The brief tenure of Alexander Dubcek, the charismatic and courageous leader of Czechoslovakia during the heady "Prague Spring" of 1986, rocked the foundations of European communism. Dubcek, who believed in "Socialism with a human face", brought what Andrei Sakharov called "the breath of freedom" to the Iron Curtain Countries. But the Soviet invasion of August 1968 and Dubcek's removal from powe…
Bagaimana situasi poitik nasional pada saat-saat terakhir sebelum Gus Dur dilengserkan? Benarkah Gus Dur menangis saat mengeluarkan dekrit pembubaran DPR? Semua jawabannya ada di buku ini, yang merupakan rekam jejak perjalanan pemerintahan Gus Dur , mulai dari pencalonan, proses pemilihan, ketika berada di Istana Negara, sampai kembali ke Ciganjur. Pemerintahan yang singkat, namun sangat pentin…
Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. But few outside his close friends and family have heard the story of his extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor, and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History…
Satu tanda mata dari abad ke-20 yang paling dahsyat dan tak terlukiskan kengeriannya adalah perang dunia II. Adegan-adegan seperti di neraka Dante seorah turun ke bumi. Betapa Amerika dipaksa Hitler untuk mengerahkan pemuda-pemuda terbaiknya sampai jutaan orang, bertarung melawan pemuda-pemuda terbaik Jerman. Dengan jumlah korban di kedua belah pihak yang begitu menakutkan. Buku ini mencakup pu…
Boris Yeltsin's triumph in the first direct election ever held in Russia was a political resurrection unique in Soviet history — and his courageous stance during the coup attempt of August 1991 has catapulted him into the world spotlight. But who is this earthy yet enigmatic man, -- a democrat or a demagogue, a Westernizer or a Russian nationalist? In the first book to examine Yeltsin's ex…
By October 1973 special prosecutor Archibald Cox was tracing the Watergate cover-up to the Oval Office. President Nixon demanded that he stop. In the Saturday Night Massacre” two heads of the Justice Department quit before Nixon found a subordinate (Robert Bork) willing to fire Cox. Immediately public opinion swung against the president and turned Cox into a heroseemingly Washington's las…
The history of Pakistan Foreign Service is as old as Pakistan itself. The book is well studded with Dr Koreshi's collection of memories and memorabilia, as also photographs with many of those who made history. There is a lot of Dr Koreshi in these memories, a little too much, for some. But this is understandable. It is basically an account of his personal journey as a Pakistan diplomat, who cli…
The contents of this book: 1. Colombia, su estado actual 2. Viaje a la Gran Colombia en los años 1822-1823 (selección de textos) 3. Repertorio noticioso de la prensa norteamericana, 1821-184
Australasia has long been the professional beat of author-journalist Maslyn Williams, and this book is a direct product of that expert knowledge, reinforced by four months of travel in Indonesia in 1964 [during a period of economic troubles just before the coup of 1965]. In Mr. Williams' journeys, Jakarta, the capital, was always the point of departure. The first was to Sulawesi, formerly Celeb…
Biografi Andi Pangerang Petta Rani, 1903-1975, tokoh kerajaan dan pemimpin revolusi masyarakat di Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan melawan penjajah Belanda.