Here Mike Moore examines the implications of the post industrial economy, the emerging information age, and how New Zealand can best prosper within the global economy. He warns of the serious economic consequences of ignoring our social, intellectual and infrastructural deficits and makes a case for New Zealand's endangered middle class, advancing the significant proposition that New Zealand mo…
South Africa's transformation from apartheid to a non-racial democracy has been called a miracle. But behind the public story lies another, the story of how the Afrikaners' own secret brotherhood, the Broderbund, saw the need for change and met secretly with the ANC in an English village
Once described by menzies as 'the boy delinquent from Queensland', Bill Hayden is widely considered today to be the best man never to have become prime minister of Australia. This is the insightful and revealing chronicle of Bill Hayden's life and career: from Queensland copper to labor politician, from leader of the opposotion to governor-general of Australia.
The book tells the story of the clandestine contacts between the Israelis and the PLO which culminated in the crucial talks in Oslo. Mahmoud Abbas, who wielded great influence from behind the scenes, also explains how the negotiating team (led by Abu Ala) and their Israeli counterparts overcame their mutual suspicion and how, despite various setbacks, they used the freedom afforded by secrecy f…
The revolution in Iran, the American hostage crisis and the Soviet inter vention in Afghanistan had made it necessary for the United States to take steps to protect its interests in that region. The security of the oil supply routes through the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea was vital to the West and Japan. The Iran-Iraq war made it even more important to act to safeguard western se…
Dengan mendasarkan penelitiannya pada puluhan jurnal dan lebih dari lima ratus buku, Ricklefs mengisahkan perjalanan bangsa Indonesia dari zaman ke zaman yang penuh warna, lengkap dengan aneka persoalan dan pertikaian baik internal maupun eksternalnya. Di balik struktur narasinya, buku ini menjawab pertanyaan bagaimana komunitas-komunitas dari berbagai kepulauan Indonesia, dengan rupa-rupa etni…
Mikhail Gorbachev's The August Coup is an analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat that began on 18 August. The book tells how profound social transformations in the Soviet Union inevitably were accompanied by popular discontent over the hardships of daily life, of which the coup plotters sought to take advantage.
When Hillary Clinton spoke of "a vast right-wing conspiracy" determined to bring down the president, many people dismissed the idea. Yet if the first lady's accusation was exaggerated, the facts that have since emerged point toward a covert and often concerted effort by Bill Clinton's enemies--abetted by his own reckless behavior--which led inexorably to impeachment. Clinton's foes launched a c…
The prevailing doctrines of statecraft currently invoked in efforts to check these conflicts evolved in an age when the scourge of war arose between states rather than within them. The basic conflicts that now threaten international peace have little in common with those that arose during the heyday of fascism and communism, when the nation- state reigned supreme. The dominant norms of interna-…
A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. This book explores how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed and examines how the monarchy managed the foundation of a new nation-state at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors capture the clashes between various groups in their attempts …