The war in Afghanistan has been the longest in US history, and in many ways, the most confounding. Few who fought in it think it has been worthwhile. These are difficult topics for any American or Afghan to consider, especially those who lost friends or family in it. This sobering history—written by the very people who have been fighting the war—is impossible to ignore. Contents: 1. Was…
Why is oil-rich Saudi Arabia involved in a costly and merciless war against neighbouring Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East? Why, with billions of dollars of British and American weapons, have the Saudis lost the upper hand to the Houthi rebels? In this first authoritative account of the present conflict, Ginny Hill delves into a country still dominated by the pernicious influence…
Focuses on a little-known group of primarily white, male, French philanthropists and their efforts to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the Haitiain Revolution Challenges simplistic notions of the Haitian Revolution that lean too heavily on a purported strict racial divide between black and white Considers the activities of philanthropists on both sides …
This book contains: 1. Congo 2. What drives the African world war 3. The coltan wars 4. The fight for women's rights
Buku ini berisi: 1. Pendahuluan: Mengejar Ketertinggalan Infrastruktur 2. Pangan: Membangun Waduk Menjaga Kedaulatan Air 3. Program Strategis Konektivitas 4. Permukiman dan Perumahan 5. Pemerataan Pembangunan
Contents: 1. Economics and the economy 2. Economics and development 3. Development of the regions.
A respected international economic advisor and the director of The Earth Institute shares a wide-spectrum theory about how to enable economic success throughout the world, identifying the different categories into which various nations fall in today's economy while posing solutions to top political, environmental, and social problems that contribute to poverty.
In humanitarian Hypocrisy, Andrea L. Everett maps the often glaring differences between declared ambitions to protect civillians in conflict zones and the resources committed for doing so. Examining how powerful governments contribute to peace operations and determine how they are designed, Everett argues that ambitions-resources gaps are a form of organized hypocrisy. Her book shows how politi…
This report provides a general introduction to the problems of development as seen by the developing country. It has been produced by the South Commission, which was established in 1987, with Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania as its Chairman and Manmohan Sing as Secretary General. This report is a follow-up to the 1983 Brandt Commission Common North-South Co-operation for World Recovery. …
From one of America's foremost economic and political thinkers comes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive and turbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having on American democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich shows how widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and corporate corruption are merely the logical results of a system in which p…