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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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America in the World, Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S. - Mexico Border
written by Rachel St. John, 1976-, in America in the World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 297 page(s)
Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary...
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written by Rachel St. John, 1976-, in America in the World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 297 page(s)
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Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary changed from a mere line on a map to a clearly marked and heavily regulated divide between the United States and Mexico. Focusing on t...
Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary changed from a mere line on a map to a clearly marked and heavily regulated divide between the United States and Mexico. Focusing on the desert border to the west of the Rio Grande, this book explains the origins of the modern border and places the line at the center of a transnational history of expanding capitalism and state power in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moving across local, regional, and national scales, St. John shows how government officials, Native American raiders, ranchers, railroad builders, miners, investors, immigrants, and smugglers contributed to the rise of state power on the border and developed strategies to navigate the increasingly regulated landscape. Over the border's history, the U.S. and Mexican states gradually developed an expanding array of official laws, ad hoc arrangements, government agents, and physical barriers that did not close the line, but made it a flexible barrier that restricted the movement of some people, goods, and animals without impeding others. By the 1930s, their efforts had created the foundations of the modern border control apparatus. Drawing on extensive research in U.S. and Mexican archives, Line in the Sand weaves together a transnational history of how an undistinguished strip of land became the significant and symbolic space of state power and national definition that we know today.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Rachel St. John, 1976-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Series
America in the World
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Ethnic relations, International relations, Political boundaries, Sociology, Geography, Politics & Policy, History, Mexicans, Americans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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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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The American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, 1945-1963
written by David Tal (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008), 348 page(s)
the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 quickly ushered in a popular and political movement toward nuclear disarmament. Across the globe, heads of state, high-ranking ministers, and bureaucrats led intense efforts to achieve effective disarmament agreements. Ultimately these efforts failed. In T...
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written by David Tal (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008), 348 page(s)
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the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 quickly ushered in a popular and political movement toward nuclear disarmament. Across the globe, heads of state, high-ranking ministers, and bureaucrats led intense efforts to achieve effective disarmament agreements. Ultimately these efforts failed. In The American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, David Tal offers a detailed analysis of U.S. policy from 1945 to the summer of 1963, exploring...
the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 quickly ushered in a popular and political movement toward nuclear disarmament. Across the globe, heads of state, high-ranking ministers, and bureaucrats led intense efforts to achieve effective disarmament agreements. Ultimately these efforts failed. In The American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, David Tal offers a detailed analysis of U.S. policy from 1945 to the summer of 1963, exploring the reasons for failure and revealing the complex motivations that eventually led to the Limited Test Ban Treaty.While previous books have focused on the policies of specific administrations, Tal’s is the first to consider negotiations as an evolving phenomenon that preoccupied three presidents, from Truman to Kennedy. Drawing on extensive archival research, the author examines the profound dilemma faced by leaders on all sides—forced by political pressure to engage in negotiations whose success they saw as injurious to national interests. Far from believing that the nuclear arms race would inevitably lead to war, the United States regarded nuclear weapons as the greatest guarantee that war would not happen.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
David Tal
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Topic / Theme
Soviet Union and International Relations, International relations, Disarmament, Diplomacy, Sociology, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Security and the International Energy Situation, Volume I: Introduction and Summary
written by Hudson Institute, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 1: International Trade, General , 138 page(s)
This report sets down the results of research on some of the significant problems relating to energy and national security. The emphasis taken by this study goes beyond the more obvious first-order issues, previously analyzed. It deals with less obvious but increasingly important problems, and including: (1) The r...
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written by Hudson Institute, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 1: International Trade, General , 138 page(s)
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This report sets down the results of research on some of the significant problems relating to energy and national security. The emphasis taken by this study goes beyond the more obvious first-order issues, previously analyzed. It deals with less obvious but increasingly important problems, and including: (1) The relationship of the security of oil supplies to prevailing market conditions in the past and in the future; (2) The more general questio...
This report sets down the results of research on some of the significant problems relating to energy and national security. The emphasis taken by this study goes beyond the more obvious first-order issues, previously analyzed. It deals with less obvious but increasingly important problems, and including: (1) The relationship of the security of oil supplies to prevailing market conditions in the past and in the future; (2) The more general question of access to non-oil global resources and U.S. policy; (3) The scope of oil revenues for domestic and foreign investment and patterns of economic development and investment in Middle East oil producing countries; and (4) The relationship of energy and American economic security and concomitant implications for security and foreign policy issues.
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Date Written / Recorded
1975
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Research report
Recipient Organization
United States. Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Author / Creator
Hudson Institute
Person Discussed
Henry Kissinger, 1923-
Topic / Theme
Trade Agreements, International relations, Politics, Economics, Fuel, Petroleum, Politics & Policy, Trade and Security, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Security and the International Energy Situation. Volume II. World Energy and the Security of Supply
written by Hudson Institute, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 1: International Trade, General , 390 page(s)
In this volume the primary intent is to uncover the objective functional relationship between import and export dependencies as they affect the reliability of supply in the past and the future. Until recently, under the aegis of American hegemony, and due to the role the oil multinationals played, both oil exporti...
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written by Hudson Institute, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 1: International Trade, General , 390 page(s)
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In this volume the primary intent is to uncover the objective functional relationship between import and export dependencies as they affect the reliability of supply in the past and the future. Until recently, under the aegis of American hegemony, and due to the role the oil multinationals played, both oil exporting and oil importing countries exhibited a sufficiently high degree of dependence on the trade in oil to bring about a symmetry in thei...
In this volume the primary intent is to uncover the objective functional relationship between import and export dependencies as they affect the reliability of supply in the past and the future. Until recently, under the aegis of American hegemony, and due to the role the oil multinationals played, both oil exporting and oil importing countries exhibited a sufficiently high degree of dependence on the trade in oil to bring about a symmetry in their reciprocal conditions. The manipulation of oil supplies during the 1956-57 and 1967 Middle East crises was ineffective as an instrument of international influence due to the particular balanced form of interdependence. Beginning in 1970, the rise of OPEC against the background of American decline disrupted the fragile symmetry and caused a widening disequilibrium between oil importers and exporters. The scope of remedial policies to restructure the energy system so as to enhance its security is surveyed in the last two chapters. Two cooperative strategies are analyzed; horizontal multilateralism and vertical bilateralism. The study concludes that either of two unilateral approaches are more likely to characterize future events in the energy area than complex cooperative arrangements.
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Date Written / Recorded
1975
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Research report
Recipient Organization
United States. Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Author / Creator
Hudson Institute
Topic / Theme
Trade Agreements, Petroleum, Economics, Politics, International relations, Embargoes, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Politics & Policy, Trade and Security, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Security and the International Energy Situation. Volume III. The Petromoney Question
written by Hudson Institute, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 1: International Trade, General , 198 page(s)
This volume explores some possible outcomes of the recent increase in oil prices. The study investigates the pattern of the future price structure of oil and energy, the resulting flow of revenues to the OPEC countries, in particular to the Arab oil producing countries, and the implication of these developments to...
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written by Hudson Institute, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 1: International Trade, General , 198 page(s)
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This volume explores some possible outcomes of the recent increase in oil prices. The study investigates the pattern of the future price structure of oil and energy, the resulting flow of revenues to the OPEC countries, in particular to the Arab oil producing countries, and the implication of these developments to the economic growth and foreign capital accumulative of the Middle Eastern countries on one hand and to the world economic, financial...
This volume explores some possible outcomes of the recent increase in oil prices. The study investigates the pattern of the future price structure of oil and energy, the resulting flow of revenues to the OPEC countries, in particular to the Arab oil producing countries, and the implication of these developments to the economic growth and foreign capital accumulative of the Middle Eastern countries on one hand and to the world economic, financial and monetary structure on the other hand. Part 1 deals with the market for energy and oil and derives scenarios with the emerging projections of oil prices. Part 2 projects alternative levels of oil revenues to the oil-producing countries and estimates the future economic growth of the Middle Eastern countries and their accumulation of foreign capital. Part 3 discusses possible investment strategies concerning the accumulated capital that may be implemented by the Middle East oil producing countries and analyzes the implications of the world economy.
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Date Written / Recorded
1975
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Research report
Recipient Organization
United States. Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Author / Creator
Hudson Institute
Topic / Theme
Trade Agreements, Fuel, International relations, Politics, Economics, Petroleum, Politics & Policy, Trade and Security, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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American Security and the International Energy Situation. Volume IV. Collected Papers
written by Jean M. Ingersoll, fl. 1975, Rachael Danziger, fl. 1975, Edward S. Boylan, fl. 1975, William Schneider, fl. 1975 and Lewis A. Dunn, fl. 1975, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 2: International Trade, General , 243 page(s)
Contents: Beyond the Open Door - U.S. Policy and Access to Global Resources (Rept. no. HI-2148-DP); Averting Economic Warfare in Raw Materials - U.S. Agriculture as a Blue Chip; Changing American Foreign Policy in the Middle East - An Analysis (Rept. no. HI-2195/2-P); Iraq as a Soviet Proxy on the Persian Gulf in...
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written by Jean M. Ingersoll, fl. 1975, Rachael Danziger, fl. 1975, Edward S. Boylan, fl. 1975, William Schneider, fl. 1975 and Lewis A. Dunn, fl. 1975, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (1975), International Trade: 1971 - 1981, Reel 2: International Trade, General , 243 page(s)
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Contents: Beyond the Open Door - U.S. Policy and Access to Global Resources (Rept. no. HI-2148-DP); Averting Economic Warfare in Raw Materials - U.S. Agriculture as a Blue Chip; Changing American Foreign Policy in the Middle East - An Analysis (Rept. no. HI-2195/2-P); Iraq as a Soviet Proxy on the Persian Gulf in the Next Decade (Rept. no. HI-2168-P); and Energy in the Third World (Rept. no. HI-2094-P).
Date Written / Recorded
1975
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Research report
Recipient Organization
United States. Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Author / Creator
Jean M. Ingersoll, fl. 1975, Rachael Danziger, fl. 1975, Edward S. Boylan, fl. 1975, William Schneider, fl. 1975, Lewis A. Dunn, fl. 1975
Topic / Theme
Politics of Oil and Gas, Trade Agreements, Petroleum, Politics, Economics, Fuel, International relations, Politics & Policy, Trade and Energy, US and Middle East, Politics and Economy in Developing Countries, Global Trade, Negotiations, and Governance, Regulation and Governance in the Global Economy, Global Security, Trade and Security, 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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1. Introduction
written by William T. Tow, fl. 2009; in Asia-Pacific Security: US, Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle, Asian Security Studies (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2007, originally published 2007), 1-10
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written by William T. Tow, fl. 2009; in Asia-Pacific Security: US, Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle, Asian Security Studies (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2007, originally published 2007), 1-10
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
William T. Tow, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Asian Security Studies
Topic / Theme
Asia-Pacific Security, Military alliances, Political alliances, International relations, Trilateral Strategic Dialogue, 2002-, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2007 William T. Tow, Mark J. Thomson, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Satu P. Limaye for selection and editorial matter. Individual contributors, their contributions.
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