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Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
written by Gérard Prunier, fl. 1984 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009, originally published 2009), 570 page(s)
The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a swee...
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written by Gérard Prunier, fl. 1984 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009, originally published 2009), 570 page(s)
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The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a sweeping and disastrous upheaval.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Gérard Prunier, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Genocide, Politics, International relations, Refugees, Economic conditions, War, Post Genocide Rwanda, 1994-, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, History, International Response, Origins, Congolese, Rwandans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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7: From Isolation to International Hegemonic Power
written by Richard M. Abrams, 1932-; in America Transformed: Sixty Years of Revolutionary Change, 1941–2001 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006, originally published 2006), 62-79
This 2006 book examines the period 1941–2001 during which time the character of American life changed rapidly, culminating in the shattering of the liberal Democratic coalition. Revolutions in the areas of affluence, foreign policy, the military, business systems, racial relations, gender roles, sexual behavior...
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written by Richard M. Abrams, 1932-; in America Transformed: Sixty Years of Revolutionary Change, 1941–2001 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006, originally published 2006), 62-79
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This 2006 book examines the period 1941–2001 during which time the character of American life changed rapidly, culminating in the shattering of the liberal Democratic coalition. Revolutions in the areas of affluence, foreign policy, the military, business systems, racial relations, gender roles, sexual behavior and attitudes, and disregard for privacy are discussed.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Richard M. Abrams, 1932-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Person Discussed
Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Revolutions, Political causes, Social movements, Globalization, International relations, Truman Doctrine, 1947-1989, Cold War, 1945-1989, World War II, 1939-1945, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Americans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Anti-Genocide: Building a Moment to Prevent Genocide
written by Herbert Hirsch, 1941- (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2002, originally published 2002), 233 page(s)
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written by Herbert Hirsch, 1941- (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2002, originally published 2002), 233 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Herbert Hirsch, 1941-
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Political reforms, International relations, Politics, Genocide, Government policy, Politics & Policy, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Baseball on the Border: A Tale of Two Laredos
written by Alan M. Klein, 1946- (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997), 317 page(s)
From 1985 to 1994 there existed a significant but unheralded experiment in professional baseball. For ten seasons, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) were the only team in professional sports to represent two nations. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major leag...
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written by Alan M. Klein, 1946- (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997), 317 page(s)
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From 1985 to 1994 there existed a significant but unheralded experiment in professional baseball. For ten seasons, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) were the only team in professional sports to represent two nations. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major league baseball), the "Tecos" had home parks on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas and in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. In...
From 1985 to 1994 there existed a significant but unheralded experiment in professional baseball. For ten seasons, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) were the only team in professional sports to represent two nations. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major league baseball), the "Tecos" had home parks on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas and in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. In true border fashion, Mexican and American national anthems were played before each game, and the Tecos were operated by interests in both cities. Baseball on the Border is the story of the rise and unexpected demise of this surprising team. For Alan Klein, a cultural anthropologist specializing in sport, "the border" is almost a nation of its own. Having formed teams of players from both sides of the Rio Grande for almost a century, organizers and followers of the "Border Birds" often join forces but just as frequently squabble with each other in a chronic border tension. Throughout the book, Klein includes firsthand observations of the team and descriptions of its players. Readers will meet Dan Firova, the Tecos' beleaguered manager, a border-region native who nevertheless finds himself a target of the Mexican media. The "Ugly American," Willie Waite, is a young pitcher whose stunning success does nothing to diminish the disdain he has for his Mexican teammates. Ernesto Barraza, "The Trickster," once threw a no-hitter on only seventy-three pitches (on April Fool's Day, appropriately enough), but occasionally shows up at the park missing part of his uniform. And then there is Andres Mora, an aged slugger who, despite three seasons in major league baseball and a life of personal excesses, came within a few home runs of setting the all-time Mexican League record. This is just part of the roster of the Tecos and only a fraction of the lineup of Baseball on the Border. Anyone with an interest in baseball will be enlightened and entertained by this informative book.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Alan M. Klein, 1946-
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, International relations, Cultural identity, Sociology, Americans, Mexicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Between Containment and Rollback
written by Christian Ostermann (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2021), 416 page(s)
In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formally divided since 1949,the United States prioritized the political, economic, and, eventually, military integration of the fledgling Federal Republic with the West. The e...
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written by Christian Ostermann (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2021), 416 page(s)
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In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formally divided since 1949,the United States prioritized the political, economic, and, eventually, military integration of the fledgling Federal Republic with the West. The extraordinary success story of forging this alliance has dominated our historical under-standing of the American-German relationship. La...
In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formally divided since 1949,the United States prioritized the political, economic, and, eventually, military integration of the fledgling Federal Republic with the West. The extraordinary success story of forging this alliance has dominated our historical under-standing of the American-German relationship. Largely left out of the grand narrative of U.S.–German relations were most East Germans who found themselves caught under Soviet and then communist control by the post-1945 geo-political fallout of the war that Nazi Germany had launched. They were the ones who most dearly paid the price for the country's division. This book writes the East Germans—both leadership and general populace—back into that history as objects of American policy and as historical agents in their own rightBased on recently declassified documents from American, Russian, and German archives, this book demonstrates that U.S. efforts from1945 to 1953 went beyond building a prosperous democracy in western Germany and "containing" Soviet-Communist power to the east. Under the Truman and then the Eisenhower administrations, American policy also included efforts to undermine and "roll back" Soviet and German communist control in the eastern part of the country. This story sheds light on a dark-er side to the American Cold War in Germany: propaganda, covert operations, economic pressure, and psychological warfare. Christian F. Ostermann takes an international history approach, capturing Soviet and East German responses and actions, and drawing a rich and complex picture of the early East–West confrontation in the heart of Europe.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Christian Ostermann
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Economic policy, Postwar reconstruction, International relations, Cold War, 1945-1989, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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10 Foreign Intervention and Nonintervention
written by Stanley G. Payne, 1934-; in The Spanish Civil War, Cambridge Essential Histories (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 131-148
This book is the first general history of the Spanish Civil War to provide a clear and objective account of its origins in Spanish domestic affairs. It treats controversial issues of revolution, counter-revolution, political repressions and foreign intervention and non-intervention, as well as giving a detailed mi...
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written by Stanley G. Payne, 1934-; in The Spanish Civil War, Cambridge Essential Histories (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 131-148
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This book is the first general history of the Spanish Civil War to provide a clear and objective account of its origins in Spanish domestic affairs. It treats controversial issues of revolution, counter-revolution, political repressions and foreign intervention and non-intervention, as well as giving a detailed military examination that is presented in non-technical terms for students and non-specialist readers.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Stanley G. Payne, 1934-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Essential Histories
Person Discussed
Francisco Franco, 1892-1975, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945
Topic / Theme
Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Totalitarianism, Revolutions, Civil war, Nationalism, Socialism, Military campaigns, International relations, Francisco Franco Becomes Dictator of Spain, October 1, 1936, History, Politics & Policy, Spanish, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cambridge Middle East Library, No. 21, Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967–1987
written by Fred Halliday, 1946-2010; edited by Roger Owen, fl. 1990, in Cambridge Middle East Library, No. 21 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990, originally published 1990), 336 page(s)
This book is a study of the foreign policy of South Yemen from the time of its independence from Britain in 1967 until 1987. It covers relations with the west, including the USA, and with the USSR and China, and also highlights South Yemen's conflicts with its neighbours, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
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written by Fred Halliday, 1946-2010; edited by Roger Owen, fl. 1990, in Cambridge Middle East Library, No. 21 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990, originally published 1990), 336 page(s)
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This book is a study of the foreign policy of South Yemen from the time of its independence from Britain in 1967 until 1987. It covers relations with the west, including the USA, and with the USSR and China, and also highlights South Yemen's conflicts with its neighbours, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Roger Owen, fl. 1990
Author / Creator
Fred Halliday, 1946-2010
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Middle East Library
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Arab Spring, 2010-2011, International relations, Politics & Policy, History, Yemenis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics, Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests
written by Andrew Yeo, fl. 2008, in Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 242 page(s)
This book examines the impact of anti-base movements on politics, and the role bilateral alliance relationships play in shaping movement outcomes. The author's findings are drawn from field research and interviews with activists, politicians, policy makers and US base officials in the Philippines, Japan (Okinawa),...
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written by Andrew Yeo, fl. 2008, in Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 242 page(s)
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This book examines the impact of anti-base movements on politics, and the role bilateral alliance relationships play in shaping movement outcomes. The author's findings are drawn from field research and interviews with activists, politicians, policy makers and US base officials in the Philippines, Japan (Okinawa), Ecuador, Italy and South Korea.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Andrew Yeo, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Political demonstrations, International relations, Military bases, Politics & Policy, Sociology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Introduction
written by Carsten Stahn, fl. 2003; in The Law and Practice of International Territorial Administration: Versailles to Iraq and Beyond, Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008, originally published 2008), 1-42
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written by Carsten Stahn, fl. 2003; in The Law and Practice of International Territorial Administration: Versailles to Iraq and Beyond, Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008, originally published 2008), 1-42
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Carsten Stahn, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Government policy, Politics, Political boundaries, International laws, International relations, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cambridge Studies in International Relations, No. 14, Peace and War: Armed Conflicts and International Order, 1648–1989
written by Kalevi J. Holsti, 1935-; edited by Steve Smith, 1952-, in Cambridge Studies in International Relations, No. 14 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998, originally published 1991), 402 page(s)
In this book, Professor Holsti approaches the study of the origins of war and the foundations of peace from a distinct perspective. The author identifies the variety of conflict-producing issues and the attitudes of policy makers to the use of force, which have changed over the last 350 years.
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written by Kalevi J. Holsti, 1935-; edited by Steve Smith, 1952-, in Cambridge Studies in International Relations, No. 14 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998, originally published 1991), 402 page(s)
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In this book, Professor Holsti approaches the study of the origins of war and the foundations of peace from a distinct perspective. The author identifies the variety of conflict-producing issues and the attitudes of policy makers to the use of force, which have changed over the last 350 years.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Steve Smith, 1952-
Author / Creator
Kalevi J. Holsti, 1935-
Date Published / Released
1991, 1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Peace, International relations, War, Politics & Policy, History, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991
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