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Book SynopsisUnderpinning contemporary political debates and organizational restructuring is a serious rethinking of rights and responsibilities in the roles of governments, communities, companies, and individuals in a civil society.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: On Building a Human Rights Culture by Charles Henry Rights and Responsibilities: What Are the Connections? Reintegrating Rights and Responsibilities: Toward a New Human Rights Paradigm by Audrey R. Chapman Rights, Responsibilities, and the Social Contract by Philippa Strum Too Many Rights, Too Few Responsibilities by Amitai Etzioni Rights Responsibilities, and Community: A Libertarian View by David D. Boaz Clearing a Path Toward the International Bill of Rights by Peter Juviler Toward a New International Bill of Human Rights by Vladimir Kartashkin Confronting the "New World Order": Challenges for International Peace and Security by George Andreopoulos The "Global Society" Perspective on International Human Rights by Richard Pierre Claude and David R. Davis Humanizing 21st-Century Justice: Balancing "Freedom To and Freedom From" by Gene Stephens Reports of Six Practitioners and Pioneers in a Changing World The Constitutional Crisis in Russia and the Role of the Constitutional Court by Ernest M. Ametistov Launching the International Decade of Human Rights Education: Moving from Concept to Action by Shulamith Koenig Africa Looking to the Future by Ben W.K. Caiquo The Global Future and International Cooperation for the Environment by Uttam G. Dabholkar Issues of Population and Environment: A Report from the Millennium Project Feasibility Study by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon Knowledge-based Development: Creating the Future Today by Robert A. Vitro Continuing Work on Human Rights for the Future by Kenneth W. Hunter and Timothy C. Mack Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays exploring key problems in working toward prevention of genocide. They highlight the existence of considerable early warning of genocide and emphasize that the real problem is lack of political will in key global institutions.Table of ContentsPreface The Urgent Need for Global Human Rights Regime by Neal Riemer The Evolution of the International System and its Impact on Protection Against Genocide by Douglas W. Simon The Three P's of Genocide Prevention: With Application to a Genocide Foretold by Helen Fein Economic Sanctions and Genocide: Too Little, Too Late, and Sometimes Too Much by George A. Lopez Can An International Criminal Court Prevent and Punish Genocide by David Wippman A UN Constabulary to Enforce the Law on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity? by Saul Mendlovitz and John Fousek On Humanitarian Intervention by Michael Joseph Smith Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith the announcement of his resignation from the World Bank, the ongoing saga of Paul Wolfowitz, played out in the front pages of the world's newspapers, came to a dramatic conclusion.Trade Review"Solomon provides a hagiographic profile of the ideas and actions of prominent neoconservative and Iraq War architect, Paul D. Wolfowitz, just recently forced to resign as head of the World Bank. Rather than attempt a comprehensive account of Wolfowitz's life and career, Solomon has chosen to focus on key moments as Wolfowitz traveled through the State Department, academia, the Pentagon, and the World Bank as means of illustrating the following themes: Wolfowitz's coupling of his longstanding quest to promote democracy overseas with US strategic national security and geopolitical interests, his belief in the global custodianship of the United States due because of its military superiority, his optimistic assessment of US capabilities in terms of money and commitment, and his support of the preemption of perceived threats." - Reference & Research Book News"A must buy." - The Washington Post

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Book SynopsisNeoconservatism evolved in the USA from the anti-communist coalition that dominated liberalism from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. In this book, Ehrman discusses how big an influence the group has had on American politics, foreign policy in particular, through the decades since then.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on George Ball's personal archive and interviews with Ball and with dozens of his associates, this text traces Ball's involvement with US foreign policy as Under Secretary of State during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. It begins in the 1940s and ends with Ball's death in 1994.

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Book SynopsisA man of impressive mental powers, of extraordinary intellectual range, and integrity, George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) was an adviser to presidents and secretaries of state. This book describes the development and the essence of Kennan's thinking, and also the importance of his work as a historian during the second half of his long life.

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Book SynopsisAs Britain and France became more powerful during the eighteenth century, small states such as Geneva could no longer stand militarily against these commercial monarchies. This book presents an intellectual history of republicans who strove to ensure Geneva's survival as an independent state.Trade Review“Whatmore uncovers the considerable European intellectual impact of a small group of eighteenth-century Genevan reformers, who called themselves the Représentants. . . . In telling their story Whatmore reveals how political Adam Smith’s political economy became in the final decades of the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth century.”—Philippe Steiner, Paris-Sorbonne University -- Philippe Steiner“The fate of small states in a world of competing commercial hegemons is a contemporary quandary with Enlightenment roots. Richard Whatmore's deeply researched, tightly written study shows that a surprising number of those roots sprang from Geneva. Scholars of political thought, international relations and the rise and fall of empires in the late eighteenth century will all have to take account of this masterful book.”—David Armitage, Harvard University -- David Armitage“Whatmore expertly narrates the attempts of Genevan radicals to transform European power politics and, in so doing, offers fascinating insights into Rousseau’s Genevan and democratic credentials, emphasizing his relative conservatism and heterodoxy when compared to his Genevan friends and followers.”—Helena Rosenblatt, The Graduate Center, City University of New York -- Helena Rosenblatt“Against War and Empire offers a distinguished contribution to the history of modern political thought, rich in its erudition and masterful in its insights. The central challenge facing the celebrated advocates of liberty and reform Whatmore examines in this book remains timely and urgent today: how to preserve the freedom and welfare of small states in a political world dominated by major powers with global reach and imperial ambitions.”—David Lieberman, University of California, Berkeley -- David Lieberman

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Book SynopsisPrior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African nations. South Africa, for its part, was controlled by a regime of Afrikaner nationalists who had enthusiastically supported Hitler during World War II. But after Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, the country found itself estranged from former allies and threatened anew by old enemies. As both states became international pariahs, a covert—and lucrative—military relationship blossomed between these seemingly unlikely allies. Based on extensive archival research and exclusive interviews with former generals and high-level government officials in both countries, The Unspoken Alliance tells a troubling story of Cold War paranoia, moral compromises, and startling secrets.

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Book SynopsisA Pulitzer Prize-winning Arab-American journalist looks at the Iraq war from the perspective of ordinary Iraqi citizens--representing a variety of religious and political beliefs from all levels of society--confronted by the dislocations, hardships, tragedies, and harsh realities of the conflict. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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Book SynopsisA reference guide to all the elements of the Inter-American System from its formal beginning in 1889 to the present, as it developed into a major, multipurpose regional inter-governmental organization (IGO).Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction The Encyclopedia Chronology Appendix A: Charter of the Organization of American States Appendix B: Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance Appendix C: Membership in the Inter-American System Appendix D: Changing Structure of the Organization of American States Appendix E: The Secretariat Appendix F: Inter-American Development Bank Appendix G: State Profiles Bibliographic Essay Index

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Trade Review"According to the preface, this dictionary by Dent offers more than 260 entries on terms, Washington policy makers, U.S. presidents, Latin American politicians, policies, doctrines, films, covert operations, treaties, and major events--that help define the history of U.S.-Latin American relations beginning in the early years of the nineteenth century. It includes recent developments, with entries for people and topics in today's headlines (George W. Bush, Vicente Fox, Guantanamo (Guantanamo) Bay, drug trafficking, NAFTA). Additionally, references to those not accorded their own entries (Hugo Chavez (Chavez) , Carlos Menem) may be located through the detailed index. Supplementing the general selective bibliography are references to suggested readings at the end of each entry. A Timeline of U.S.-Latin American Relations covers 1794-2005....Recommended. Academic libraries supporting upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers interested in Latin America, US history, or foreign relations; general readers." - Choice"The stength of this book is the succinct writing and the inclusion of concepts, strategies, ideologies, doctrines, conflicts, and processes. The 20-page index is also excellent. Although some may not agree with Dent's arguably liberal bias, his treatment of the topics is for the most part fair and balanced. Recommended for all academic and larger public libraries." - Library Journal"Dent surveys U.S.-Latin American relations from the federal period through the presidency of George W. Bush....[s]uited to an academic library's Latin American collection or a large public library with a strong interest in Latin America." - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin"College-level students of international politics will find Historical Dictionary of U.S.-Latin American Relations lends to a blend of history and politics in quick reference format, allowing for both thematic reference and biographical or political study. These aren't just brief passages either: in-depth overviews are accompanied by bibliographic references for further reading." - MBR BookwatchTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Guide to Related Topics Timeline of U.S.-Latin American Relations Historical Dictionary of U.S.-Latin American Relations A-to-Z Epilogue: Lessons from the Past: Toward a More Enlightened Relationship Appendix: President Ronald Reagan's Speech on Congressional Aid for the Contras Select Bibliography List of Online Resources Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundation of effective modern intelligence collectionthe strategies required to support intelligence analysis of the modern, complex operational environments of today's military conflicts or competitive civilian situations such as business.Just as the old rules of conventional warfare and intelligence analysis do not apply fully in the 21st-century environment, neither does the traditional methodology of collecting intelligence on these elusive, adapting foes operating as complex adaptive systems (CAS)adversaries that excel in today's complex contexts.Intelligence Collection: How To Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection In Complex Environments proposes substantive improvements in the way the U.S. national security system collects intelligence and supports intelligence analysis. The work draws on the groundbreaking work of a diverge group of theorists ranging from Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu to M. MitTable of ContentsForeword by Ervin J. Rokke Foreword by David A. Deptula Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction Part I: Underpinnings for Advanced Collection 1. The Operational Environment 2. The Adversary Part II: Operations and Advanced Collection 3. The Vagaries of Irregular Warfare and Implications for Command and Control 4. Collection Contradictions in Irregular Warfare 5. Overcoming Collection Contradictions: A Macro View 6. Elemental Thinking about Advanced Collection Part III: The Specifics of Advanced Collection 7. Enablers of Advanced Collection 8. Rationale for Advanced Collection 9. The Basics of Advanced Collection 10. Performance Requirements for Advanced Collection Operations 11. Point Persistent Surveillance Operations in Advanced Collection Part IV: Synthesis 12. Critical Thinking for Advanced Collection 13. Philosophy of Advanced Collection 14. Tools for Advanced Collection 15. Closing Thoughts—Meeting Irregular Warfare Collection Challenges Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the no 1 bestselling Flags of our Fathers and Flyboys, a startling new look at the events that set the stage for WWIITrade ReviewPRAISE FOR THE IMPERIAL CRUISE: "Incendiary...[The Imperial Cruise] is startling enough to reshape conventional wisdom about Roosevelt's presidency." -- New York Times "A provocative study...What is fascinating about Bradley's reconstruction of a largely neglected aspect of Roosevelt's legacy is the impact that his racial theories and his obsession with personal and national virility had on his diplomacy. Engrossing and revelatory, The Imperial Cruise is revisionist history at its best." -- New York Times Book Review "[Bradley's] ingenious narrative thread is to track an across-the-pacific 1905 goodwill voyage by Roosevelt's emissaries...[his indictment of Roosevelt] raises tantalizing questions." -- American History "For readers under the impression that history is the story of good guys and bad guys...this book could be useful medicine." -- USA Today "A page-turner." -- Associated Press

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Book SynopsisIndependence and Deterrence , commissioned by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, continues the story of Britain's atomic project begun in Britain and Atomic Energy 1939-1945 , and covers the years from 1945 to the first British bomb test at the end of 1952.Table of ContentsList of Plates Preface List of Abbreviations A Note on Documentation PART 1: AUGUST 1945: RETROSPECT AND AGENDA Appendix I: Statements by the Prime Minister and Mr Churchill on the Atomic Bomb, 6 August 1945 PART 2: LABOUR'S MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT Ministers and their Advisory Committees Defence and Production Departmental Organisation Legal and Democratic Control Appendix 2: Diagram of Committees PART 3: EXTERNAL POLICY: BRIEF HOPE OF INTERDEPENDENCE Appendix 3: Letter from Mr Attlee to President Truman, 25 September 1945 Appendix 4: Washington Declaration, 15 November 1945 Appendix 5: 'Groves-Anderson' Memorandum, 16 November 1945 PART 4: EXTERNAL POLICY: HOPES AND DUPES International Control Anglo-American Collaboration Appendix 6: Telegram from Mr Attlee to President Truman, 16 April 1946 Appendix 7: Telegram from Mr Attlee to President Truman, 6 June 1946 PART 5: EXTERNAL POLICY: THE COMMONWEALTH AND EUROPE Canada The Rest of the Commonwealth Europe PART 6: DETERRENCE Programme and Purpose The Decision to Make a Bomb Mainly Military A Hope for Nuclear Power Appendix 8: Atomic Energy: An Immediate Policy for Great Britain (P. M. S. Blackett) PART 7: DETERRENCE RECALCULATED The Size and Shape of the Programme Questions of Priority Towards Nuclear Power PART 8: THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MODUS VIVENDI Appendix 9: The Modus Vivendi Annex 1: Allocations Annex 2: Areas of Co-operation between Members of the British Commonwealth Annex 3: Technical Co-operation PART 9: INDEPENDENCE RECONSIDERED I New Hope of Anglo-American Integration The Doldrums Again The Use of the Bomb PART 10: INDEPENDENCE RECONSIDERED II Canada The Rest of the Commonwealth, and Europe PART 11: THE AREA OF INTERDEPENDENCE: URANIUM The Indispensable Element Combined Operations The Pattern of Supply and Demand Securing Present Supplies Securing Future Supplies Conclusions Appendix 10: Declaration of Trust, 13 June 1944 Appendix 11: Memorandum of Understanding with Belgium, 13 July 1951 Appendix 12: Joint Communique and Annex re American, Belgian and British Understandings in the Atomic Energy Field, 13 July 1951 Appendix 13: Table 1: Estimated Uranium Requirements, Deliveries and Allocations, 1946-52 Table 2: Belgian Congo Uranium Deliveries: Forecast and Actual PART 12: 'WINSTON IS BACK' - AND CHERWELL Unfinished Business Towards a New Organisation Towards a New Programme Appendix 14: Technical Note Appendix 15: Chronology of Events: April 1945-October 1952 References Index

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Book SynopsisIndependence and Deterrence , commissioned by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, continues the story of Britain's atomic project begun in Britain and Atomic Energy 1939-1945 , and covers the years from 1945 to the first British bomb test at the end of 1952.Table of ContentsList of Plates Introduction A Note on Documentation List of Abbreviations PART 1: THE FRAMEWORK The Men Resources The Context Money Manpower Appendix 16: Atomic Energy Annual Expenditure Appendix 17: Atomic Energy Expenditure: Some Comparative Figures Appendix 18: Some Salary Scales Appendix 19: Atomic Energy Project Strengths Health and Safety Security 'Classification' Publicity Personal Security The Role of Private Industry and Government Agencies Choice of Entrepreneur The Use of Government Agencies The Use of Private Industry Appendix 20: 'The Site Takes Shape': The Building of Aldermaston PART 2: THE ENTERPRISE Research: Harwell's Role Terms of Reference Curiosity-Oriented Research: Frontiers with Universities Frontiers with Risley and the Weapons Establishment Appendix 21: Harwell's Accelerators Appendix 22: Deployment of Scientific and Technical Staff at Harwell Nuclear Power: Feasibility Studies Appendix 23: Natural Uranium Reactors: Economic Factors in Power Production (R. V. Moore) Radioisotopes 'For Peaceful and Humanitarian Ends' Production Plans Legislation Divided Responsibilities The Achievement The Factories: Programmes and Methods Programmes Methods The Individual Factories The Uranium Metal Plant The Piles The Chemical Separation Plants The Gaseous Diffusion Plant The Weapon The Establishment The Work Monte Bello The Trial is Planned The Expedition Appendix 24: Map of the Monte Bello Islands Epilogue Appendix 25: Technical Note Appendix 26: Chronology of Events: April 1945-October 1952 References Index

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Book SynopsisWith the aid of extensive declassified official documentation, this study traces the British and American responses to the Turco-Iraqi Pact of 1955, the Suez crisis, the Syrian crisis of 1957, the outbreak of civil strife in Lebanon, and the Iraqi Revolution of 1958.Trade Review'Elegantly written and based on the rich archival sources of both states, Ashton's arguments are compelling. Not all scholars of Anglo-American relations will accept his interpretations, but all must grapple with them.' - Peter L. Hahn, The International History Review 'Ashton has outlined a framework for understanding the latter half of the 1950s that future students of the period will want to engage.' - Joel Gordon, American Historical Review 'It is...refreshing to read a account which places 1956 in a longer-term context. Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Problem of Nasser by Nigel John Ashton enables one to judge whether the Suez Crisis was quite the dramatic turning-point it is widely supposed to have been.' - David Carlton, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction - The Middle East in 1955 - The Background to the Formation of the Baghdad Pact - March 1956 and the Break with Nasser -The Suez Crisis - The Eisenhower Doctrine - The Bermuda Conference and the April 1957 Crisis in Jordan - The Syrian Crisis and the October 1957 Talks - The Formation of the United Arab Republic - The Lebanese Crisis - The Iraqi Revolution - The Course and Conclusion of British and American Intervention - Post-Revolutionary Iraq and the Reassessment of British and American Strategy - Conclusions - Postscript - Index

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Book SynopsisAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Terrorist Typologies Ideology Strategy Tactics Capabilities Target Protection The Security Environment External Factors Decision-making Target Selection Bibliography IndexTrade Review'...one waits for Drake's next venture with anticipation.' - J. Bowyer Bell, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Terrorist Typologies Ideology Strategy Tactics Capabilities Target Protection The Security Environment External Factors Decision-making Target Selection Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on neo-Gramscian theories of International Political Economy, this book explores the impact of the Marshall Plan on labour and government in Britain. Rather than the US imposing a 'politics of productivity' on an unwilling government, the centre-right of the Labour Party used the Marshall Plan to achieve its own political ends.Table of ContentsList of Tables Foreword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction International Politics, Domestic Politics and the Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan The Scale and Impact of the Marshall Plan The Government/Union Alliance in Postwar Britain The Trade Union Response to the Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan and the Split in the International Trade Union Movement The Anglo-American Council on Productivity State Power, Labour and the Marshall Plan in Britain Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisList of Tables and Figures Preface CHAPTER ONE: THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM OF THE UNIDAD POPULAR Brief Review of the Social Issue Brief Review of the Political Issue The Two Governments Prior to Unidad Popular The Unidad Popular View of the Chilean Economy The Macroeconomic Situation During the Unidad Popular The Structural Reforms of the Unidad Popular Property Rights CHAPTER TWO: THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP The Destruction of Chilean Democracy The Structural Reforms of the 1970s The Economic and Financial Collapse of 1981-83 The Adjustment Process of the 1980s The Structural Reforms of the 1980s Economic Freedom and Political Liberty CHAPTER THREE: A TENTATIVE SYNTHESIS The Legacy of the Unidad Popular The Legacy of the Military Dictatorship Human Rights and Historical Memory Bibliographical References IndexTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface CHAPTER ONE: THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM OF THE UNIDAD POPULAR Brief Review of the Social Issue Brief Review of the Political Issue The Two Governments Prior to Unidad Popular The Unidad Popular View of the Chilean Economy The Macroeconomic Situation During the Unidad Popular The Structural Reforms of the Unidad Popular Property Rights CHAPTER TWO: THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP The Destruction of Chilean Democracy The Structural Reforms of the 1970s The Economic and Financial Collapse of 1981-83 The Adjustment Process of the 1980s The Structural Reforms of the 1980s Economic Freedom and Political Liberty CHAPTER THREE: A TENTATIVE SYNTHESIS The Legacy of the Unidad Popular The Legacy of the Military Dictatorship Human Rights and Historical Memory Bibliographical References Index

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Book SynopsisAcknowledgements Introduction Amphibious Renaissance The Torch of Combined Operations Cinderella of the Services Operational Capabilities and Lost Opportunities Amphibious Equipment Amphibious Ambassadors and Vertical Envelopment Operation Musketeer Epilogue Appendices Bibliography IndexTrade Review'In his meticulously researched book Ian Speller tells us why between 1945 and 1956, in a throw-back to pre-Second World War thinking, amphibious warfare was the orphan of British strategy, despite stunning successes such as the Allied landings in Normandy. This book is a must for anyone with a serious interest in British Defence Policy.' - Julian Thompson, Major General 'Ian Speller is the leading expert on Britain's amphibious capabilities in the post Second World War era and has produced an excellent and comprehensive survey of their evolution in the period 1945-1956. He explains in a critical but balanced manner why this key maritime warfare area suffered from the neglect that was reflect in the problems in forming an effective amphibious force for the Suez landings. The book, which contains much that is new and original, should be essential reading for students of British naval policy and British defence policy as a whole.' - Eric Grove, Centre for Security Studies, University of HullTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Amphibious Renaissance The Torch of Combined Operations Cinderella of the Services Operational Capabilities and Lost Opportunities Amphibious Equipment Amphibious Ambassadors and Vertical Envelopment Operation Musketeer Epilogue Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisList of Tables, Figures and Boxes Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction What is globalization? Globalization and health: A conceptual framework Purpose and structure of the book PART 2: GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Introduction The evolution of human societies, health and disease before 1500 The global health impact of European exploration from 1492 The global health dimensions of the Industrial Revolution (1750 - 1919) The rise of international health (1920s to 1950s) Conclusions Key Readings PART 3: THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction Globalization as a new geography The health implications of an emerging global economy The globalization of the pharmaceutical industry The globalization of the food industry The globalization of the tobacco industry Global environment change and health Global demographic change and health Conclusions: Towards a global geography of health Key Readings PATrade Review'This is an excellent book which addresses a vital, but underexplored dimension of globalization, namely its links with and impacts upon human health. Kelley Lee's book is essential reading for those engaged in the debate on globalization.' - Professor Colin McInnes, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK 'Kelley Lee's new book is an artful introduction to a vexingly complex topic. It usefully defines the globalization territory, pinpoints some of its key landmarks, offers a succinct conceptual model of how its contemporary incarnation might influence health and importantly offers optimism for the future in a debate redolent with despair. Policy makers, researchers and students intrigued by globalization and its discontents, but fearful of being overwhelmed by its vagaries, will find this book an engagingly helpful primer.' - Ronald Labonte, Director of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, Canada 'Kelley Lee provides a clear-headed and balanced discussion of the content and consequences of globalization. Drawing on a wide literature, she fairly assesses the public health costs and benefits. this book will contribute to our capacity to face unprecedented challenges toward the attainment of good and equitable population health.' - Professor Tony McMichael, Director of National Centre on Epidemology and Population, Australian National University 'I think that this book will have an immediate significance for courses on globalization in general and courses introducing public health issues as well.' - Craig N. Murphy, Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, USATable of ContentsList of Tables, Figures and Boxes Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction What is globalization? Globalization and health: A conceptual framework Purpose and structure of the book PART 2: GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Introduction The evolution of human societies, health and disease before 1500 The global health impact of European exploration from 1492 The global health dimensions of the Industrial Revolution (1750 - 1919) The rise of international health (1920s to 1950s) Conclusions Key Readings PART 3: THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction Globalization as a new geography The health implications of an emerging global economy The globalization of the pharmaceutical industry The globalization of the food industry The globalization of the tobacco industry Global environment change and health Global demographic change and health Conclusions: Towards a global geography of health Key Readings PART 4: THE TEMPORAL DIMENSION OF GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction Speeding up, slowing down: The pace of global change The global spectre of infectious disease: The quick and the dead Fast food and slow death: Diet and nutrition in a world hooked on speed The mental health effects of temporal change Designer genes: Evolution out of the window? Environmental sustainability and global health Conclusions: Playing for time in global health Key Readings PART 5: THE COGNITIVE DIMENSION OF GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction The globalization of health sector reform: From Health for All to pay your own way Priority setting in global health policy: Whose agenda? The role of scientific research: The transnational power of epistemic communities The globalization of lifestyles: The health consequences of marketing and advertising Towards consensus on global health ethics Conclusions Key Readings PART 6: CONCLUSIONS: AN AGENDA FOR GLOBAL HEALTH Introduction The importance of definition: From international to global health The changing nature of health inequalities Health and the sustainability of globalization Good governance for global health Framework Convention on Tobacco Contro International Women's Health Coalition Global Public Health Intelligence Network Conclusions Key Readings Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisUntil now little attention has been paid to the development of military capabilities designed to target food crops with biological warfare agents. It shows that all biological warfare programmes have included a component concerned with the development of anti-crop biological warfare agents and munitions.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction Iraqi and the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) A Study of Disease in Plants Anti-Crop Biological Warfare and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) The Context of US Biological Warfare Research and Development Aspects of Anti-Crop Biological Warfare Activity, France, Germany, and Japan Post-World War Two United States Anti-Crop Biological Warfare Some Aspects of UK and US Anti-Crop Warfare Collaboration Between 1943 and 1958 Munitions for Anti-Crop BW Agents Targets Conclusions Related International Prohibitions and Controls on Dangerous Plant Diseases Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA historical atlas must depict complex issues in a manner immediately accessible to the reader.Trade ReviewPraise for books in the Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas Series: "a useful text and library reference...can serve as a supplemental volume or stand alone as a short text" - Nationalities Papers ". . . a valuable tool for the classroom and the general public."-Multicultural ReviewTable of ContentsPreface PART 1: THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR The Russian Revolution and the World The Comintern and the Red Scare in the West in the 1920s Chaos and Communism in China, 1918-1939 Foreign Policy under Stalin The Grand Alliance in World War II The Zonal Division of Germany The End of the War Against Japan Eastern Europe 1944-1949 PART 2: THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR The Truman Doctrine Marshall Aid The Berlin Blockade The Chinese Communist Victory NATO and the Warsaw Pact Other Regional Security Pacts The Malayan Emergency Korea: Partition and War Korea: The UN Intervenes Budapest, 1956 Eisenhower and Central America The Two Chinas The Cultural Revolution Cuba: Castro's Revolution and the Bay of Pigs The Cuban Missile Crisis The Sino-Soviet Split The Berlin Wall Culture and the Cold War Capitalism v. Communism in the 1960s The Peace Corps Southeast Asia: Partition and War Southeast Asia; American Intervention Southeast Asia: The Fall of the South The Non-Aligned Movement The Prague Spring Intelligence Gathering The Middle East Wars and the Threat to World Peace Détente in the 1970s The Arms Race Arms Sales and Military Assistance Nuclear Proliferation Capitalism v. Communism in the 1980s Nicaragua and the Sadanistas The Cold War in Africa The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan The Early Reagan Years - Renewed Cold War PART 3: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND AFTER Gorbachev's Reforms The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe The Break-up of the USSR The Legacy of the Cold War: Yugoslavia The Legacy of the Cold War: Russia The Surviving Communist World Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis study provides a fresh assessment of the entire course of the Cold War, and is based on insights into the structure of postwar international politics revealed by the collapse of the Soviet Union.Trade Review'An excellent analysis... clearly written and concise.' Dr Michael Dockrill, King's College, London, UK 'a comprehensive account...vigorously written [and] based on considerable research.' History 'An impressive synthesis of the printed documents.' English Historical Review 'The author displays extensive knowledge and sound judgment of the policies of nations whose histories are so rich and complex that many historians could spend a lifetime of study before uttering the kind of sensible pronouncements that Ball repeatedly makes...The Cold War: An International History, 1947-1991 makes a valuable contribution to the Cold War corpus, as a reference text, as a possible course textbook, and as a model for all bold enough to write about international history.' Canadian Journal of History 'By writing a useful, judicious overview of the cold war from a multipolar perspective, Ball has made a valuable contribution to the literature.' The International History ReviewTable of ContentsThe search for preponderance 147-1952; theories of victory 1953-1962; the balance of power 1963-1972; a system under stress 1973-1984; the end of the Cold War 1985-1991.

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Book SynopsisFrom Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of Britain’s long relationship with Palestine and the Middle East, from the ancient world to the twentieth century.  Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land for two major reasons: first, to translate the Bible into English and, later, to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, Barbara W. Tuchman follows these twin spiritual and imperial motives—the Bible and the sword—to their seemingly inevitable endpoint, when Britain conquered Palestine at the conclusion of World War I. At that moment, in a gesture of significance and solemnity, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 established a British-sponsored mandate for a national home for the Jewish people. Throughout this characteristically vivid

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Book SynopsisAn inside account of the Middle East peace process. Dennis Ross recounts the peace process in detail from 1988 to the breakdown of talks in early 2001, that prompted the so-called second Intifada - and takes account of developments in an after word written for this edition.

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Book SynopsisTo the amazement of the public, pundits, and even the policymakers themselves, the ideological and political conflict that had endangered the world for half a century came to an end in 1990. How did that happen? What caused the cold war in the first place, and why did it last as long as it did?The distinguished historian Melvyn P. Leffler homes in on four crucial episodes when American and Soviet leaders considered modulating, avoiding, or ending hostilities and asks why they failed: Stalin and Truman devising new policies after 1945; Malenkov and Eisenhower exploring the chance for peace after Stalin''s death in 1953; Kennedy, Khrushchev, and LBJ trying to reduce tensions after the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962; and Brezhnev and Carter aiming to sustain détente after the Helsinki Conference of 1975. All these leaders glimpsed possibilities for peace, yet they allowed ideologies, political pressures, the expectations of allies and clients, the dynamics of the international syTrade Review"* "A highly relevant and much needed historical study... One of the best books on the period to have been written." - The Economist."

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Book SynopsisFor decades, North Korea denied any part in the disappearance of dozens of Japanese citizens from Japan's coastal towns and cities in the late 1970s. In The Invitation-Only Zone, Robert Boynton untangles the bizarre logic behind the abductions.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Pulitzer Prize With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of power and initiative in matters of state.Trade Review"The passing decades confirm Dean Acheson's place as the clearest thinking, most effective Secretary of State of the twentieth century. As a writer he has no equal since Thomas Jefferson first occupied the office in the eighteenth century." -- Gaddis Smith, Yale University

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate.Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"This is a pathbreaking book for both the informed public and policy makers, for whom it should be required reading and who would do well to follow its recommendations." -- Samuel Huntington, author of The Clash of Civilizations

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Book SynopsisA fresh examination of the political economy of the peacebuilding process in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the aftermath of the country''s 1992-95 war. Little progress has been made in transforming the country''s war-shattered economy into a functioning market economy, this new study explains the principal dynamics that have led to this, and places Bosnia''s economic transition process within the context of the country''s broader post-conflict peacebuilding process. The central argument this book persuasively advances is that much of Bosnia''s ongoing economic crisis, and its current reform stalemate, can be explained by exploring the interactions of an inappropriate international model of economic reform with the country''s particular post-conflict and post-socialist political economy. This book is essential for readers who wish to build an understanding of the region and assess its future prospects and hopes.Table of Contents1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Washington Consensus Meets the Political Economy of Conflict Chapter 3. State-Making the Dayton Way 4. Resistance and Entrenchment - Ethnic Division, Domestic Power Structures, and Economic Reform 5. Business as Usual - International Prescriptions for Bosnia's Economic Transition 6. The Politics of Privatization 7. The Political Economy of Return 8. The Social Dimensions of Peacebuilding and Transition 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the geographic displacement of the illicit drug industry as a side effect of United States foreign policy. To reduce the supply of cocaine and heroin from abroad, the US has relied on coercion against farmers, traffickers and governments, but this has only exacerbated the world''s drugs problems.US Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs develops and applies a causal mechanism to explain the displacement, analyzing US anti-drug initiatives at different times and in various regions. The findings clearly show that American foreign policy has been a major driving force behind the global spread of the illicit drug industry, calling for urgent revision.This book will be of interest to students of US foreign policy, security studies and international relations in general.Table of Contents1. US Drug Policy, Drug Industry Displacement and IR Theory 2. Targeting Turkey and the French Connection 3. Targeting Smugglers Flying over the Andes 4. Targeting the Columbian Drugs Industry 5. Theorizing Drug Industry Displacement and Policy Side Effects 6. Alternatives to the US War on Drugs

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the paradox of political mobilization and the failings of governance in India, with reference to the conflict between secularism and Hindu nationalism, authoritarianism and democracy. It demonstrates how the Internal Emergency of 1975 led to increased support of groups such as the BJS and the RSS, accounting for the rise of political movements advocating Hindu nationalism - Hindutva - as a response to rapid political mobilization triggered by the Emergency, and an attempt by political elites to control this to their advantage. Vernon Hewitt argues that the political disjuncture between democracy and mobilization in India is partly a function of the Indian state, the nature of a caste-class based society, but also - and significantly - the contingencies of individual leaders and the styles of rule. He shows how, in the wake of the Emergency, the BJP and the RSS gained popularity and power amid the on-going decline and fragmentation of the Congress, whilst, Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Emergencies, States and Societies: The Study of Indian Politics 2. State-Society Relations 1947-1950: A Democratic Polity? 3. Political Mobilisations: 1963-1971 4. The State and Political Crisis 1971-75 5. The State As Political Impasse: 1975-1980 6. Political Mobilisations: 1980-1996 7. Hindutva as Crisis: 1996-2004. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisTelling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century--the era of the Zapatistas. In this collection of essays, the author, whose field work in the area spans two generations of anthropological thought, explores several expressions of Tzotzil ethnic affirmation, ranging from oral narrative to ritual drama and political action. His work covers the current era, when the Chamula Tzotzils mingle chaotically and sometimes violently with the social and political space of modern Mexico--most recently, in the context of the Maya Zapatista movement of 1994.Trade Review"Gary H. Gossen, a seasoned anthropologist with extensive field experience in Chiapas from the time of the "Harvard Chiapas Project" in the 1960s...offers many pieces of rich ethnography and interesting interpretation." -- Latin American Research ReviewTable of ContentsPreface --Telling Maya Tales 1. The Other in Chamula Tzotzil Cosmology and History: Reflections of a Kansan in Chiapas 2. True Ancient Words 3. On the Human Condition and the Moral Order 4. Language and Indians' Place in Chiapas 5. The Chamula Festival of Games: Native Macroanalysis and Social Commentary in a Maya Carnival 6. The Topography of Ancient Maya Religious Pluralism: A Dialogue with the Present 7. Indians Inside and Outside of the Mexican National Idea: A Case Study of the Modern Diaspora of San Juan Chamula 8. Life, Death, and Apotheosis of a Chamula Protestant Leader: Biography as Social History 9. From Olmecs to Zapatistas: A Once and Future History of Maya Souls 10. Maya Zapatistas Move to an Open Future

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Book SynopsisDrawing on recent deconstructions in anthropology, postcolonial studies, and critical sociology, Malaysia and the Development Process situates and explores the phenomenon of international knowledge transfers within the context of globalization. Based on primary and secondary research, and a series of ''experiential'' reflections, fieldwork was conducted in two foreign electronics multinationals and a variety of public and semi-public institutions. The findings reassess issues of knowledge, power, subjectivity and agency, and the relations between the West and the non-West, as they are negotiated between and within multinational workplaces and local agencies in Malaysia.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Institutional Ethnography and Multivocality Chapter 3: Modernity and the International Management Gaze Chapter 4: Towards Vision 2020 And The New Malay[Sian] Chapter 5: Quality in the Service of Development Chapter 6: Mediating Culture and Mediation by Culture Chapter 7: Counter-Representations and Negotiations for Voice Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this age of instant communication and biotechnology, on this ever-smaller planet, what kinds of problems have we created for ourselves? How do we tackle them in a world where the accustomed methods used by nation-states may be reaching their natural limits?In High Noon , J. F. Rischard challenges us to take a new approach to the twenty most important and urgent global problems of the twenty-first century. Rischard finds their common thread: we don''t have an effective way of dealing with the problems that our increasingly crowded, interconnected world creates. Our difficulties belong to the future, but our means of solving them belong to the past.Rischard proposes new vehicles for global problem-solving that are startling and persuasive. With its clear-eyed urgency and refreshing specificity, High Noon is an agenda-setting book that everyone who cares about the future must read.

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Book SynopsisIs peace an aberration? The New York Times bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW“Margaret MacMillan has produced another seminal work. . . . She is right that we must, more than ever, think about war. And she has shown us how in this brilliant, elegantly written book.”—H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World The instinct to fight may be innate in human nature, but war—organized violence—comes with organized society. War has shaped humanity’s history, its social and political institutions, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, and some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and chall

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