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Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories - Volume III (Hardcover): H.D. Graham Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories - Volume III (Hardcover)
H.D. Graham
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The EOKA Cause - Nationalism and the Failure of Cypriot Enosis (Hardcover): Andrew R. Novo The EOKA Cause - Nationalism and the Failure of Cypriot Enosis (Hardcover)
Andrew R. Novo
R3,551 Discovery Miles 35 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the origins, conduct, and failure of Greek Cypriot nationalists to achieve the unification of Cyprus with Greece. Andrew Novo addresses the anti-colonial struggle in the context of: the competition for the nationalist narrative in Cyprus between the Left and Right, the duelling Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot nationalisms in Cyprus, the role of Turkey and Greece in the conflict on the island, and the concerns of the British Empire during its retrenchment following the Second World War. More than a narrative history of the period, an analysis of British policy, or a description of counter-insurgency operations, this book lays out an examination of the underpinnings of the enosis cause and its manifestation in action. It argues that the strategic myopia of the enosis movement shackled the cause, defined its conduct, and was the primary reason for its failure. Divided and occupied, Cyprus, and the world, deal with its unresolved legacy to this day.

The Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration - How the Portuguese Parliament Celebrates the 1974 Revolution (Hardcover): Michael... The Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration - How the Portuguese Parliament Celebrates the 1974 Revolution (Hardcover)
Michael Billig, Cristina Marinho
R4,956 Discovery Miles 49 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent years there has been much interest in collective memory and commemoration. It is often assumed that when nations celebrate a historic day, they put aside the divisions of the present to recall the past in a spirit of unity. As Billig and Marinho show, this does not apply to the Portuguese parliament's annual celebration of 25 April 1974, the day when the dictatorship, established by Salazar and continued by Caetano, was finally overthrown. Most speakers at the ceremony say little about the actual events of the day itself; and in their speeches they continue with the partisan politics of the present as combatively as ever. To understand this, the authors examine in detail how the members of parliament do politics within the ceremony of remembrance; how they engage in remembering and forgetting the great day; how they use the low rhetoric of manipulation and point-scoring, as well as high-minded political rhetoric. The book stresses that the members of the audience contribute to the meaning of the ceremony by their partisan displays of approval and disapproval. Throughout, the authors demonstrate that, to uncover the deeper meanings of political rhetoric, it is necessary to take note of significant absences. The Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration illustrates how an in-depth case-study can be invaluable for understanding wider processes. The authors are not content just to uncover unnoticed features of the Portuguese celebration. They use the particular example to provide original insights about the rhetoric of celebrating and the politics of remembering, as well as throwing new light onto the nature of party political discourse.

Fred Rogers - A Captivating Guide to the Man Behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (Hardcover): Captivating History Fred Rogers - A Captivating Guide to the Man Behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R716 R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women and War in the 21st Century - A Country-by-Country Guide (Hardcover): Margaret D. Sankey Women and War in the 21st Century - A Country-by-Country Guide (Hardcover)
Margaret D. Sankey
R2,005 Discovery Miles 20 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Twenty-three countries currently allow women to serve in front-line combat positions and others with a high likelihood of direct enemy contact. This book examines how these decisions did or did not evolve in 47 countries. This timely and fascinating book explores how different countries have determined to allow women in the military to take on combat roles-whether out of a need for personnel, a desire for the military to reflect the values of the society, or the opinion that women improve military effectiveness-or, in contrast, have disallowed such a move on behalf of the state. In addition, many countries have insurgent or dissident factions, in that have led armed resistance to state authority in which women have been present, requiring national militaries and peacekeepers to engage them, incorporate them, or disarm and deradicalize them. This country-by country analysis of the role of women in conflicts includes insightful essays on such countries as Afghanistan, China, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Russia, and the United States. Each essay provides important background information to help readers to understand the cultural and political contexts in which women have been integrated into their countries' militaries, have engaged in combat during the course of conflict, and have come to positions of political power that affect military decisions. Delineates the ways in which women are incorporated into national militaries in both the United States and countries around the world Offers in each entry the distinct national context in which countries have decided to employ women in warfare Reveals how different nations choose to include or exclude women from the military, providing key insight into each nation's values and priorities Examines how governments treat women serving in combat: battlefield experience can "earn" a woman citizenship or be cause for shunning her, depending on the state

Business in the Age of Extremes - Essays in Modern German and Austrian Economic History (Hardcover, New): Hartmut Berghoff,... Business in the Age of Extremes - Essays in Modern German and Austrian Economic History (Hardcover, New)
Hartmut Berghoff, Jurgen Kocka, Dieter Ziegler
R2,849 Discovery Miles 28 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection of essays explores the impact that nationalism, capitalism and socialism had on economics during the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe, contributors examine the role that businesspeople and enterprises played in Germany's and Austria's paths to the catastrophe of Nazism. Based on new archival research, the essays gathered here ask how the business community became involved in the political process and describes the consequences arising from that involvement. Particular attention is given to the responses of individual businesspeople to changing political circumstances and their efforts to balance the demands of their consciences with the pursuit for profit.

Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War (Hardcover): Amnon Aran Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War (Hardcover)
Amnon Aran
R2,845 Discovery Miles 28 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first study of Israeli foreign policy towards the Middle East and selected world powers including China, India, the European Union and the United States since the end of the Cold War. It provides an integrated account of these foreign policy spheres and serves as an essential historical context for the domestic political scene during these pivotal decades. The book demonstrates how foreign policy is shaped by domestic factors, which are represented as three concentric circles of decision-makers, the security network and Israeli national identity. Told from this perspective, Amnon Aran highlights the contributions of the central individuals, societal actors, domestic institutions, and political parties that have informed and shaped Israeli foreign policy decisions, implementation, and outcomes. Aran demonstrates that Israel has pursued three foreign policy stances since the end of the Cold War - entrenchment, engagement and unilateralism - and explains why.

Modern South Africa in World History - Beyond Imperialism (Hardcover): Rob Skinner Modern South Africa in World History - Beyond Imperialism (Hardcover)
Rob Skinner
R3,206 Discovery Miles 32 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book assesses South African history within imperial and global networks of power, trade and communication. South African modernity is understood in terms of the interplay between internal and external forces. Key historical themes, including the emergence of an industrialised economy, the development of systematic racial discrimination and popular resistance against racial power, and the influence of national and ethnic identities on political and social organisation, are set out in relation to imperial and global influences. This book is central to our understanding of South Africa in the context of world history.

Only Plane in the Sky - An Oral History of 9/11 (Paperback): Garrett M. Graff Only Plane in the Sky - An Oral History of 9/11 (Paperback)
Garrett M. Graff
R584 R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cheney (Hardcover): Joan Mamanakis, The Southwest Spokane County Historical Cheney (Hardcover)
Joan Mamanakis, The Southwest Spokane County Historical
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Undaunted - Leadership Amid Growth and Adversity (Hardcover): Ed Zier Undaunted - Leadership Amid Growth and Adversity (Hardcover)
Ed Zier
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Origins of the Cold War 1941-1949 (Hardcover, 5th edition): Martin McCauley Origins of the Cold War 1941-1949 (Hardcover, 5th edition)
Martin McCauley
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Now in its fifth edition, Origins of the Cold War 1941-1949 covers the formative years of the momentous struggle that developed between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. This accessible text explains how the Cold War originated and developed between 1941 and 1949 and involved the entire globe, with proxy wars being fought much to the detriment of the developing world. The fifth edition is revised, updated and expanded to include new material on topics such as the efforts of the Soviet Union, the UK and France to prevent the outbreak of World War II; the reasons behind the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; atomic diplomacy and the role played by Soviet spies in the West; the culture wars and propaganda; Churchill's efforts to entice the US into the war against Germany; the role of Hollywood in promoting intervention; the US's insouciance concerning the danger of a Japanese attack; the astonishing success of the Soviet Union in recruiting high level American officials to provide invaluable information on politics, science, engineering and avionics; and more. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, Martin McCauley provides students with an invaluable introduction to a fascinating period that shaped today's world. The book is an important staple for courses on modern global history and international affairs.

Globalizing Somalia - Multilateral, International and Transnational Repercussions of Conflict (Hardcover, New): Emma Leonard,... Globalizing Somalia - Multilateral, International and Transnational Repercussions of Conflict (Hardcover, New)
Emma Leonard, Gilbert Ramsay
R4,933 Discovery Miles 49 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection of essays demonstrates how chronic state failure and the inability of the international community to provide a solution to the conflict in Somalia has had transnational repercussions. Following the failed humanitarian mission in 1992-93, most countries refrained from any direct involvement in Somalia, but this changed in the 2000s with the growth of piracy and links to international terrorist organizations. The deterritorialization of the conflict quickly became apparent as it became transnational in nature. In part because of it lacked a government and was unable to work with the international community, Somalia came to be seen as a "testing-ground" by many international actors. Globalizing Somalia demonstrates how China, Japan, and the EU, among others, have all used the conflict in Somalia to project power, test the bounds of the national constitution, and test their own military capabilities. Contributed by international scholars and experts, the work examines the impact of globalization on the internal and external dynamics of the conflict, arguing that it is no longer geographically contained. By bringing together the many actors and issues involved, the book fills a gap in the literature as one of the most complete works on the conflict in Somalia to date. It will be an essential text to any student interested in Somalia and the horn of Africa, as well as in terrorism, and conflict processes.

Journey to a Brave New World, Part Two - Us Civilian Labor Camps, the Trojan Horse for the Communist Takeover of the United... Journey to a Brave New World, Part Two - Us Civilian Labor Camps, the Trojan Horse for the Communist Takeover of the United States, and a Plan to Stop (Hardcover)
David Watts
R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In his first book, "Journey to a Brave New World," author David Watts detailed how a small group of Satan-worshiping elites is following a multi-generational plan to manipulate humanity toward a vision outlined in Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World." In this, the second book in his series, he provides further evidence of their intentions for the United States. He has spent six years considering history, scientific research, and declassified government documents to uncover evidence to support his thesis.

He offers evidence to prove not only the existence of civilian inmate labor camps within the United States, but also the procedures that are already in place to activate them. Details of the continued build-up and expansion of the Department of Homeland Security in readiness for the planned war against the American people are provided as well. He identifies the Trojan Horse mechanism operating to bring down the United States from within and exposes the fact that Communist troops are to be used as a final clean-up to allow globalists to introduce their solution-a one-world government.

In "Journey to a Brave New World, Part Two," Watts includes a forty-five-step plan that would enable the United States to regain its former glory and ensure that the globalists do not get their brave new world.

Yemen and the Search for Stability - Power, Politics and Society After the Arab Spring (Hardcover): Marie-Christine Heinze Yemen and the Search for Stability - Power, Politics and Society After the Arab Spring (Hardcover)
Marie-Christine Heinze
R3,556 Discovery Miles 35 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The attacks and blockade on Yemen by the Saudi-led multinational coalition have killed thousands and triggered humanitarian disaster. The longstanding conflict in the country between the Huthi rebels and (until December 2017) Salih militias on the one side and those loyal to the internationally recognized government and many other groups fighting for their interests on the other are said to have evolved into a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. In 2011, however, thousands of Yemenis had taken to the streets to protest for a better future for their country. When President Ali Abdullah Salih signed over power in the aftermath of these protests, there were hopes that this would signal the beginning of a new period of transition. Yemen and the Search for Stability focuses on the aspirations that inspired revolutionary action, and analyzes what went wrong in the years that followed. It examines the different groups involved in the protests - Salih supporters, Muslim Brothers, Salafis, Huthis, secessionists, women, youth, artists and intellectuals- in terms of their competing visions for the country's future as well as their internal struggles. This book traces the impact of the 2011 upheavals on these groups' ideas for a `new Yemen' and on their strategies for self-empowerment. In so doing, Yemen and the Search for Stability examines the mistakes committed in the country's post-2011 transition process but also points towards prospects for stability and positive change.

The Two Unions - Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 (Hardcover): Alvin Jackson The Two Unions - Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 (Hardcover)
Alvin Jackson
R1,990 Discovery Miles 19 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions looks instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions, structures, and individuals that have contributed to its longevity. In order to understand its survival, the author, one of the foremost historians of modern Ireland and of the British-Irish relationship, sustains a comparison between the Irish and Scots Unions, their respective origins and subsequent development. He provides a detailed examination of the two interlinked Unionist movements in Scotland and Ireland. Alvin Jackson illuminates not only the history and varied health of the United Kingdom over the past 300 years, but also its present condition and prospects.

Holocaust Legacy in Post-Soviet Lithuania - People, Places and Objects (Hardcover): Shivaun Woolfson Holocaust Legacy in Post-Soviet Lithuania - People, Places and Objects (Hardcover)
Shivaun Woolfson
R4,584 Discovery Miles 45 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Once regarded as a vibrant centre of intellectual, cultural and spiritual Jewish life, Lithuania was home to 240,000 Jews prior to the Nazi invasion of 1941. By war's end, less than 20,000 remained. Today, approximately 4,000 Jews reside there, among them 108 survivors from the camps and ghettos and a further 70 from the Partisans and Red Army. Against a backdrop of ongoing Holocaust dismissal and a recent surge in anti-Semitic sentiment, Holocaust Legacy in Post-Soviet Lithuania presents the history and experiences of a group of elderly Holocaust survivors in modern-day Vilnius. Using their stories and memories, their places of significance as well as biographical objects, Shivaun Woolfson considers the complexities surrounding Holocaust memory and legacy in a post-Soviet era Lithuania. The book also incorporates interdisciplinary elements of anthropology, psychology and ethnography, and is informed at its heart by a spiritual approach that marks it out from other more conventional historical treatments of the subject. Holocaust Legacy in Post-Soviet Lithuania includes 20 images, comes with comprehensive online resources and weaves together story, artefact, monument and landscape to provide a multidimensional history of the Lithuanian Jewish experience during and after the Holocaust.

Cultural Revolution Manuscripts - Unofficial Entertainment Fiction from 1970s China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Lena Henningsen Cultural Revolution Manuscripts - Unofficial Entertainment Fiction from 1970s China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Lena Henningsen
R2,641 Discovery Miles 26 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates handwritten entertainment fiction (shouchaoben wenxue) which circulated clandestinely during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Lena Henningsen's analyses of exemplary stories and their variation across different manuscript copies brings to light the creativity of these readers-turned-copyists. Through copying, readers modified the stories and became secondary authors who reflected on the realities of the Cultural Revolution. Through an enquiry into actual reading practices as mapped in autobiographical accounts and into intertextual references within the stories, the book also positions manuscript fiction within the larger reading cosmos of the long 1970s. Henningsen analyzes the production, circulation and consumption of these texts, considering continuities across the alleged divide of the end of the Mao-era and the beginning of the reform period. The book further reveals how these texts achieved fruitful afterlives as re-published bestsellers or as adaptations into comic books or movies, continuing to shape the minds of their audience and the imaginations of the past. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

The Legacy of the Cold War - Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict (Hardcover): Vojtech Mastny, Zhu Liqun The Legacy of the Cold War - Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict (Hardcover)
Vojtech Mastny, Zhu Liqun; Preface by Mark Kramer; Contributions by Malcolm Byrne, Huang Yuxing, …
R3,483 Discovery Miles 34 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to explicate its legacy. But instead of relying on preconceived formulas to project past developments, taking a historical perspective to explain their causes and consequences allows one to better understand trends and their long-term significance. The present book takes such perspective, focusing on the evolution of security, its substance as well as its perception, the concurrent development of alliances and other cooperative structures for security, and their effectiveness in managing conflicts. In The Legacy of the Cold War Vojtech Mastny and Zhu Liqun bring together scholars to examine the worldwide effects of the Cold War on international security. Focusing on regions where the Cold War made the most enduring impact the Euro-Atlantic area and East Asia historians, political scientists, and international relations scholars explore alliances and other security measures during the Cold War and how they carry over into the twenty-first century."

A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution (Hardcover): Raquel Varela A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution (Hardcover)
Raquel Varela; Edited by Peter Robinson; Translated by Sean Purdy
R2,725 Discovery Miles 27 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On the 25th April 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Portugal's fascist Estado Novo government as the Portuguese people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and demanding a 'land for those who work in it'. This became the Carnation Revolution - an international coalition of working class and social movements, which also incited struggles for independence in Portugal's African colonies, the rebellion of the young military captains in the national armed forces and the uprising of Portugal's long-oppressed working classes. It was through the organising power of these diverse movements that a popular-front government was instituted and Portugal withdrew from its overseas colonies. Cutting against the grain of mainstream accounts, Raquel Cardeira Varela explores the role of trade unions, artists and women in the revolution, providing a rich account of the challenges faced and the victories gained through revolutionary means.

Pollution and Atmosphere in Post-Soviet Russia - The Arctic and the Environment (Hardcover): Lars Rowe Pollution and Atmosphere in Post-Soviet Russia - The Arctic and the Environment (Hardcover)
Lars Rowe
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control in the Arctic today. By examining the efforts of Soviet industry and government agencies, Finnish and Swedish officials, and Norwegian environmental authorities to curb industrial pollution in the region, this book offers an environmental history of the Arctic as well as a transnational, geopolitical history.

Vietnam I'm Going ! - Letters from a Young WAC in Vietnam to her Mother (Hardcover): Linda S. Earls Vietnam I'm Going ! - Letters from a Young WAC in Vietnam to her Mother (Hardcover)
Linda S. Earls
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Anti-Communist Solidarity - US-Brazilian Labor Relations During the Dictatorship in Cold-War Brazil (1964-1985) (Hardcover):... Anti-Communist Solidarity - US-Brazilian Labor Relations During the Dictatorship in Cold-War Brazil (1964-1985) (Hardcover)
Larissa Rosa Correa
R3,035 Discovery Miles 30 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the 1960s, many influential Latin Americans, such as the leaders of student movements and unions, and political authorities, participated in exchange programs with the United States to learn about the American way of life. In Brazil, during the international context of the Cold War, when Brazil was governed by a military dictatorship ruled by generals who alternated in power, hundreds of union members were sent to the United States to take union education courses. Did they come back "Americanized" and able to introduce American trade unionism in Brazil? That is the question this book seeks to answer. It is a subject that is as yet little explored in the history of Latin American labor and international relations: the influence of foreign union organizations on national union politics and movements. Despite the US's investment in advertising, courses, films and trips offered to Brazilian union members, most of them were not convinced by the American ideas on how to organize an "authentic" union movement - or, at least, not committed to applying what they learned in the States.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Paperback): Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Paperback)
Yuval Noah Harari 1
R345 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R27 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From the phenomenal bestselling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus

How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war or ecological catastrophe?

What do we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism?

How should we prepare our children for the future?

21 Lessons is an exploration of what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.

'Fascinating…Harari has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century' Bill Gates, New York Times

Afghanistan - Identity, Society and Politics Since 1980 (Hardcover): Micheline Centlivres-Demont Afghanistan - Identity, Society and Politics Since 1980 (Hardcover)
Micheline Centlivres-Demont; Introduction by Roy Olivier
R4,594 Discovery Miles 45 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the last three decades Afghanistan has been plagued by crisis - from Soviet invasion in 1979 and Taliban rule to US invasion following the events of 9/11. Here the top specialists on Afghanistan, including Olivier Roy, Ahmad Rashid and Jonathan Goodhand, provide a unique overview of the evolution, causes and future of the Afghan crisis. Covering political and military events and examining the role of ethnic groups, religious and ideological factors and the role of the leaders and war chiefs of the period - from the anti-Soviet resistance to the presidency of Hamid Karzai - this book will prove essential reading to all interested in Afghanistan and the wider Middle East region. Examining recent events in the light of the country's economy, Afghan civil society, cultural heritage and state reconstruction attempts, this is a comprehensive and diverse look at a country whose recent history has been marked by internal conflicts and foreign intervention.

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