980 to 1988, Iran and Iraq fought the longest conventional war of the twentieth century. The tragedies included the slaughter of child soldiers, the use of chemical weapons, the striking of civilian shipping in the Gulf, and the destruction of cities. The Iran-Iraq War offers an unflinching look at a conflict seared into the region's collective memory but little understood in the West. Pierre Razoux shows why this war remains central to understanding Middle Eastern geopolitics, from the deep-rooted distrust between Sunni and Shia Muslims, to Iran's obsession with nuclear power, to the continuing struggles in Iraq. He provides invaluable keys to decipher Iran's behavior and internal struggle today.Razoux's account is based on unpublished military archives, oral histories, and interviews, as well as audio recordings seized by the U.S. Army detailing Saddam Hussein's debates with his generals. Tracing the war's shifting strategies and political dynamics—military operations, the jockeying of opposition forces within each regime, the impact on oil production so essential to both countries—Razoux also looks at the international picture. From the United States and Soviet Union to Israel, Europe, China, and the Arab powers, many nations meddled in this conflict, supporting one side or the other and sometimes switching allegiances.The Iran-Iraq War answers questions that have puzzled historians. Why did Saddam embark on this expensive, ultimately fruitless conflict? Why did the war last eight years when it could have ended in months? Who, if anyone, was the true winner when so much was lost?
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Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 - Geopolitics--Middle East - Geopolitics--Persian Gulf RegionContent provider:
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Mucho más que cine: historia, literatura y arte en el cine en español y en portugués.
Marcos Ramos, María;Marcos Ramos, María
Este libro recoge las contribuciones de los asistentes al VI Congreso Internacional de...
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Mucho más que cine: historia, literatura y arte en el cine en español y en portugués.
2021
Este libro recoge las contribuciones de los asistentes al VI Congreso Internacional de Historia, Arte y Literatura en el Cine en Español y en Portugués – CIHALCEP celebrado los días 21-25 de junio de 2021 en la Universidad de Salamanca con la colaboración del Centro de Estudios Brasileños.
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Motion pictures, Spanish--Criticism and interpretation - Motion pictures, Portuguese--Criticism and interpretationContent provider:
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Into the Streets : A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States
Marke Bieschke;Marke Bieschke
What does it mean to resist? Throughout our nation's history, discrimination and unjus...
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Into the Streets : A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States
2020
What does it mean to resist? Throughout our nation's history, discrimination and unjust treatment of all kinds have prompted people to make their objections and outrage known. Some protests involve large groups of people, marching or holding signs with powerful slogans. Others start with quotes or hashtags on social media that go viral and spur changes in behavior. People can make their voices heard in hundreds of different ways. Join author Marke Bieschke on this visual voyage of resistance through American history. Discover the artwork, music, fashion, and creativity of the activists. Meet the leaders of the movements, and learn about the protests that helped to shape the United States from all sides of the political spectrum. Examples include key events from women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, occupations by Indigenous people, LGBTQ demands for equality, Tea Party protests, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, including the George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020. Into the Streets introduces the personalities and issues that drove these protests, as well as their varied aims and accomplishments, from spontaneous hashtag uprisings to highly planned strategies of civil disobedience. Perfect for young adult audiences, this book highlights how teens are frequently the ones protesting and creating the art of the resistance.'[T]he text never loses sight of the fact that the right to assemble and protest is a basic American right.... Highly recommended for middle grade through high school collections in both school and public libraries.'—starred, School Library Journal
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Political participation--United States--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature - Protest movements--United States--Juvenile literature - Protest movements--United States--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature - Political participation--United States--Juvenile literatureContent provider:
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Competition and Cooperation in Social and Political Sciences : Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Depok, Indonesia, November 7-9, 2016: Topics in Social and Political Sciences
Isbandi Rukminto Adi;Rochman Achwan;Isbandi Rukminto Adi;Rochman Achwan
The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as t...
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Competition and Cooperation in Social and Political Sciences : Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Depok, Indonesia, November 7-9, 2016: Topics in Social and Political Sciences
2020
The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and social order; social development and community development; global challenges and inequality; civil society and social movement; IT-based community and social transformation; poverty alleviation and corporate social responsibility; and gender issues. Asia and the Pacifi c are the particular regions that the conference focuses on as they have become new centers of social and political development. Therefore, this book covers areas that have been traditionally known as the social and political areas such as communication studies, political studies, governance studies, criminology, sociology, social welfare, anthropology and international relations.
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Containing Addiction : The Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Origins of America's Global Drug War
Matthew R. Pembleton;Matthew R. Pembleton
The story of America's'War on Drugs'usually begins with Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan...
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Containing Addiction : The Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Origins of America's Global Drug War
2017
The story of America's'War on Drugs'usually begins with Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan. In Containing Addiction, Matthew R. Pembleton argues that its origins instead lie in the years following World War II, when the Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- the country's first drug control agency, established in 1930 -- began to depict drug control as a paramilitary conflict and sent agents abroad to disrupt the flow of drugs to American shores.U.S. policymakers had long viewed addiction and organized crime as profound domestic and trans-national threats. Yet World War II presented new opportunities to implement drug control on a global scale. Skeptical of public health efforts to address demand, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics believed that reducing the global supply of drugs was the only way to contain the spread of addiction. In effect, America applied a foreign policy solution to a domestic social crisis, demonstrating how consistently policymakers have assumed that security at home can only be achieved through hegemony abroad. The result is a drug war that persists into the present day.
