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Citizen Action For Global Change

The Neptune Group and Law of the Sea

By: Ralph B. Levering,Miriam L. Levering

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Citizen Action For Global Change

The Neptune Group and Law of the Sea

By: Ralph B. Levering,Miriam L. Levering

A case study of the effectiveness of nongovernmental organizations in international and national arenas, Ralph B. Levering describes and analyzes the work of three U.S.-based NGOs, known collectively as the Neptune Group. He discusses the group's successful efforts during the Third United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III1973-1982). He details the group's effectiveness supporting negotiations in Washington and addressing the news media and public opinipn. One of the most important international conferences of modem times, UNCLOS III thoroughly revised and updated the law of the sea. By organizing seminars and conducting research on difficult issues facing the conference, facilitating the flow of information among delegates, and publishing a newspaper, Neptune, the Neptune Group became the leading NGO at the conference. Engagingly written, this history and memoir will interest students, scholars, officials, environmentalists, religious and world-order activists, and anyone interested in efforts to help create a more just and peaceful world order.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815627947

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9780815627944

American Opinion and the Russian Alliance, 1939-1945

By: Ralph B. Levering

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American Opinion and the Russian Alliance, 1939-1945

By: Ralph B. Levering

In this analysis of the years of greatest American friendship with the Soviet Union, Levering comes to two conclusions. First, cosmopolitan, educated Americans of all classes were much more likely to change their negative attitudes of 1939 to positive ones by 1943 than were the provincial and poorly educated. Second, governmental leaders and the media, whether conservative or liberal, did not prepare the public for the probable realities of postwar international politics. Originally published in 1976. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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UNC Press Books

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1469640147

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9781469640143

The Kennedy Crises

The Press, the Presidency, and Foreign Policy

By: Patricia W. Levering,Ralph B. Levering,Montague Kern

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The Kennedy Crises

The Press, the Presidency, and Foreign Policy

By: Patricia W. Levering,Ralph B. Levering,Montague Kern

This analysis of the Kennedy administration's relationship with the press during the Laotian, Berlin, Cuban missile, and Vietnam crises of 1961-63 suggests that press coverage and Kennedy's influence on the press were far more varied than scholars have supposed. Focusing on press coverage of government officials, foreign leaders, domestic politicians, and interest groups, the study combines quantitative analysis with previously untapped sources in the Kennedy Library. Originally published in 1984. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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UNC Press Books

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1469648113

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9781469648118

Debating the Origins of the Cold War

American and Russian Perspectives

By: Ralph B. Levering

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Debating the Origins of the Cold War

American and Russian Perspectives

By: Ralph B. Levering

Debating the Origins of the Cold War examines the coming of the Cold War through Americans' and Russians' contrasting perspectives and actions. In two engaging essays, the authors demonstrate that a huge gap existed between the democratic, capitalist, and global vision of the post-World War II peace that most Americans believed in and the dictatorial, xenophobic, and regional approach that characterized Soviet policies. The authors argue that repeated failures to find mutually acceptable solutions to concrete problems led to the rapid development of the Cold War, and they conclude that, given the respective concerns and perspectives of the time, both superpowers were largely justified in their courses of action. Supplemented by primary sources, including documents detailing Soviet espionage in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s and correspondence between Premier Josef Stalin and Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov during postwar meetings, this is the first book to give equal attention to the U.S. and Soviet policies and perspectives.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847694089

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9780847694082

The Cold War

A Post-Cold War History

By: Ralph B. Levering

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The Cold War

A Post-Cold War History

By: Ralph B. Levering

Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President Nixon’s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan’s approach to U.S.-Soviet relations Features six all new "counterparts" sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118848403

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9781118848401

Debating the Origins of the Cold War

American and Russian Perspectives

By: Ralph B. Levering

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The Cold War

A Post-Cold War History

By: Ralph B. Levering

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A Post-Cold War History

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Book's by Ralph B. Levering

Citizen Action For Global Change

Citizen Action For Global Change

American Opinion and the Russian Alliance, 1939-1945

American Opinion and the Russian Alliance, 1939-1945

The Kennedy Crises

The Kennedy Crises

Debating the Origins of the Cold War

Debating the Origins of the Cold War

The Cold War

The Cold War

Debating the Origins of the Cold War

Debating the Origins of the Cold War

The Cold War

The Cold War

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