In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future. After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at sta…
The Contents of this book Part One: Post-War: 1945-1953 Part Two: Prosperity and Its Discontents: 1953-1971 Part Three: Recessional: 1971-1989 Part Four: After the Fall: 1989-2005
This new edition of the preeminent history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, examining the implications of the end of the Cold War on U.S.-Latin America realtions, such recent developments as international drug trafficking, and the ongoing trend away from authoritarian regimes toward civilian leaders and elected goverments.
Kisah-kisah kecil yang pernah terjadi di beberapa daerah Indonesia ternyata menarik untuk kita ketahui. Dalam buku ini Rosihan Anwar membawa kita untuk melihat sejarah kecil Indonesia, seperti kayu cendana di pulau Timor, Kudeta Nazi Jerman di Pulau Nias dan lain-lain
Buku ini menggambarkan masalah dan dilema berat yang seolah-olah abadi dihadapi Israel, konflik dan kekerasan yang meningkat dalam skala luar biasa dalam tiga tahun terakhir ini. Sejak Ariel Sharon yang sangat hawkish menjadi perdana menteri. Sesungguhnya merupakan refleksi dari keterpurukan Israel lebih jauh lagi ke dalam dilema yang semakin sulit diselesaikan Israel.
The contents of this book: - The inheritance - First things - Politics - 1971 - The new men - A national coalition
Poso adalah bagian Republik Indonesia sedang sakit, Bagian tubuh bangsa lain ikut merasakan derita sakit tersebut, Pemulihannya memerlukakan waktu yang tidak pendek. Tekanan kejiwaan setelah luka bathin, tidaklah ringan. Penderitaan yang panjang masih mengikkut eski sudah ada saling berjabat tangan. Menulis luka Poso dan penyembuhannya buka berarti membuka luka lama, Membuka luka lama tidak pe…
Inside the Pentagon Papers addresses legal and moral issues that resonate today as debates continue over government secrecy and democracy’s requisite demand for truthfully informed citizens. In the process, it also shows how a closer study of this signal event can illuminate questions of government responsibility in any era. Contents: 1. Creating the Pentagon papers 2. Publishing the paper…
In this monumental work, extensively researched and more relevant than ever, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that exist between Jews and Arabs that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins i…
In a narrative that reads like a spy thriller, Mackey reveals how he and his fellow interrogators managed to crack even the hardest cases as well as the mis- takes that were made: the blown interrogations, abuses against prisoners, and the failures of American intelligence in the war against terror. From glimpses into classrooms of the U.S. government's secret inter- rogation school to the batt…