Dari Lengser Ke Lengser merupakan kumpulan artikel Sri-Edi Swasono di sejumlah media massa cetak antara 1997-2000. Boleh dikata buku ini adalah semacam dokumen perjalanan bangsa, karena berbagai artikel yang dihimpun dan disusun secara kronologis dan membahas berbagai bidang kehidupan. Memang, Sri-Edi dikenal sebagai salah satu dari sedikit ekonom kita yang memiliki perhatian mendalam terhadap …
In this explosive book, Peter Schweizer provides the riveting details of how the Reagan inner circle undermined the Soviet economy and its dwindling resource base and subverted the Kremlin's hold on its global empire. Using secret diplomacy, the administration dramatically reduced Soviet income while at the same time driving Moscow to expend an increasing amount of precious assets. On another l…
Archbishop Makarios was a man apart in many ways: his motives were mis- understood and his intentions suspected. By tracing the roots of Makarios's single mindedness Dr Vanezis helps to make clear the amazing contribution that this one man made to the life-struggle of Cyprus in the face of adversity.
Contents: The Clash of Civilizations (Summer 1993), The Summoning (September/October 1993), The Dangers of Decadence (September/October 1993), The Case for Optimism (September/October 1993), Civilization Grafting (September/October 1993), The Modernizing Imperative (September/October 1993), Do Civilizations Hold? (September/October 1993), The West is Best (September/October 199…
Paul Keating, Prime Minister tells a story which culminates in the most compelling episode in recent Australian political history. Keating's elevation to the prime ministership capped a period of bitter struggle and dissension in the Labor Government. By early 1992 Labor had been in office nine years and for eight-and-a-half of those years Keating was federal treasurer. The changed image that t…
This forthright book is a bold and unequivocal yet objective analysis of the malady and its remedies. The author, whose distinguished career has brought him a deep knowledge of Asia, has concluded that we cannot have a truly peaceful world until Asia is closer to prosperity and stability. This we cannot impose, but only encourage. Our direct strategic, economic, and even political interests in …
In this wide-ranging analysis of global politics over the past five centuries, Yale historian Paul Kennedy focuses on the critical relationship of economic to military power as it affects the rise and fall of empires.
The vividly written book in the first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal to be placed in a broad international historical context. It is written with the benefit of a long-term vision of Portuguese history, and it emphasizes the significance of Portugal's new European orientation after centuries of global and oceanic preoccupations.
Manusia mengekspresikan diri di dalam dan melalui budaya, dengan segala nilai yang melingkupinya. Karena budaya itu merupakan konsep dinamis, di dalamnya ada proses transfer dan pewarisan, yang melibatkan proses penyaringan. Sebagai kumpulan gagasan belasan ahli di bidangnya masing-masing, buku ini berusaha mengais tradisi lisan maupun tertulis, untuk menemukan kearifan lokal dan butir- butir m…
Based on fieldwork in Colombia's regions, the study provides a history of the conflict, compares it to other case studies, examines the war from the perspectives of the government and the guerrillas, delves into the development of special Colombian capabilities (notably in intelligence and the use of air power and special forces), and explains the economic dimension in terms both of historical …