In this book, the authors review U.S. and international responses to self-determination claims during and after the Cold War. Arguing that outdated Cold War perspectives continue to influence the current policies of the United States and the international community toward self-determination movements, they provide a framework for evaluating the nature and legitimacy of self-determination moveme…
This highly dramatic, consistently en- grossing political and personal biography explains why and how Fidel Castro, in ruling Cuba, has remained in power longer than almost any other world leader. Peter Bourne, a psychiatrist and expert in U.S./Caribbean relations, analyzes the psychological and political forces that drive Castro. He explains how Fidel, the illegitimate son of a Spanish immigra…
For much of the twentieth century, the main fault line of Western Europe's political landscape has run between left and right, between those wanting more planning, state control and redistribution of wealth, and those want- ing less. By the 1990s, however, the left had accepted much of the right's free-market philosophy. Only fine gradations separated their economic policies.
Madam Secretary: A Memoir is the autobiography of United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, published in 2003. It covers both her life and the eight years she spent in the Clinton administration, first as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and then as head of the State Department.
On October 1, 1982, the German Bundestag elected Helmut Kohl Federal Chancellor. Of the 495 votes cast, 256 were cast for the leader of the Opposition and chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, who thereupon replaced Helmut Schmidt (SPD) as head of government. After the results of the vote were announced by the Vice President of the Bun- destag, Richard Stucklen, the supporters of the new…
A former National Security Advisor offers a chilling portrait of six terrifying scenarios that threaten the safety and security of the United States, including the rise of global terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and describes why and why not the American government is prepared to meet such potential threats. 20,000 first printing.
In this indictment of the president and his inner circle, David Corn reveals and examines the deceptions at the heart of the Bush presidency. He details and substantiates the many times the Bush administration has knowingly and intentionally misled the American public to advance its own interests and agenda." "The Lies of George W. Bush is not a partisan whine - it is instead a carefully constr…
Onder de titel het oude Nederlands-Indië" verscheen 13 september 1971 het eerste deel van mijn memoires. Dit behelsde herinneringen uit mijn Indische loopbaan als rechterlijk ambtenaar van 1919-1939, laatstelijk officier van justitie te Makassar en te Semarang, en als par lementariër van 1927-1931 lid van de Volksraad en van 1939-1942 zijn laatste voorzitter. Dat deel loopt tot de capitulatie…
The objective of this book is not only offering a map of the Imams training centres existing in the EU but also getting to know the current face of Islam and how member states deal with denominations
The assertiveness of the Islamic ethos in many parts of the world since the 1970s is a reality witnessed in many countries, particularly those with sizeable Muslim populations, and Malaysia is no exception.