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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA Biography by JOSEPH REDLICH.
Originally published in 1929. INTRODUCTION: THE life of Emperor
Francis Joseph can only be understood in close connection with the
political transformation of Europe and the progressive shift in
world power that went on during the century between the Congress of
Vienna and the Treaty of Versailles. It is from that standpoint
that it is here written. At the same time the specific content of
this description is his human and political personality. On no
other terms can any bounds be set or any form given to the vast
mass of interconnected historical events covered by the period of
Francis Josephs life and reign. Since, however, whether as man or
ruler, he falls far short of being an embodiment of human
greatness, it is in a somewhat limited sense only that he fills the
conception of a historic personality. So comprehensive, on the
other hand, is the range of countries and peoples over whom he
reigned j so extensive is the period of his governance j so mighty
and multifarious are the European issues influenced, and deeply
influenced, by his action and his character, that, judged by the
test of influence on great events, he must be said to have counted
for more than any other European monarch of the nineteenth century.
Compared with his, the singular and momentous career of Napoleon
III is but an entracte in Europe. Guardian of an ancient line,
inheritor and defender of rights that date far back into medieval
times, natural foe of the modern struggle to transform Europe into
a series of closed national states, Francis Joseph assumed and
maintained for sixty years a position in the Europe that the war
destroyed to which that ofno other sovereign affords an analogue.
What makes him all the more impressive is that there was in him, as
in no other European monarch of the past century, a perfect
correspondence between the man and his work. To Francis Joseph and
to the Empire that came to an end in 1918 the saying certainly
applies which is the veritable title deed of biographical history
History is made by men. Even in a period preoccupied as is our own
with research into the development and function of ideas and of
institutions, economic, social and political, history cannot omit
personality, since it is the instrument through which the will of a
nation or a state has to be exercised. Least of all can this be
done where, as with Francis Joseph, the idea of the ruler
overpowers that of the man and makes his personal individuality its
servant. This is the special note of the problem in biography here
attempted. Its peculiarity lies in the sharpened contrast with
which we have here to deal, between the limited mental and
spiritual powers of the individual in his individual life, and
unexampled pressure upon it of political and national, social and
economic, ideas and tendencies in all their national and
international complexity and all their permutations and
combinations, affecting as they did, now this way, now that, the
equilibrium of forces in Europe, The extent and difficulty o the
task which fell to Francis Joseph in his early youth lends an
interest and a special color to his purely personal story. Here the
dominant note is given by the fact that, throughout nearly
seventy-seven years of action and suffering, Francis Joseph
maintained, unaltered, the position he took up on entering on his
inheritance. Thewhole weight of the problems, internal and
external, of his realm rested on him he stood firm. This is his
distinguishing mark. Constitutional forms might and did alter, but
the Emperor retained to the end his primitive conception of the
ruler whose will is always the strongest political force in his
realm...
Life in Transit is the long-awaited sequel to Shimon Redlich's
widely acclaimed Together and Apart in Brzezany, in which he
discussed his childhood during the War and the Holocaust. Life in
Transit tells the story of his adolescence in the city of Lodz in
postwar Poland. Redlich's personal memories are placed within the
wider historical context of Jewish life in Poland and in Lodz
during the immediate postwar years. Lodz in the years 1945-1950 was
the second-largest city in the country and the major urban center
of the Jewish population. Redlich's research based on conventional
sources and numerous interviews indicates that although the
survivors still lived in the shadow of the Holocaust, postwar
Jewish Lodz was permeated with a sense of vitality and hope.
The authors have attempted to convey pictorially the places
which inspired American literature or became famous because
American authors wrote about them. Some of these include: Margaret
Mitchell, Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, John Dos Passos, T.S.
Eliot, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Artemus Ward, Walt Whitman,
etc.
A New Life in Israel, 1950-1954 is the last book in the trilogy
about Shimon Redlich's childhood and adolescence. In Together and
Apart in Brzezany he discussed his childhood in prewar and wartime
Brzezany. Life in Transit told the story of his adolescence in the
city of Lodz in postwar Poland. A New Life in Israel focuses on his
first years in the Jewish state. The book bears witness to the
adjustment of one young immigrant-one among thousands-to the
realities of a new life in Israel.
A New Life in Israel, 1950-1954 is the last book in the trilogy
about Shimon Redlich's childhood and adolescence. In Together and
Apart in Brzezany he discussed his childhood in prewar and wartime
Brzezany. Life in Transit told the story of his adolescence in the
city of Lodz in postwar Poland. A New Life in Israel focuses on his
first years in the Jewish state. The book bears witness to the
adjustment of one young immigrant-one among thousands-to the
realities of a new life in Israel.
"Life in Transit" is the long-awaited sequel to Shimon Redlich's
widely acclaimed "Together and Apart in Brzezany," in which he
discussed his childhood during the War and the Holocaust. "Life in
Transit" tells the story of his adolescence in the city of Lodz in
postwar Poland. Redlich's personal memories are placed within the
wider historical context of Jewish life in Poland and in Lodz
during the immediate postwar years. Lodz in the years 1945-1950 was
the second-largest city in the country and the major urban center
of the Jewish population. Redlich's research based on conventional
sources and numerous interviews indicates that although the
survivors still lived in the shadow of the Holocaust, postwar
Jewish Lodz was permeated with a sense of vitality and hope.
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Techniques in the investigative interviewing and interrogation of
victims, witnesses and suspects of crime vary around the world,
according to a country's individual legal system, religion and
culture. Whereas some countries have developed certain interview
protocols for witnesses (such as the ABE Guidelines and the NICHD
protocol when interviewing children) and the PEACE model of
interviewing suspects, other countries continue to use physical
coercion and other questionable tactics to elicit information.
Until now, there has been very little empirical information about
the overall interview and interrogation practices in non-western
countries, especially the Middle and Far East. This book addresses
this gap, bringing together international experts from over 25
countries and providing in-depth coverage of the various interview
and interrogation techniques used across the globe. Volume 1
focuses on the interviewing of victims and witnesses, aiming to
provide the necessary information for an understanding of how law
enforcement agencies around the world gain valuable information
from victims and witnesses in criminal cases. Together, the
chapters that make up this volume and the accompanying volume on
interviewing suspects, draw on specific national case studies and
practices, examine contemporary challenges and identify best
practice to enable readers to develop an international, as well as
a comparative, perspective of developments worldwide in this
important area of criminal investigation. This book will be an
essential resource for academics and students engaged in the study
of policing, criminal investigation, forensic psychology and
criminal law. It will also be of great interest to practitioners,
legal professionals and policymakers around the world.
Techniques in the investigative interviewing and interrogation of
victims, witnesses and suspects of crime vary around the world,
according to a country's individual legal system, religion and
culture. Whereas some countries have developed certain interview
protocols for witnesses (such as the ABE Guidelines and the NICHD
protocol when interviewing children) and the PEACE model of
interviewing suspects, other countries continue to use physical
coercion and other questionable tactics to elicit information.
Until now, there has been very little empirical information about
the overall interview and interrogation practices in non-western
countries, especially the Middle and Far East. This book addresses
this gap, bringing together international experts from over 25
countries and providing in-depth coverage of the various interview
and interrogation techniques used across the globe. Volume 2
focuses on the interviewing of crime suspects, aiming to provide
the necessary information for an understanding of how law
enforcement agencies around the world gain valuable information
from suspects in criminal cases. Together, the chapters that make
up this volume and the accompanying volume on interviewing
witnesses and victims, draw on specific national case studies and
practices, examine contemporary challenges and identify best
practice to enable readers to develop an international, as well as
a comparative, perspective of developments worldwide in this
important area of criminal investigation. This book will be an
essential resource for academics and students engaged in the study
of policing, criminal investigation, forensic psychology and
criminal law. It will also be of great interest to practitioners,
legal professionals and policymakers around the world.
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