Ronald R. Krebs's Books

Fighting for Rights

Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fighting for Rights

Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Leaders around the globe have long turned to the armed forces as a "school for the nation." Debates over who serves continue to arouse passion today because the military's participation policies are seen as shaping politics beyond the military, specifically the politics of identity and citizenship. Yet how and when do these policies transform patterns of citizenship? Military service, Ronald R. Krebs argues, can play a critical role in bolstering minorities' efforts to grasp full and unfettered rights. Minority groups have at times effectively contrasted their people's battlefield sacrifices to the reality of inequity, compelling state leaders to concede to their claims. At the same time, military service can shape when, for what, and how minorities have engaged in political activism in the quest for meaningful citizenship. Employing a range of rich primary materials, Krebs shows how the military's participation policies shaped Arab citizens' struggles for first-class citizenship in Israel from independence to the mid-1980s and African Americans' quest for civil rights, from World War I to the Korean War. Fighting for Rights helps us make sense of contemporary debates over gays in the military and over the virtues and dangers of liberal and communitarian visions for society. It suggests that rhetoric is more than just a weapon of the weak, that it is essential to political exchange, and that politics rests on a dual foundation of rationality and culture.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801459540

ISBN 13

9780801459542

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

By: Ronald R. Krebs

This book shows how dominant narratives have shaped the national security policies of the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

413

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107103959

ISBN 13

9781107103955

Dueling Visions

U.S. Strategy Toward Eastern Europe Under Eisenhower

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dueling Visions

U.S. Strategy Toward Eastern Europe Under Eisenhower

By: Ronald R. Krebs

The presidential election of 1952, unlike most others before and since, was dominated by foreign policy, from the bloody stalemate of Korea to the deepening menace of international communism. During the campaign, Dwight Eisenhower and his spokesmen fed the public's imagination with their promises to liberate the peoples of Eastern Europe and created the impression that in office they would undertake an aggressive program to roll back Soviet influence across the globe. But time and again during the 1950s, Eisenhower and his advisers found themselves powerless to shape the course of events in Eastern Europe: they mourned their impotence but did little. In "Dueling Visions," Ronald R. Krebs argues that two different images of Eastern Europe's ultimate status competed to guide American policy during this period: Finlandization and rollback. Rollback, championed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Central Intelligence Agency, was synonymous with liberation as the public understood it--detaching Eastern Europe form all aspects of Soviet control. Surprisingly, the figure most often linked to liberation--Secretary of State John Foster Dulles --came to advocated a more subtle and measure policy that neither accepted the status quo nor pursued rollback. This American vision for the region held up the model of Finland, imagining a tier of states that would enjoy domestic autonomy and perhaps even democracy but whose foreign policy would toe the Soviet line. Krebs analyzes the conflicting logics and webs of assumptions underlying these dueling visions, and closely examines the struggles over these alternatives within the administration. Case studies of the American response to Stalin's death and to the Soviet--Yugoslav rapprochement reveal the eventual triumph of Finlandization both as vision and as policy. Finally, Krebs suggests the study's implications for international relations theory and contemporary foreign affairs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1603447091

ISBN 13

9781603447096

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

By: Ronald R. Krebs

This book shows how dominant narratives have shaped the national security policies of the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

413

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107103959

ISBN 13

9781107103955

Coffee

Recent Developments

By: Ronald Clarke,O. G. Vitzthum

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Coffee

Recent Developments

By: Ronald Clarke,O. G. Vitzthum

Coffee, one of the most commercially important crops grown, is distributed and traded globally in a multi-million dollar world industry. This exciting new book brings together in one volume the most important recent developments affecting the crop. Contributions from around 20 internationally-respected coffee scientists and technologists from around the world provide a vast wealth of new information in the subject areas in which they are expert. The book commences with three cutting-edge chapters covering non-volatile and volatile compounds that determine the flavour of coffee. Chapters covering technology follow, including comprehensive information on developments in roasting techniques, decaffeination, the science and technology of instant coffee and home / catering beverage preparation. The physiological effects of coffee drinking are considered in a fascinating chapter on coffee and health. Agronomic aspects of coffee breeding and growing are covered specifically in chapters concentrating on these aspects, particularly focussing on newly-emerging molecular and cellular techniques. Finally, recent activities of some international organisations are reviewed in a lengthy appendix. The editors of Coffee: Recent Developments have drawn together a comprehensive and extremely important book that should be on the shelves of all those involved in coffee. The book is a vital tool for food scientists, food technologists and agricultural scientists and the commercially important information included in the book makes it a 'must have reference' to all food companies involved with coffee. All libraries in universities, and research stations where any aspect of the coffee crop is studied or taught should have copies of the book available. R. J. Clarke, also co-editor of the widely-acclaimed six-volume work Coffee published between 1985 and 1988, is a consultant based in Chichester U. K. O. G. Vitzthum, formerly Director of Coffee Chemistry Research worldwide at Kraft, Jacobs, Suchard in Bremen, Germany is Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Braunsweig, Germany and Scientific Secretary of the Association Scientifique Internationale du Cafe (ASIC), in Paris France.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0470680210

ISBN 13

9780470680216

Fighting for Rights

Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fighting for Rights

Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801459540

ISBN 13

9780801459542

Book's by Ronald R. Krebs

Fighting for Rights

Fighting for Rights

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

Dueling Visions

Dueling Visions

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

Narrative and the Making of US National Security

Coffee

Coffee

Fighting for Rights

Fighting for Rights

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email