Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean with an area of 3,572 square miles, lying 40 miles south of Turkey, 77 miles west of Syria, 30o miles north of the Arab Republic of Egypt and 650 miles south-east of Greece. Two ranges of mountains, Troödos in the south and Pendadaktilos in the north, border the dry Messaoria plain which extends from Morphou Bay to Famagusta. The highest …
Pol Pot is an extraordinarily challenging subject, for no modern revolutionary leader has so purposefully, and successfully, left so little trace. And he certainly deserves his enigmatic reputation: an indifferent student, he became a gifted teacher; an amiable mediocrity as a youth, he led (leads) one of the world's toughest guerrilla organizations; described by all who knew him as polite, cha…
"In the 1990s Americans have been thinking incessantly about the leveling winds of cultural forces. They Have been worrying about the power of those winds swiftly to level the works of government, such as laws and schools, and of centuries, such as families and standards of taste and traditions of civility.
To politicians he was an intellectual. To intellectuals he was a politician. To others he was a shining beacon of hope. Adlai Stevenson's combination of eloquence, vision, sophistication, and popular appeal has few equals in American national life and for many he has remained one of the last great political heroes of our time.
A behind-the-scenes account of the campaign that elected Joseph Ejercito "Erap" Estrada as the 13th President of the Philippines. It explains how and why he won the campaign, detailing the strategies, events and people responsible for his victory, as well as his own personality.
This study of People's Action Party rule in Singapore was first published in 1984. The 1980s represented one of the most significant land marks in the modern history of Singapore. At the beginning of the decade, the founding fathers of Singapore, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, began the process of entrusting in creasing responsibility for governing Singapore to the second generation leader…
Books and articles on the subject of the formation of Malaysia abound. Some dwell on the significance and interpretations of event which have taken place. In the memoir, Ghazali Shafie's decided to chronicle the way these matters should be narrated. He felt he owed future generatios an obligation to put national historical matters in the perspective.
In this collection of statements, interviews and personal profiles of Dr. Chien, much of it translated from the original Chinese, the reader will have a comprehensive view of the R.O.C.'s latest diplomatic moves and a portent of its future international role. So, too, this work presents authentic insights into the character and persona of Fredrick Chien, the person as well as the statesman of v…
An overview of the nuclear era examines the confrontations, key decisions, and personalities involved with nuclear policy from the Roosevelt administration to Reagan's presidential terms.
Burma remains a land in deep crisis. The popular uprising of 1988 swept away 26 years of military rule under General Ne Win in name only. The National League for Democracy of Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in the 1990 election. But, as this book relates, the military remained in control and the future of Burma looks more problematic than ever. With unparalleled command of largely inac…