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The Israeli-West-German Reparations Agreement from September 10,
1952, is considered an event of paramount importance in the history
of the State of Israel due to its dramatic and far-reaching
implications in multiple spheres. Moreover, this agreement marked a
breakthrough in international law. It recognized the right of one
country to claim compensation from another, in the name of a people
scattered around the globe, and following events that took place at
a time when neither polity existed. Post-Holocaust Reckonings
studies this historical chapter based on an enormous variety of
sources, some of which are revealed here for the first time, and it
is the first comprehensive research work available on the subject.
Researchers, lecturers, teachers, students, journalists,
politicians and laymen who are curious about history and political
science might take a great interest in this book. The subject of
indemnification for damages resulting from war or war crimes would
also be of interest to societies and communities worldwide who have
experienced or are currently experiencing human and material
tragedies due to national, ethnic or religious conflicts.
Understand the complexities of the most lethal insurgent group of
America's longest war-the Taliban. Battle hardened, tribally
oriented, and deeply committed to its cause, the Taliban has proven
itself resourceful, adaptable, and often successful. As such, the
Taliban presents a counterinsurgency puzzle for which the United
States has yet to identify effective military tactics, information
operations, and Coalition developmental policies. Written by one of
the Department of the Army's leading intelligence and military
analysts on the Taliban, this book covers the group's complete
history, including its formation, ideology, and political power, as
well as the origins of its current conflict with the United States.
The work carefully analyzes the agenda, capabilities, and support
base of the Taliban; forecasts the group's likely course of action
to retake Afghanistan; and details the Coalition forces' probable
counterinsurgency responses. Author Mark Silinsky also reviews the
successes and failures of the latest U.S. counterinsurgency
doctrine to extrapolate the best strategies for future
counterinsurgency campaigns. Provides insights from an author with
academic training in politics and economics as well as a 30-year
defense intelligence community background, including serving as an
Army analyst in Afghanistan Presents information recently obtained
under the Freedom of Information Act Analyzes the tribal,
religious, political, and international elements of the greater
Taliban problem
The Political Economy of News in China: Manufacturing Harmony is
the first full-scale application of Herman and Chomsky's classic
propaganda model to the news media content of a country with a
system that is not outwardly similar to the United States. Jesse
Owen Hearns-Branaman examines the news media of the People's
Republic of China using the five filters of the original model. He
asks provocative questions concerning the nature of media
ownership, the effect of government or private ownership on media
content, the elite-centered nature news sourcing patterns, the
benefits and costs of having active special interest groups to
influence news coverage, the continued usefulness of the concepts
of censorship and propaganda, the ability of advertisers to
indirectly influence news production, and the potential increase of
pro-capitalist, pro-consumerist ideology and nationalism in Chinese
news media. This book will appeal to scholars of international
media and journalism.
An intimate portrait of the postwar lives of Korean children and
women Korean children and women are the forgotten population of a
forgotten war. Yet during and after the Korean War, they were
central to the projection of US military, cultural, and political
dominance. Framed by War examines how the Korean orphan, GI baby,
adoptee, birth mother, prostitute, and bride emerged at the heart
of empire. Strained embodiments of war, they brought Americans into
Korea and Koreans into America in ways that defined, and at times
defied, US empire in the Pacific. What unfolded in Korea set the
stage for US postwar power in the second half of the twentieth
century and into the twenty-first. American destruction and
humanitarianism, violence and care played out upon the bodies of
Korean children and women. Framed by War traces the arc of intimate
relations that served as these foundations. To suture a fragmented
past, Susie Woo looks to US and South Korean government documents
and military correspondence; US aid organization records; Korean
orphanage registers; US and South Korean newspapers and magazines;
and photographs, interviews, films, and performances. Integrating
history with visual and cultural analysis, Woo chronicles how
Americans went from knowing very little about Koreans to making
them family, and how Korean children and women who did not choose
war found ways to navigate its aftermath in South Korea, the United
States, and spaces in between.
'This book offers an exciting indigenous perspective on Chinese
governance model and Professor Hongjun Zhao is to be applauded for
his invaluable contribution!' - Tony Fang, Stockholm University,
Sweden 'This book traces the root of China's past failure as well
as its success since 1978 to the inertia of its government
governance, which was in turn shaped by its environment, geography
and natural endowment. The book makes an important contribution to
the Neo-institutional school by introducing geographical factors to
explain the puzzling stability of the traditional Chinese
government governance and the new challenges this type of
governance is facing in an increasing globalizing world.' -
Guanzhong James wen, Trinity College, US 'Professor Zhao's book
offers us a unique and valuable perspective on China's present and
future from a historical perspective. The book also makes use of a
large amount of valuable quantitative statistics on various aspects
of Chinese history.' - Debin Ma, London School of Economics, UK
This book takes a long-term perspective to examine the evolution of
Chinese governance and its lasting impact on Chinese economic
development. Through its broad exploration of the style, strength,
and effectiveness of Chinese governance through the years, it
touches on a universal relationship between economic development
and governance and institutions, translating the experiences of one
of the world?s oldest civilizations into widespread, current
economic relevance. Hongjun Zhao first examines the formation of
Chinese style governance, the core contents of this governance, and
its vitality compared with other governance patterns in Chinese
history. He also discusses the effectiveness of this governance
pattern in supporting the economic development before the Song
dynasty, the failure of this governance during the past 3-5
centuries and the governmental role in pushing development since
1978. Finally, he makes a prediction of the direction of Chinese
governance patterns in over the next 20-30 years. Scholars and
researchers interested in China's long term economic development
will appreciate this comprehensive examination of the subject, as
will high level undergraduate and graduate students interested in
keeping pace with China?s rapid development.
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