In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major combat operations, Saddam Hussein was captured in a farmhouse in Al-Dawr. And yet neither peace nor democracy has taken hold in Iraq; instead …
This book, the first comprehensive survey of traditional Malay literature in English since 1939, embraces more than a millennium of Malay letters from the vague data of the seventh century up to the early beginnings of the modern literatures in the late nineteenth century. The long path trodden by traditional Malay literature is viewed in historical and theoretical perspectives as a development…
It gives an introduction to Sweden's history and development as a nation in an international perspective. It's an exciting, page. turning tale, focusing on the struggle for power over people and territory. The growth of Sweden's unique blend of monarchy and democracy is traced-along with its shifting borders, its economy, culture, trade and war - in a way that clearly links history and the pres…
George Soros applies his experience in the world of finance to explain what is happening in the collapsing global economy. The Russian economy has collapsed leading to inflation and economic hardship; scores of Japanese banks are in ruin; the once-booming economies of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have imploded; and even in Europe and America, the markets lurch violently, wiping out gains ea…
This book containing selected of collection speeches and artwork of former President of Philippine Corazon C. Aquino.
Amazon Frontier covers the 150 years when the first European scientists expolred the natural riches of Amazonia and became fascinated by its tribal peoples. Exciting and murderous encounters with new tribes continued throughout the nineteenth century, particularly when the Amazon's rubber monopoly made Manaus a frontier boom town. However, the Indian population, once so feared by the Europeans,…
Lords of the Pacific Rim adalah kisah yang kaya, mengasyikkan, diteliti dengan luar biasa, dan diceritakan secara spektakuler tentang siapa orang Cina Rantau dan bagaimana mereka menjadi sangat kuat. Lords of the Rim menyediakan portal yang menarik ke masa lalu dan masa depan ekonomi Pasifik dunia.
"Europe: A History of its Peoples is the most ambitious attempt yet to survey comprehensively and objectively the bold. complex pattern of Europe's development from al promontory of Asia to one of the world's most influential powers. Many histories of Europe are in effect histories of Europe's nations, placed side by side. This book treats Europe as a whole. While emphasizing how differently E…
spain beyond myths reviews the recent spectacular performance of the Spanish economy (with also some undesirable results. like inequality); the paradigm of diversity (with the interlinking of State and Regions); and the impact of the tech- nological revolution. Finally, the authors discuss the changing role of Spain in the world by focus- ing on three basic areas of action: Europe. the Mediterr…
The soong dinasty is absolutely fascinating. It reads like a novel but is much better than any novel. it would be hard to find a parallel in modern times to the soongs and their in-laws, from Sun Yat-sen to Chiang Kai-shek, for the wide swath they cut in history and their influence, mostly for the worse, on so many hundreds of millions of people.