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Book SynopsisAs we stand on the cusp of an AI revolution, will we see the rise of a new anti-technology extremism that threatens to dismantle the gains of modern civilization? In the first exploration of this phenomenon, Mauro Lubrano traces the origins and evolution of anti-technology violence across the globe. He identifies three main groups fuelling such resistance: insurrectionary anarchists, eco-extremists, and eco-fascists. Exploring the justifications that underlie the opposition to technology and the strategies employed to stop the machines', he shows how anti-tech extremism has emerged as a reaction to the Anthropocene an attempt to undo the epoch of human domination. The intellectual flexibility of this ideology lends itself to different causes, from the class struggle against the techno-elites to the defence of nature and white supremacy. With fears about the risks of artificial intelligence mounting and the world beset by serious polycrises', what is currently a fragmented, fringe phenomenon holds the potential for dramatic escalation.

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Book SynopsisFrom the Sivens forest in France to the Hambach forest in Germany, from the Broadback forest in Canada to the rainforests of Borneo, something has shifted in these wild spaces over the last decade or two. People have begun to inhabit the forests, oppose the loggers and use their bodies as shields, motivated by the determination to resist the lethal ecosystem of commercial exploitation. Forests have become a battleground in the struggle between groups with fundamentally divergent aims and objectives. Forests are made up of insurgents. Jean-Baptiste Vidalou went to see some of these forests and meet those who are defending them: he discovered a completely different way of understanding the world, sharply opposed to the mentality of planners who see forests as just one more territory to be managed. Here he recounts this encounter, relays what these forest peoples and struggles convey, not to offer any recipes or ready-made solutions to the crises of our times but to be the forest, like a force that grows, stem by stem, leaf by leaf, slowly becoming ungovernable.Trade ReviewSelected by Mongabay as one of 10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2023 “Jean-Baptiste Vidalou investigates the rise of people fighting for forests around the world… he bristles at the idea that something as wild and unruly as a forest needs to be measured to have value… He also reflects on what he sees as the limitations of the way we currently approach forests, and in doing so, finds a mirror for human society at large.”—Mongabay "We are Forests is the outstanding implementation of a lyrical counter-expertise. Jean-Baptiste Vidalou explains how a political struggle is required to truly understand all the components at stake in our relationship to the environment. If we don’t defend a territory, a forest or a lake, we simply see the proposed changes by engineers, administrations and experts as necessary 'progress', smart management, without being sensitive to the ecological devastation at play."—Frédéric Neyrat, University of Wisconsin-Madison "If you, like me, doubt the only way we can see nature is through the data we so obsessively collect and pore over – trying to detect all that which we cannot see – and wonder if ours is just a newer form of an older, discredited interventionism; or, if, in fact you have pondered about why we still stumble for some kind of 'complete picture' of nature, then this book is for you."—EcosTable of Contents1 Where We Live, Where We Struggle2 A Country Like No Other3 A Little History of the Map4 Friction on the Ground5 Welcome to the Park!6 A Genealogy of Territorial Planning7 Devastating Accounting8 The Physiocrats and the War on the Commons9 All That Is Solid Must Be Liquidated10 Total Calculation11 From Encampment to Logistics12 Forests Versus Wood-Energy13 Bringing the Outside In14 Returning to Forests, Becoming a Secessionist15 The New Nomos of the EarthReferencesNotes

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Book SynopsisThe world cannot address its pressing environmental problems without China. But can China be relied upon as a steadfast steward of nature, as its leaders have claimed in recent years? Prominent environmental campaigner and reporter Ma Tianjie gets to the heart of China's remarkable ecological transformation to answer this question. He takes us on a journey through the country's thirty-year struggle to clean up its rivers, clear its air and stabilize carbon emissions, drawing out the complex political impulses that have helped and hindered progress. Anchoring his storytelling in some of China's major environmental challenges - from Beijing's airpocalypse' to the cancer villages of the Huai River basin, he shows how the ideas and actions of few extraordinary individuals were critical in changing China from a heavily polluted country to a place where environmental issues are high on the agenda. The complex ecological tapestry Ma paints illuminates the key ideas, experiences and influences that have shaped China's environmental consciousness and will continue to frame the search for green China well into the twenty-first century.

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Book SynopsisIn February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale military assault on Ukraine, aimed at re-establishing Russian control over the Ukrainian state, economy and society, similar in many ways to the Soviet period. This goal, however, was not achieved, and most likely will not be achieved in the future. Rather, the Russian special military operation has resulted in extraordinary disasters and losses for Russia, for Ukraine, and for the entire world. This book examines the origins of the Russian assault on Ukraine and offers an explanation of why it has not achieved its aims. Why did Russian elites and leaders propose, prepare for and implement the assault on Ukraine in such a poorly prepared and heavily destructive way? In seeking to answer these questions, Gel'man focuses on Russia's domestic agenda and its dynamics after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The personalist nature of the Russian authoritarian political regime, its vulnerability to bad governance, major misperceptions by the Russian elites and leadership, and reliance of the Kremlin upon previous experience of Russian impunity were all key factors that led to Russia's fateful decision to attack Ukraine and have continued to shape Russia's mistake-ridden conduct of the war since then. Gel'man also considers what lessons can be learned from Russia's military assault for understanding the global agenda and for the study of domestic and international politics in the twenty-first century. This book, written by a leading expert on Russian politics, will be of great value to students and scholars in politics and to anyone interested in Russia and in the causes and consequences of the war against Ukraine.

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Book SynopsisChina’s huge environmental challenges affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. In this fully revised and updated third edition of her acclaimed book, noted scholar of Chinese environmentalism Judith Shapiro explores China’s struggle to achieve the ‘ecological civilization’ championed by Xi Jinping since 2017. Drawing on six core analytical concepts - globalization, governance, national identity, civil society, environmental justice, and extractivism - Shapiro ably demonstrates the multifaceted and complex nature of this struggle. China’s precipitous economic growth has carried a heavy cost in air and water pollution, soil contamination, and loss of habitat for the biodiversity upon which human life depends. But its quest for sustainability has been further hampered by authoritarian governance patterns, soaring middle class consumption, the need to provide employment and safety nets for a population of more than one billion, and a manufacturing sector thirsty to secure global resources and sell to new markets. Transformation to a more sustainable development model is still possible. But, as Shapiro persuasively argues, this will require humility, creativity, and a rejection of business as usual. China – and the planet – are at a pivotal moment.Trade Review"The third edition of China’s Environmental Challenges remains the go-to text for Chinese environmental studies. An excellent guide, the reader will find historical depth, cultural nuance, humanistic sensitivity, global relevance, critical timeliness, and conceptual clarity all in one place."Yifei Li, NYU ShanghaiTable of ContentsMapChronologyPrefaceAcknowledgments and Note to the Third Edition1. The Big Picture2. Globalization and Other Drivers and Trends3. State-led Environmentalism 4. Sustainable Development and National Identity5. Public Participation and Civil Society6. Environmental Justice and the Displacement of Environmental Harm7. Extractivism and the Climate Crisis8. Prospects for the FutureReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe international order of the post-WW II period is in disarray. The sounds of war can be heard all around us, from Ukraine to Gaza, from Darfur to the Congo, and there is growing skepticism towards human rights and democracy, the rule of law and peace among peoples. Facile expressions such as Eurocentrism and demise of the West and the rise of the rest miss the real challenge in this situation: how to extend moral, legal and political universalism to address the experiences of the multitude of humanity for whom western modernity has brought not only equality but also subordination, not only emancipation but also domination. Benhabib argues that rethinking this universalist project and participating in world-building together can be achieved by reconstructing and retrieving the best insights of critical social theory in the Frankfurt tradition and the liberal Kantianism of Rawls and Dworkin. In that spirit, this volume addresses state and popular sovereignty, Third World approaches to International Law, the 1951 Refugee Convention, and climate change legislation, while focusing on the changing fortunes of the European Union and cosmopolitanism. Benhabib engages with postcolonial thinkers and argues that, although validity claims and relations of domination and inequality are often intermixed, it is possible to reconstruct the insights of international law to serve a more inclusive universalism and world-building.This vibrant defense of human rights and universal norms in an age of political skepticism and extremism will appeal to a wide readership and will be of particular interest to students and scholars in political theory, critical theory and law.

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Book SynopsisNon-Alignment is back with a vengeance. In recent years, the number of countries embracing this venerable approach to foreign policy has increased exponentially, making it a force to be reckoned with in world affairs. The war in Ukraine, the expansion of the BRICS group, and the conflict in Gaza have given a special impetus to its rise in a new form: Active Non-Alignment (ANA). This has gone hand-in-hand with the growing power and influence of the Global South in world politics. In this agenda-setting book, Jorge Heine, Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami, explain the origins, dynamics and significance of ANA, for the future of world order. Far from a transitory expression of the current state of affairs, they argue that ANA is here to stay. It provides a powerful guide to action and a fine-tuned compass for the Global Majority, that is, the countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, to strike out and prioritize their national interests, whilst navigating the perilous waters of a troubled world in the throes of change.

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Book SynopsisWhy did Volodymyr Zelensky doubt that Russia was preparing a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022? Why did British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain decide to 'do business with Herr Hitler' in Munich in 1938? And how was it that Israeli elites dismissed intelligence warnings of the Hamas attack in 2023? Had they not learned their lesson from the Egyptian-Syrian attack on Yom Kippur fifty years earlier? In all these cases, smart decision makers misjudged their adversaries, largely because they failed to understand how their enemies' actions and strategies were shaped by different values and beliefs to their own. We may think such beliefs are irrational merely because we do not share them. They may appear confusing and ill judged. But as Beatrice Heuser ably shows in this pithy book, strategy making is a tricky business, marred by bias, irrationality, bureaucratic politics, colliding government interests, and complex procedures and structures. Assessing our adversaries as not only irrational but also illogical is a dangerous game that can lead to flawed and, on occasions, catastrophically bad decisions. This book explains why.

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Book SynopsisGlobal change and advancing technology have transformed the government sector with the use of information and communication technology to improve service delivery. The use of such technologies in electronic and mobile government services raises issues relating to security, privacy, and data protection.Security Frameworks in Contemporary Electronic Government is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of special security requirements in electronic government transactions. While highlighting topics such as digital environments, public service delivery, and cybercrime, this publication explores the difficulties and challenges faced in implementing e-government technologies, as well as the different aspects of security in e-government. This book is ideally designed for policymakers, software developers, IT specialists, government officials, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on secure environments in electronic and mobile government.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together academics and judges to consider ideas and arguments flowing from the often complex relationships between law and politics, adjudication and policy-making, and the judicial and political branches of government. Contributors explore numerous themes, including the nature and extent of judicial power, the European Court of Human Rights decision in O'Keeffe v Ireland, the process of appointing judges and judicial representation, judicial power and political processes. Contrasting judicial and academic perspectives are provided on the role of the European Court of Human Rights and the nature of exhausting domestic remedies, including a contribution from the late Mr. Justice Adrian Hardiman. The role of specific judges, social and political disputes and case law are examined and socio-economic rights, the rule of law and electoral processes are all addressed.Trade Review‘Each chapter contains much of note. Dublin City University’s school of law and government and Manchester University Press have done a great public service by preparing and bringing out this excellent book. It will be read by anyone with an interest in how the judicial power of the State should function in a modern democracy.’Mr Justice Richard Humphreys is a judge of the High Court, The Irish Times April 2017‘It is a highly readable collection containing contributions from Ireland’s leading voices on the Constitution that will be of interest to lawyers, historians, political scientists and the general reader alike.’Alan Greene, Durham University, Irish Jurist -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction - Laura Cahillane, James Gallen and Tom HickeyPart I: Judicial power in a constitutional democracy: theoretical foundations 1. In defence of judicial innovation and constitutional evolution - Fiona de Londras2. Reappraising judicial supremacy in the Irish constitutional tradition - Eoin Daly3. Unenumerated personal rights: the legacy of Ryan v. Attorney General - Gerard Hogan 4. Judges as God's philosophers: re-thinking 'principle' in constitutional adjudication - Tom HickeyPart II: Judging in the case of O'Keeffe v. Hickey: analysis and debate5. O'Keeffe v. Hickey: overview and analysis - James Gallen 6. The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights and the case of O'Keeffe v. Hickey -Adrian Hardiman 7. Subsidiarity of ECHR and O'Keeffe v. Ireland: a response to Mr Justice Hardiman - Conor O'Mahony Part III: Judges and the political sphere: appointments and dialogue 8. Judicial appointments in Ireland: the potential for reform - Laura Cahillane 9. Merit, diversity, and interpretive communities: the (non-party) politics of judicial appointments and constitutional adjudication - David Kenny 10. Speaking to power: mechanisms for judicial-executive dialogue - John O'DowdPart IV: Judges and the Constitution in historical perspective 11. The Irish Constitution 'from below': squatting families versus property rights in Dublin, 1967-71 - Thomas Murray12. 'The union makes us strong:' National Union of Railwaymen v. Sullivan and the demise of vocationalism in Ireland - Donal Coffey 13. Ulster unionism and the Irish Constitution: 1970-1985 - Rory Milhench14. 'Towards a better Ireland:' Donal Barrington and the Irish Constitution - Tomás Finn Part V: Perspectives on the Constitution and judicial power 15. Administrative action, the rule of law and unconstitutional vagueness - Oran Doyle16. Article 16 of the Irish Constitution and judicial review of electoral processes - David Prendergast17. Social and economic rights in the Irish courts and the potential for constitutionalisation - Claire Michelle SmythIndex

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Book SynopsisThis ambitious and important book is a richly detailed account of the ideas and activities in the early-modern ‘secret state’ and its agencies, spies, informers and intelligencers, under the English Republic and the Cromwellian protectorate. The book investigates the meanings this early-modern Republican state acquired to express itself, by exploring its espionage actions, the moral conundrums, and the philosophical background of secret government in the era. It considers in detail the culture and language of plots, conspiracies, and intrigues and it also exposes how the intelligence activities of the Three Kingdoms began to be situated within early-modern government from the Civil Wars to the rule of Oliver Cromwell. It introduces the reader to some of the personalities who were caught up in this world of espionage, from intelligencers like Thomas Scot and John Thurloe to the men and women who became its secret agents and spies. The book includes stories of activities not just in England, but also in Ireland and Scotland, and it especially investigates intelligence and espionage during the critical periods of the British Civil Wars and the important developments which took place under the English Republic and Oliver Cromwell in the 1650s. The book will appeal to historians, students, teachers, and readers who are fascinated by the secret affairs of intelligence and espionage.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: The background1 Themes and issues2 The secretary of state 3 The civil warsPart II: Republican espionage4 Thomas Scot and the English Republic5 John Thurloe and the Cromwellian regimeAfterwordIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Treasury is one of Britain’s oldest, most powerful and secretive institutions, one that has played a central role in shaping the country's economic system. But all too often it has escaped public scrutiny when it comes to investigating the ups and downs of the UK economy. When portrayed, it is usually as a bedrock of government stability in times of crisis, repeatedly rescuing the nation’s finances from the hands of posturing politicians and the combustions of world financial markets. However, there is another side to the story. In between the highs there have been many lows, from botched privatizations to dubious private finance initiatives, from failing to spot the great financial crisis to facilitating ever-growing inequalities.Davis’s book goes behind the scenes to offer an inside history of the Treasury, in the words of the chancellors, advisors and civil servants themselves. It shows the shortcomings as well as the successes, the personalities and the thinking which have shaped Britain’s economy since the mid-1970s. Based on interviews with over fifty key figures, it offers a fascinating, alternative insight on how and why the UK economy came to function as it does today, and why reform is long overdue.Trade Review'At the heart of British policymaking stands the mighty Treasury, instinctively pro-market, conservative and centralising. Its achievement is to preserve stability and its failure is to stifle innovation. In this superb book, Aeron Davis tells a somewhat depressing story of institutional continuity in the midst of change over half a century. Institutions matter. The example of Her Majesty's Treasury shows how and why.'Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial TimesOne of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2022: Economics'Aeron Davis's balanced, historical account of unaccountable, technocratic power is an essential read.' Ann Pettifor, author and Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics at PRIME'Through fascinating and surprisingly candid interviews with those who ran the Treasury over decades, Aeron Davis has put the politics back into UK economics, revealing the personalities and ideologies that have profoundly shaped the nation's most powerful institution and, through it, the whole economy. For anyone seeking to understand and influence UK policymaking - whichever political party is in power - this book is an essential and riveting read.'Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics'After all, as Aeron Davis shows in this perceptive and revealing history of the past half-century of the department that underwrites every British political decision, the Treasury has a very strong instinct for self-preservation. Many of the most important – and the most damaging – policies of recent decades have been developed and promoted by the Treasury’s institutional compulsion to settle the national balance sheet.'Will Dunn, The New Statesman'This is a splendid survey of a key department of state. The Treasury dominates the state machine.'Will Podmore, Morning Star 'It should be clear from this short review that this book is not just an interesting overview of the Treasury over the last 40+ years. It is also an invaluable record of what some of the key political and official actors involved in UK economic policy thought they were doing at the time and how they view that in retrospect. I thoroughly recommend reading it to anyone interested in the recent economic history of the UK.'Simon Wren-Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford 'Aeron Davis lucidly and accessibly illuminates an institution, the UK Treasury, that prides itself on being the salvation of the British economy when, in fact, it is a major contributory factor in its sub-par performance. Combining responsibility for controlling the public finances and economic management, the latter has very much played second fiddle, increasingly contracted out to third parties, with over-reliance on a bloated financial sector and successive property bubbles to keep everything afloat. The analysis thematically unfolds from the IMF debacle under the Callaghan Labour Government, to the Brexit and Covid crises under the Johnson Conservative Government. Essential reading for academics as a case study of the importance of an institutional perspective - and for a more general readership to understand all that has gone wrong with the British economy over the last half century.'Chris Painter, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Management, Birmingham City University -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction: The Treasury as saviour?2 Creative destruction and the road to nowhere: A microeconomists’ story3 Financialization not neoliberalism: The City’s Trojan Horse enters the Treasury4 Pseudo-Keynesianism, debt and magic money trees: The financial fixers come to town5 Visions of Empire and globalisation: Rise of the internationalists6 The great financial crash and the great failed paradigm shift: A technocrats’ tale7 Austerity, spin, and the road to Brexit: Posh boys take charge8 Brexit and Covid postscript: Reckless opportunists gain control9 Conclusions: An institutional perspective on UK economic historyList of intervieweesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a ground-breaking and intellectually engaging work on authoritarian discontinuity in Egypt after the shockwaves, and the impact this has had at the overall domestic and international political, social and economic levels. It questions political ecology and the legitimation struggle along the spectrum of sustainable development. -- .

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Book SynopsisWhen we are told so regularly that we live in a ‘post truth’ age and are surrounded by ‘fake news’, it can be tempting to think of politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public affairs is preoccupied with the power and reach of platforms or the passion and rage of social media exchanges. As important as these issues may be, a focus on the communicative risks downgrading the political. Media, Democracy and Social Change puts politics back into political communications. It shows how within a digital media ecology, the wider context of neoliberal capitalism remains essential for understanding what political communications is, and can hope to be. Tackling broad themes of structural inequality, technological change, political realignment and social transformation, the book explores political communications as it relates to debates around the state, infrastructures, elites, populism, political parties, activism, the legacies of colonialism, and more. It is both an expert introduction to the field of political communications, and a critical intervention to help re-imagine what a democratic politics might mean in a digital age. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and activists. Aeron Davis, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman and Gholam Khiabany all work at the Department of Media and Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London, where they teach together on the MA in Political Communications. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Putting Politics Back Into Political Communications Chapter 2. Infrastructures of Political Communications Chapter 3. The State of Political Communications Chapter 4. Elites, Experts, Power and Democracy Chapter 5. Democracy without Political Parties? Chapter 6. The Violence of an Illiberal Liberalism Chapter 7. Political Communications, Civil Society and the Commons Chapter 8. Intellectuals and the Re-imagining of Political Communications

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Book SynopsisWe’re accustomed to seeing humour as a diversion from the serious side of life, but humour also permeates some of the most troubling political developments in recent years. From the resurgence of white nationalism to the erosion of democratic norms, jokes force-feed us objectionable ideologies while we gasp and splutter at all the side-splitting shenanigans. This book explores the relationship between humour and offensiveness in contemporary society. Drawing on examples from philosophical thinkers and popular culture, it invites readers to consider the dark side of humour. Weaving together cultural analysis, political discussion and philosophical reflection, the book provides an antidote to positive thinking about laughter and a roadmap for navigating different types of offensive humour.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Content Warning 2. Laugh Track 3. Prankster Diplomacy 4. Evil Clowns 5. Body Double 6. Gender Reveal Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis leading text provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to Chinese foreign relations. Robert G. Sutter assesses China’s growing international political and economic assertiveness and considers the causes and grave consequences of tensions with the United States.

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Book SynopsisThis deeply knowledgeable book provides a concise introduction to North Korea. Two leading experts, Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig, trace the country’s history from its founding in 1948 and describe the many facets of its political, economic, social, and cultural life.The authors illuminate a hidden nation dominated by three generations of the secretive Kim regime, a family dynasty more suited to the Middle Ages than the contemporary era. North Korea has a robust if outmoded military force, including a growing arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, to deter and defend against foreign attacks and to maintain independence and isolation from the rest of the world. The struggling economy, disconnected from the global marketplace, operates under harsh international sanctions. All North Koreans, from the highest party cadres to the youngest children living in prison camps, are essentially servants of the leader. Despite Kim Jong-un’s despotic control, the authors argue that North Korea cannot continue on its current path indefinitely. Kim treats even his closest associates harshly, and the gap is widening between his elite supporters, numbering a million or so, and the other twenty-four million North Koreans. The economic and technological gap between South Korea and North Korea is increasing as well, and younger people are becoming disenchanted as they gradually learn more about the outside world.

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Book SynopsisAuthoritarian regimes in many countries, and the men that lead them, depend on the international management of licit and illicit funds under their control. Frank Vogl shows that curbing their activities for their kleptocratic clients is critical to secure democracy, enhance national security, and ensure international financial stability.Table of Contents1:Dirty Money 2:Then and Now3: The Scale of Grand Corruption4:Blind Bankers 5:Slumbering Regulators6:Klepto-Debt7:Klepto-Investing8:Secret Dealings 9:Corrupt Trade 10: Arms and Graft11: Democracy at Risk 12: Ticking the Boxes is Not Enough 13:Enforcement 14:In the Public Interest Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Chapter Notes

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Book SynopsisEdited volume by well-known experts for each chapter. This book fills in an important hole in the existing literature by offering a look at how the international system and international relations is impacted by the Ukrainian War.Most of the books dealing with Russia after the end of the Cold War deal either with internalpolitics or Russian foreign policy. There is very little overlap.This text specifically examines the effect of the war in Ukraine on Russia and its foreign policy. Further, it examines relations with specific great powers instead of providing justa broad and general overview.

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Book SynopsisThe statistics are pretty grim - the young people of the US face an ever increasing tide of poverty, alcohol, and drug abuse, violence, suicide, and family dysfunction. However, society's response has been slow. Too many young people do not receive consistent, positive, and realistic validation of themselves from the adults on whom they depend. The problems facing today's youth demonstrate the critical need for responsible adults to establish close, helping relationships with our young people. This means not only helping them achieve academically, but also teaching them skills such as assertiveness, decision making, conflict resolution, impulse control, anger management, empathy, sensitivity, and tolerance of difference. This book goes beyond the stilted rhetoric on the problems of youth and the dilemma for society by outlining specific treatment intervention and prevention strategies that address the full spectrum of dysfunctional behavior. It introduces structured intervention strategies for school and community collaboration, with an emphasis on remediation and treatment. Educators and helping professionals will find counseling strategies and psychoeducational techniques that focus on primary prevention. These primary prevention strategies are supported by an understanding of critical social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Each chapter introduces the latest demographic data and the factors that make children and adolescents vulnerable to self-defeating or self-destructive behaviors, and then counteracts these factors with structured intervention and preventionTable of ContentsPREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, PART I: RATIONALE AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE SKILLS DEFICITS: ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, CHAPTER 2: EMPOWERING YOUTH: SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING AND MULTIMODAL INTERVENTIONS, CHAPTER 3: PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL GROUPS IN INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS, PART II: MANIFESTATIONS OF BEHAVIOR AND RELATED SKILLS, CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE, CHAPTER 5: UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CHAPTER 6: LOSS, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE, CHAPTER 7: CONFLICTED YOUTH, DELINQUENCY, AND VIOLENCE, CHAPTER 8: ALIENATION, UNDERACHIEVEMENT, AND DROPPING OUT, CHAPTER 9: ISOLATION, VICTIMIZATION, AND ABUSE, PART III: CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH EMPOWERMENT OF OTHERS, CHAPTER 10: EMPOWERING YOUTH, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, EPILOGUE, REFERENCES, INDEX, ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Book SynopsisThis work examines the complex, detailed relationship between the theory of wealth and the theory of power, both subsumed as they are under the overarching mantle of capitalist ideology, ever distorting real connections and evading critical issues. It examines various theories of class, state, and power either explicitly or implicitly avowed in the diverse social science disciplines of politics, economics, and sociology. In illuminating the subtle machinations of ideology, it boldly reveals the realist ontology of capitalism which produces illusory theory. The essays employ transcendental realism, emphasizing the primacy of ontology over epistemology as a mode of critique, necessarily going beyond traditional Marxian arguments in many cases. Although intended only as an analytical critique, the project is emancipatory of necessity, for it allows, ultimately, for an increased purchase on reality.Table of ContentsPart 1 Capitalism And Social Theory: Marxism And Pluralism; Chapter 1 Marxism and Pluralism: The Fateful Marx-Weber Encounter; Chapter 2 Max Weber and Rationalization: A Critique; Chapter 3 Bureaucracy, Power, and Domination: A Commentary; Part 2 Marx and Political Theory: Theories of State, Class, and Power; Chapter 4 The Iron Law of Oligarchy: A Critique of Michels; Chapter 5 The Ruling Class: A Critique of Mosca; Chapter 6 Classical Marxism, NeoMarxism, and the State: A Retrospective; Part 3 Political Economy and Policy: The Foundations of Classicism; Chapter 7 The Riddle of Laissez-Faire: Tales of Ricardo; Chapter 8 The Demise of Ricardianism: Some Theses on Ricardo; Chapter 9 Political Economy and Policy: The Malthus-Ricardo Embroilment; Part 4 Economics and Epistemology: Toward Materialism; Chapter 10 The Foundations of Economic Analysis: Toward Realism; Chapter 11 Science, Class, and Theory: The Elusive Anatomy of Social Discourse; Chapter 12 Political Economy and Philosophy: Tensions in Orthodoxy; Part 5 EuroMarxism and Third-Worldism: Toward Autonomism; Chapter 13 EuroMarxism and “Dependency”: A Portentous Disjunction;

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Book Synopsis"Howard Fast makes superb use of his material. ... Aside from its social and historical implications, Freedom Road is a high-geared story, told with that peculiar dramatic intensity of which Fast is a master". -- Chicago Daily NewsTable of ContentsPart 1 The Voting; A Chapter 1 How Gideon Jackson Came Home from the Voting; Chapter 2 How Gideon Jackson and Brother Peter Talked Together; Chapter 3 How Gideon Jackson Went to Charleston and the Adventures That Befell Him on the Way; Chapter 4 How Gideon Jackson Labored with Both His Hands and His Head; Chapter 5 How Gideon Jackson Was a Guest of Honor at a Great Affair; Chapter 6 How Gideon Jackson Went Home to His People; Chapter 7 How Gideon Jackson Journeyed Far Afield and How He Made Both a Bargain and a Choice; Part 2 The Fighting; Chapter 8 How Gideon Jackson Went to See a Tired Man; Chapter 9 How Gideon Jackson and His Son Came Once More to Carwell; Chapter 10 How Gideon Jackson Fought the Good Fight; An Afterword; Documents of the Reconstruction Era;

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Book SynopsisThis reference work provides basic information, descriptions, and explanations of how laws governing criminal behavior are made and enforced, and corrections for those who violate criminal law. Where do police get their power over citizens? Who polices the police? What is the difference between parole and probation? What is the recidivism rate for prisoners? What is the difference between civil and criminal law? What is an arraignment? Answers to these and over 500 more questions are found in CQ’s Desk Reference on American Criminal Justice. This is the only book in a reference format that provides quick access and easy-to-find information for students and citizens who need to acquire a basic and comprehensive understanding of our system of law enforcement, courts in the context of criminal law, and corrections. Supporting the curriculum for criminal justice as it is studied in American government, history, and law enforcement courses in high schools and colleges, this reference volume will also cover any questions your patrons and students may have on public issues such as police brutality, prison reform, and juvenile justice.

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Book SynopsisWokeness, cancel culture, identity politics, political correctness, multiculturalism—terms unsettling but also somehow inescapable. Thomas F. Powers shows how these are all one thing, elements of one broad political phenomenon—the anti-discrimination regime—–that has since 1964 been working to challenge and undermine America’s defining liberal democratic tradition (the tradition of the Declaration and the Constitution). The many deep lines of tension between the old and the new, presented here with arresting clarity, allow us to grasp the new order in its distinctiveness. Novel imperatives to regulate private life (behavior, speech, thought) begin to come to sight in the new order’s many laws and institutions. Attentive to the crucial role of law, the main focus of this book is nevertheless on the ideas, especially the moral ideals, thrust upon us by the new regime. This study examines theorists of multicultural education (non-postmodernist and postmodernist) who, without hesitation, set forth a new civic education and a new form of democratic pluralism for America. When a country has a new civic education, a new pluralism, and a new morality, these are signs of fundamental change not to be ignored. The book culminates in a direct critical examination of the new logic of group politics and the new morality of the anti-discrimination regime. In embarking on this new chapter of democratic life, do we know what we are doing?Trade Review“Critical race theory seemed to explode on the scene in 2020. The ground for today’s CRT was prepared more than fifty years ago with multiculturalism. And multiculturalism was just America's anti-discriminatory, anti-racist laws translated into education. Like Christopher Caldwell’s Age of Entitlement, Thomas Powers’s American Multiculturalism and the Anti-Discrimination Regime shows how the laudable impulse behind anti-discrimination revolutionized education, law, morality, and finally the Constitution. No gimmick can rid the country of this deeply-embedded challenge to our institutions. Our anti-discrimination morality is radical and illiberal—and America must choose between being a free country and being an anti-racist country.” —Scott Yenor, Professor of Political Science at Boise State University“This excellent, groundbreaking book meticulously shows the need for an Aristotelian political science that analyzes the Civil Rights Regime, the actual regime that orders our lives and minds today, which has supplanted the natural rights regime of the Founders. Citizens and scholars wondering about the real causes that transformed America should turn to Powers as a guide.” ––Arthur Milikh, Executive Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life

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Book SynopsisFrom 'Operation Cast Lead' to the recent assault on the Gaza flotilla, both the severity and the notoriety of Israel's many human rights abuses have begun to seep into the public consciousness and convince a growing international audience of the apartheid nature of Israel as a Jewish state. Boycott, divestment and sanctions efforts (BDS) helped topple South Africa's brutal apartheid regime. In this timely collection, Palestinian writer Omar Barghouti makes the case for a renewed campaign to force the state of Israel to uphold international law and universal human rights.Table of ContentsIntroduction: BDS: What? Why? Why Now? 1--Israeli Apartheid: Time for the South African Treatment 2--Israel vs. South Africa: Reflecting on the Cultural Boycott 3--On the Moral Responsibility of Scholars in Situations of Oppression 4--Just Intellectuals? Oppression, Resistance, and the Public Role of Intellectuals 5--Freedom vs. “Academic Freedom”: The AUT Boycott 6--Israel: So You Think You Can Dance? 7--Fighting Apartheid in South Africa, Celebrating Apartheid in Israel: Open letter to Nadine Gordimer 8--Between South Africa and Israel: UNESCO’s Double-Standards 9--What we really need! A response to anti-boycott arguments 10--Derailing Injustice: Palestinian Civil Resistance to the “Jerusalem Light Rail” 11--"Boycotts work": An interview with Omar Barghouti by Ali Mustafa 12--Never Against! European Collusion in Israel's Slow Genocide 13--Boycotting Israeli settlement products: tactic vs. strategy 14--Our South Africa Moment has Arrived Conclusion--BDS: If not now, when?

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Book SynopsisThey are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone), shortlisted for the 2019 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America, is an urgent collection of oral histories that tells—in their own words—the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in the United States. Fifteen narrators describe why they fled their homes, what happened on their dangerous journeys through Mexico, how they crossed the borders, and for some, their ongoing struggles to survive in the United States. In an era of fear, xenophobia, and outright lies, these stories amplify the compelling voices of migrant youth. What can they teach us about abuse and abandonment, bravery and resilience, hypocrisy and hope? They bring us into their hearts and onto streets filled with the lure of freedom and fraught with violence. From fending off kidnappers with knives and being locked in freezing holding cells to tearful reunions with parents, Solito, Solita’s narrators bring to light the experiences of young people struggling for a better life across the border. This collection includes the story of Adrián, from Guatemala City, whose mother was shot to death before his eyes. He refused to join a gang, rode across Mexico atop cargo trains, crossed the US border as a minor, and was handcuffed and thrown into ICE detention on his eighteenth birthday. We hear the story of Rosa, a Salvadoran mother fighting to save her life as well as her daughter’s after death squads threatened her family. Together they trekked through the jungles on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, where masked men assaulted them. We also meet Gabriel, who after surviving sexual abuse starting at the age of eight fled to the United States, and through study, legal support and work, is now attending UC Berkeley.Trade Review"Intense testimonies that leave one shivering, astonished at the bravery of the human spirit. Mayers and Freedman have done a magnanimous job collecting these histories. America, are you listening?" —Sandra Cisneros “Solito, Solita gives readers the rare chance to hear directly from young migrants who have risked everything for a better life on our side of the border. With unflinching clarity, they detail the violence they left behind, the fear and difficulties they face after arrival, and the hope and resiliency that carries them through it all. They have courageously shared these experiences with the idea that people like us might read their stories and be moved to action, and we owe it to them to do so.” —Francisco Cantú, author of The Line Becomes a River “This book fills a crucial missing piece in today’s immigration debate. Everyone who cares about immigration—and about migrants—should read it... The searing, heart-wrenching firsthand accounts in this book bring to life the experiences of Central Americans before they reach the United States: the tragic experiences of poverty, violence, and abuse that push individuals to flee their homes, the agonizing and perilous journeys across Mexico and Central America, and the baffling bureaucracy and abuse they find upon arriving in the United States.” —Aviva Chomsky, professor at Salem State University and author of Undocumented “Stories of war and exile, of migrations and survival—a most pertinent collection for our times, one that puts a human face on the greatest tragedy and humanitarian crises of our generation. This collection is a must-read for politicians that demonize refugees and a call to action for everyone else.” —Alejandro Murguia, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus and professor of Latina/ Latino Studies at San Francisco State University “Immigration narratives are too often reduced to tropes, to statistics and numbers, to binary politics and manipulative rhetoric, but not so in this volume of stories. Solito, Solita reaches beyond and beneath the headlines, clearing the mess and the noise so that we can hear the voices that matter most in contemporary migration: those of young migrants themselves.” —Lauren Markham, author of Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life “These raw voices pulse with heartbreak, resilience, hope, and even joy, shining a light on the forces that compel young people to flee their homes in the Northern Triangle in search of safety and solace in the United States. A must-read for today’s immigration debate.” —Sara Campos, codirector of the New American Story ProjectTable of ContentsFOREWORD INTRODUCTION by Steven Mayers and Jonathan Freedman COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR’S NOTE by Mimi Lok MAP OF MIGRATION ROUTES Soledad Castillo, Honduras: “Nobody wanted me.” Josué Nieves, El Salvador: “My father didn’t want me to see that he was crying.” Gabriel Méndez, Honduras: “I was made to do things I didn’t want to do.” Jhony Chuc, Guatemala: “You ride on top of the Beast and are totally exposed.” Noemi Tun, Guatemala: “People fought over water and land.” Isabel Vásquez, El Salvador: “Before, a village like ours was so beautiful, and suddenly things were ruined.” Danelia Silva, El Salvador: “He’d break down doors and come through the windows, or, if not, from the roof, up the fire escape.” Adrián Cruz, Guatemala: “I was solito, solito. I decided to cross by myself.” Pedro Hernandez, Guatemala: “The immigration police herded us into cars and drove us to la hielera, the freezer.” Cristhian Molina, Honduras: “For eighteen years I have wandered from the bottom to the top of North America, trying to change my life.” Rosa Cuevas, El Salvador: “We walked for days, through the jungle, risking our lives, not meeting anyone.” Ernesto González, Honduras: “I’m the only one still alive.” Julio Zavala, Honduras: “When I slept, there were cameras on four sides.” Ismael Xol, Guatemala: “Maybe I’ll be transferred to the university next year as planned, or maybe I’ll be deported back to Guatemala.” Itzel Tzab, Guatemala: “Only by leaving my studies could I work to pay him back.” APPENDIXES Ten Things You Can Do Historical Timeline III. Glossary Essays Risk Factors for Children Violence against Women

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Book SynopsisLong Term Offenders, or LTOs, is the state's term for those it condemns to effective death by imprisonment. Often serving sentences of sixty to eighty years, LTOs bear the brunt of the bipartisan embrace of mass incarceration heralded by the 'tough on crime' agenda of the 1990s and 2000s. Like the rest of the United States' prison population they are disproportionately poor and non-white. The Long Term brings these often silenced voices to light, offering a powerful indictment of the prison-industrial complex from activists, scholars, and those directly surviving and resisting these sentences.Trade Review"This book is sunshine. A work of co-creation committed to destroying all forms of confinement, this powerful collection of critical essays, personal reflections, conversations, poetry, theater, art, war stories, love stories, and manifestos expose long-term caging for what it is: a drawn out execution. It also advances an abolitionist vision dedicated to interrogating and dismantling the institutions, practices, and ideologies that harm us, and imagining (and enacting) new ways of living, learning, and loving--new feminist freedoms. Inspiring, sobering, illuminating, terrifying, The Long Term, in other words, refers not just to the sentence but also to the struggle. As you read each page, remember that sunshine is life and power." −Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination "The Long Term is a powerful collection of voices, curated and edited by a powerful line-up of veteran organizers and radical thinkers. The writers in this collection make a compelling and eloquent case against 'the prison nation' and give us a glimpse of the resistance and the alternatives that are already in the works." −Barbara Ransby, historian, writer, activist and Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago "The Long Term is a book for your favorite armchair: powerful reflections from the formerly incarcerated, the currently incarcerated, and those who work for their release from behind bars. From the front lines, it will inflame and inspire you to be part of this powerful wave of prison abolition and liberation." −Bernardine Dohrn, co-author Race Course Against White Supremacy "The essays collected in The Long Term address essential questions facing contemporary movements: "What must be transformed and built to eliminate harm, cultivate strong communities, and create forms of authentic public safety? What are the levers and the mind-sets that make prisons and policing appear logical, necessary, and possible?" This collection pulls together brilliant insights from writers inside and outside prisons, making critical insights and proposals about what it will take to get rid of police and prisons and build real safety and justice. This book is a must-read for anyone fighting against racism and criminalization. The Long Term is full of insightful, practical wisdom about how the punishment system is operating, what is fueling it, what reform attempts are inadvertently propping it up, and what kinds of work is actually necessary to abolish it. The Long Term is a bold and important contribution to feminist, anti-racist, and anti-punishment scholarship and activism." −Dean Spade, founder of TORCH, Training and Organizing Resources for Community Health, author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of LawTable of ContentsTable of Contents Section 1We Are AliveStories from inside/out of people serving long term sentencing and campaigns/struggles for liberation.1) Staying Alive Monica Cosby, formerly incarcerated mom, Mothers Against Violence and Incarceration 2) Death by Incarceration by Decarcerated PA3) Two TermsBenny Rio, incarcerated writer at Stateville, not yet confirmed4) Football Numbers Philip Hartsfield, incarcerated writer at Stateville5) Interviewwith Beth Richie + Albert WoodboxSection 2: Long Term Sentencing and the Illusion/Myths of SafetyTexts will sketch out the architecture of long term sentencing as a pillar of mass criminalization and incarceration1) The Truth about Truth In Sentencing by Joseph Dole2) Historical analysis of Long Term SentencingJames Kilgore3) Up Close and Personal:A Look at Women and Long-Term Prison SentencesCathy Boudine4)Conversation on the politics of being ‘tough on crime’Dylan Rodriguez, Page May, Jason Perez5) Suspended: a science fiction futureKristina Colon, not yet confirmed6) Million Dollar blocks and Vacant NeighborhoodsRyan HollonSection 3: Liberatory Feminisms: Towards Dismantling White SupremacyA product of white supremacy and patriarchal frameworks, long term sentencing creates norms and shapes how we see ourselves and each other. This section critiques norms and imagines futures.1) Prison is Not FeministMairiame Kaba2) Collective Determinations: BYP100 and Fund Black FuturesJanae Bonsu3) Against carceral feminisms: why reversing the long term sentence is about rethinking responses to violence, including interpersonal violence and ending violence against “women and children”Deana Lewis and Rachel Caidor4) The Longest long-term: Aboriginal and Indigenous resistancesBoneta-Marie Mabo (Australia), Standing Rock image/Melanie Cervantes Digntade/Rebele, Naomi Moyer not yet confirmed.5)Gender non-conforming bodiesLiat Ben-Moshe in dialogue with Reina Gosset not yet confirmedSection 4: Long Term Resistance // Building Resistance for the Long Term1) Schooling and the Prison Industrial ComplexDave Stovall2) We Charge Genocide and the Homan Square campaignDamon Williams3) Organizing Ban the BoxVivian Nixon or Glen Martin not yet confirmed4) Lessons from All of Us or NoneLinda Evans5) Long term intergenerational strugglesLaura Whitehorn(New York?), Cara Page (New York), Debbie Kilroy (Australia Sisters Inside),Julia Whaipooti (New Zealand,JUSTspeak), Amanda George (Australia), INCITE, Rachel Herzing (CR, etc), Craig Gilmore (NYC), facilitated by Paula Austin or Bill Ayers (JILL) not yet confirmed6) Legacies of Margaret BurroughsEve Ewing, not yet confirmedSection 5: Litanies for SurvivalShort texts from writers in prison and families of incarcerated people. Recommend to dispersethese throughout the book.1) Five things I know I need to stay free for the long-term 250 words and images set up in an essay format: students at Sister Jean Adult High Schooledited and framed by Crystal Laura and/or Karen Reyes2) Survival strategies for siblingsMaya Schenwar, Elizabeth Brent3) Survival strategies insideby a woman writer inside, not yet confirmed Cedric Cal4) Survival strategies for parentsMary L Johnson, Armanda Shackelford. Robin Thompkins, the Cals, the Cunninghams, Sistas of the Hood, not yet confirmed.5) Father and Son insideKenneth + Michael Key (Sarah has asked, will follow up)

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Book SynopsisThe Vietnam War was one of America's longest, bloodiest, and most controversial wars. This volume examines the complexities of this protracted conflict and explains why the lessons learned in Vietnam are still highly relevant today. Vietnam War: The Essential Reference Guide provides a compendium of the key people, places, organizations, treaties, and events that make up the history of the war, explaining its causes, how it was conducted, and its far-reaching consequences. Written by recognized authorities, this ready-reference volume provides essential information all in one place and includes a comprehensive list of additional sources for further study. The work presents a detailed chronology that outlines the numerous battles and campaigns throughout the war, such as the Tet Offensive, the Battle of Hamburger Hill, Operation Rolling Thunder, and the Battle of Hue. Biographies on Lyndon Johnson, William Westmoreland, Robert McNamara, Ngo Dinh Diem, and other major political figures and military leaders provide insight into the individuals who played key roles in the conflict, while primary source documents such as President Nixon's speech on Vietnamization provide invaluable historical context.Trade ReviewThis publication provides a better understanding of various aspects of the Vietnam War for its readers, especially through reading the introductory essays. The fact that the editor, James Willbanks, was actually there as an Army officer and advisor, does add some authority to this work. * Reference Reviews *An excellent starting point for compressed background information on a large number of the complex topics and issues related to the Vietnam War. * Booklist *Overall, this is a 'just the facts' type of resource, and a good starting point for brief information on the multitudinous topics related to the Vietnam War. Summing Up: Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsOverview of the Vietnam War Causes of the Vietnam War Consequences of the Vietnam War Communist Strategy Opposition to the War The Tet Offensive and the Media U.S. Involvement in Indochina Reference Entries Abrams, Creighton Williams, Jr. (1914–1974) African Americans in the U.S. Military Airpower, Role in War Attrition Bao Dai (1913–1997) BARREL ROLL, Operation (1964–1973) Bundy, McGeorge (1919–1996) Bundy, William Putnam (1917–2000) Bunker, Ellsworth (1894–1984) Cambodian Incursion (April 29–July 22, 1970) China, People's Republic of, Policy toward Vietnam Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support Colby, William Egan (1920–1996) Con Thien, Siege of (September 4–October 4, 1967) Containment Policy Cooper-Church Amendment Cu Chi Tunnels Dak To, Battle of (June 17–November 22, 1967) Dau Tranh Strategy Dien Bien Phu, Battle of (March 13–May 7, 1954) Domino Theory EAGLE PULL, Operation (April 12, 1975) Easter Offensive (1972) FARM GATE, Operation (1961–1967) Ford, Gerald Rudolph (1913–2006) FREQUENT WIND, Operation (April 29–30, 1975) Fulbright, James William (1905–1995) Geneva Conference and Geneva Accords of 1954 Goldwater, Barry Morris (1909–1998) Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 2 and 4, 1964) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Haig, Alexander Meigs, Jr. (1924–2010) Hamburger Hill, Battle of (May 11–20, 1969) Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) Ho Chi Minh Campaign (April 1975) Ho Chi Minh Trail Hue, Battle of (January 31–February 25, 1968) Ia Drang, Battle of (October 19–November 26, 1965) Indochina War (1946–1954) Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908–1973) JUNCTION CITY, Operation (February 22–May 4, 1967) Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917–1963) Kennedy, Robert Francis (1925–1968) Kent State University Shootings (May 4, 1970) Khe Sanh, Battle of (April–October 1967 and January–March 1968) Kissinger, Henry Alfred (1923–) Komer, Robert W. (1922–2000) Laird, Melvin Robert (1922–) LAM SON 719, Operation (February 8–March 24, 1971) Laos Le Duan (1907–1986) LINEBACKER I, Operation (May 10–October 23, 1972) LINEBACKER II, Operation (December 18–29, 1972) Lon Nol (1913–1985) MARKET TIME, Operation (1965–1972) McCarthy, Eugene Joseph (1916–2005) McNamara, Robert Strange (1916–2009) MENU, Operation (March 18, 1969–May 26, 1970) My Lai Massacre (March 16, 1968) Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963) Nguyen Van Thieu (1923–2001) Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913–1994) Paris Peace Accords (January 17, 1973) Pentagon Papers and Trial (1971) Pham Van Dong (1906–2000) Phoenix Program (1968–1972) Prisoners of War, Allied RANCH HAND, Operation (January 12, 1962–January 7, 1971) ROLLING THUNDER, Operation (March 2, 1965–October 31, 1968) Rusk, David Dean (1909–1994) Search and Destroy Sihanouk, Norodom (1922–2012) STEEL TIGER, Operation (April 3, 1965–December 11, 1968) Strategic Hamlet Program (1961–1964) Taylor, Maxwell Davenport (1901–1987) Tet Offensive, Overall Strategy (January 30–March 31, 1968) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States Congress and the Vietnam War Vann, John Paul (1924–1972) Vo Nguyen Giap (1911–) Westmoreland, William Childs (1914–2005) Primary Source Documents Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (September 2, 1945) Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina (July 21, 1954) President Dwight Eisenhower: Letter to Ngo Dinh Diem (October 23, 1954) National Security Action Memorandum No. 328 (April 6, 1965) Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense: Excerpt from Memorandum for President Lyndon Johnson (April 21, 1965) Ho Chi Minh: Letter to Lyndon Johnson (February 15, 1967) President Lyndon Johnson: Excerpt from Address in San Antonio, Texas (September 29, 1967) General William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam: Excerpts from National Press Club Address (November 21, 1967) President Lyndon Johnson: Excerpts from Televised Address (March 31, 1968) President Richard Nixon: Excerpts from Speech on Vietnamization (November 3, 1969) President Richard Nixon: Excerpts from Speech on Cambodia (April 30, 1970) Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor: Excerpt from News Conference (October 26, 1972) President Richard Nixon: Letter to President Nguyen Van Thieu (November 14, 1972) Excerpt from Paris Peace Agreement (January 27, 1973) Vietnam War Chronology Bibliography Editor and Contributors List Index

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