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Against the Vietnam War - Writings by Activists (Paperback, Revised Edition): Mary Susannah Robbins Against the Vietnam War - Writings by Activists (Paperback, Revised Edition)
Mary Susannah Robbins; Contributions by Arlene Ash, William Ayers, Daniel Berrigan, Noam Chomsky, …
R1,327 Discovery Miles 13 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For some, it was a movement for peace. For others, it was a war against the war. In the eyes of certain participants, the movement was cultural and social at its core, a matter of changing society. Still others defined their protests as political and sought out the economic root causes of the war. What many would agree upon was that it was a time when a remarkable generation came of age and a great nation was shaken to its very foundations. The protest movement in opposition to the Vietnam War was a complex amalgam of political, social, economic, and cultural motivations, factors, and events. Against the Vietnam War brings together the different facets of that movement and its various shades of opinion. Here the participants themselves offer statements and reflections on their activism, the era, and the consequences of a war that spanned three decades and changed the United States of America. The keynote is on individual experience in a time when almost every event had national and international significance. A foreword by Staughton Lynd considers the events of the Vietnam War in the context of the present war in Iraq.

China Airborne - The Test of China's Future (Paperback): James Fallows China Airborne - The Test of China's Future (Paperback)
James Fallows
R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From one of our most influential journalists, here is a timely, vital, and illuminating account of the next stage of China's modernization--its plan to rival America as the world's leading aerospace power and to bring itself from its low-wage past to a high-tech future.
In 2011, China announced its twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry. In "China Airborne," James Fallows documents, for the first time, the extraordinary scale of China's project, making clear how it stands to catalyze the nation's hyper-growth and hyper-urbanization, revolutionizing China in ways analogous to the building of America's transcontinental railroad in the nineteenth century.
Completing this remarkable picture, Fallows chronicles life in the city of Xi'an, home to 250,000 aerospace engineers and assembly-line workers, and introduces us to some of the hucksters, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who seek to benefit from China's pursuit of aeronautical supremacy. He concludes by explaining what this latest demonstration of Chinese ambition means for the United States and for the rest of the world--and the right ways for us to respond.

Postcards from Tomorrow Square - Reports from China (Paperback): James Fallows Postcards from Tomorrow Square - Reports from China (Paperback)
James Fallows
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Americans need not be hostile toward China's rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects. The United States is the only nation with the scale and power to try to set the terms of its interaction with China rather than just succumb. So starting now, Americans need to consider the economic, environmental, political, and social goals they care about defending as Chinese influence grows."
--from "China Makes, the World Takes"
Since December 2006, "The Atlantic Magazine"'s James Fallows has been writing some of the most discerning accounts of the economic and political transformation occurring in China. The ten essays collected here cover a wide-range of topics: from visionary tycoons and TV-battling entrepreneurs, to environmental pollution and how China subsidizes our economy. Fallows expertly and lucidly explains the economic, political, social, and cultural forces at work turning China into a world superpower at breakneck speed. This eye-opening and cautionary account is essential reading for all concerned not only with China's but America's future role in the world.

Brave New War - The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (Paperback): John Robb Brave New War - The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (Paperback)
John Robb; Foreword by James Fallows
R415 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

John Robb's astonishing insights have taken him from obscure military blogger to widely read strategic thinker. In this groundbreaking instant classic, Robb explains how terrorists are waging a global war against larger adversaries with relative ease and carrying out small, inexpensive actions, like sabotaging an oil pipeline, that generate a huge return. He shows how combating the shutdown of the world's oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we've come to value the most, global economic and cultural integration, and what we must do now to safeguard against this new method of warfare. John Robb (Boston, MA) is a former U.S. counterterrorism operation commander, successful technology entrepreneur, and respected analyst. His writings on war have appeared in the New York Times, Wired, and Fast Company.

Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback, Revised ed.): David Allen Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback, Revised ed.)
David Allen; Foreword by James Fallows 1
R509 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R96 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity." "A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"-Fast Company Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. "GTD" is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.

Brave New War - The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (Hardcover): John Robb Brave New War - The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (Hardcover)
John Robb; Foreword by James Fallows
R719 R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Save R78 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"For my money, John Robb, a former Air Force officer and tech guru, is the futurists' futurist."
--"Slate"

The counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions--like sabotaging an oil pipeline--that generate a huge return. He shows how combating the shutdown of the world's oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we've come to value the most--worldwide economic and cultural integration--and what we must do now to safeguard against this new method of warfare.

Free Flight - Inventing the Future of Travel (Paperback, New Ed): James Fallows Free Flight - Inventing the Future of Travel (Paperback, New Ed)
James Fallows
R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The troubles of the airline system have become acute in the post-terrorist era. As the average cost of a flight has come down in the last twenty years, the airlines have survived by keeping planes full and funneling traffic through a centralized hub-and-spoke routing system. Virtually all of the technological innovation in airplanes in the last thirty years has been devoted to moving passengers more efficiently between major hubs. But what was left out of this equation was the convenience and flexibility of the average traveller. Now, because of heightened security, hours of waiting are tacked onto each trip. As James Fallows vividly explains, a technological revolution is under way that will relieve this problem. Free Flight features the stories of three groups who are inventing and building the future of all air travel: NASA, Cirrus Design in Duluth, Minnesota, and Eclipse Aviation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These ventures should make it possible for more people to travel the way corporate executives have for years: in small jet planes, from the airport that's closest to their home or office directly to the airport closest to where they really want to go. This will be possible because of a product now missing from the vast array of flying devices: small, radically inexpensive jet planes, as different from airliners as personal computers are from mainframes. And, as Fallows explains in a new preface, a system that avoids the congestion of the overloaded hub system will offer advantages in speed, convenience, and especially security in the new environment of air travel.

Looking at the Sun - The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System (Paperback, Vintage Books ed.): James Fallows Looking at the Sun - The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System (Paperback, Vintage Books ed.)
James Fallows
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a timely, even prophetic, portrait of Asia's rise and the magnitude of its challenge to the West, Fallows demolishes the myth that Japan is a capitalist country built on the Western model. He demonstrates instead how Japan's economic system treats business as an instrument of national interest while casting aside the traditional Western values of individual enterprise and human rights.

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