Douglas Kellner's Persian Gulf TV War attacks the myths, disinformation, and propaganda disseminated during the Gulf War. At once a work of social theory, media criticism, and political history, this book demonstrates how television served as a conduit for George Bush's war policies while silencing antiwar voices and foregoing spirited discussion of the complex issues involved.
This book explores the idea of the “Chinese Dream” and its significance for China and the wider world. The author (editor) examines how the Chinese Dream is understood as an ideal of national renaissance, prosperity, socio-political development, and China's global position. It also analyzes questions such as: is the Chinese Dream a vision of national renaissance or global domination? …
The Quest for Vision 2021 by Sheikh Hasina presents a visionary blueprint for Bangladesh’s development and transformation. Drawing on her speeches, policy outlines, and personal reflections, Sheikh Hasina articulates her long-term aspiration for a "Digital Bangladesh" by 2021, focusing on poverty reduction, economic growth, education, infrastructure, and governance. The book also emphasizes B…
Visi Indonesia Emas 2045 or the Golden Indonesia 2045 Vision has set Indonesia’s target to attain high-income economy status by 2045. One of the key components of the Vision is by developing electronic vehicles (EV) and batteries industry. Indonesia has vast resources of critical minerals, particularly nickel, which is amongst the raw materials for EV and batteries. In the past decade, the c…
Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human natures as unchanging and sel…
Heilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its elegant simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history, despite the huge gulf in social organization, technological development, and cultural achievement that divides us from the earliest known traces of homo sapiens, there have really only been three distinct ways of looking at the future.