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Rogue State

A Guide to the Worlds Only Superpower

By: William Blum

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Rogue State

A Guide to the Worlds Only Superpower

By: William Blum

Rogue State and its author came to sudden international attention when Osama Bin Laden quoted the book publicly in January 2006, propelling the book to the top of the bestseller charts in a matter of hours. This book is a revised and updated version of the edition Bin Laden referred to in his address.

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1842778277

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America's Deadliest Export

Democracy - The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else

By: William Blum

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America's Deadliest Export

Democracy - The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else

By: William Blum

For over 65 years, the United States war machine has been on auto pilot. Since World War II, the world has believed that US foreign policy means well, and that America's motives in spreading democracy are honorable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book from William Blum, one of the United States' leading non-mainstream chroniclers of American foreign policy and author of the popular online newsletter, Anti-Empire Reports, demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. America's Deadliest Export is the in-depth exposÃ© of the many contradictions surrounding the nature of US foreign policy.

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1780324456

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America's Deadliest Export

Democracy – The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else

By: William Blum

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America's Deadliest Export

Democracy – The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else

By: William Blum

A fireball of terse information.' Oliver Stone 'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.' Noam Chomsky For over sixty-five years, the United States war machine has been on automatic pilot. Since World War II we have been conditioned to believe that America's motives in 'exporting' democracy are honorable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book, William Blum, a leading dissident chronicler of US foreign policy and the author of controversial bestseller Rogue State, argues that nothing could be further from the truth. Moreover, unless this fallacy is unlearned, and until people understand fully the worldwide suffering American policy has caused, we will never be able to stop the monster.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780324472

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Killing Hope

US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

By: William Blum

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Killing Hope

US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

By: William Blum

Is the United States a force for democracy? From China in the 1940s to Guatemala today, William Blum presents a comprehensive study of American covert and overt interference, by one means or another, in the internal affairs of other countries. Each chapter of the book covers a year in which the author takes one particular country case and tells the story - and each case throws light on particular US tactics of intervention.

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1842773690

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Chronicles and Exodus

An Analogy and its Application

By: William Johnstone

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Chronicles and Exodus

An Analogy and its Application

By: William Johnstone

This collection of inter-related essays argues that the way in which Chronicles incorporates and develops material from Samuel-Kings offers an analogy for the way in which the final edition of Exodus was produced. Embedded within the text of Exodus there is an earlier Deuteronomistic version recoverable from the reminiscences of the exodus in Deuteronomy. This, it is suggested, is the most objective method available for recreating the literary history of Exodus and must constitute the first stage in any analysis of Exodus. Already, it produces some surprisingly radical results.

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A&C Black

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0567377393

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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940

Conflicts and Continuities

By: William Fortescue

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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940

Conflicts and Continuities

By: William Fortescue

An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940.It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including:* the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871* Franco-German relations* anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair* the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate* the character of the French Right and of French fascism.

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Routledge

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1351540009

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Around Dansville

By: William Robert Cook,Eric C. Huynh

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Around Dansville

By: William Robert Cook,Eric C. Huynh

Around Dansville illustrates the history of an important and proud community. Clara Barton lived in Dansville for a decade, and the first American Red Cross chapter was founded here in 1881. The town's famous spa drew many notable Americans, and the first dry cereal and a center for healthy living were developed here. A wide range of products, including shoes of all sizes and giant boilers, were made here and shipped across the country. Around Dansville is a tribute to this rich and colorful past. Around Dansville illustrates the history of an important and proud community. Clara Barton lived in Dansville for a decade, and the first American Red Cross chapter was founded here in 1881. The town's famous spa drew many notable Americans, and the first dry cereal and a center for healthy living were developed here. A wide range of products, including shoes of all sizes and giant boilers, were made here and shipped across the country. Around Dansville is a tribute to this rich and colorful past.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073853708X

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The Buchenwald Child

Truth, Fiction, and Propaganda

By: William John Niven

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The Buchenwald Child

Truth, Fiction, and Propaganda

By: William John Niven

At the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp, communist prisoners organized resistance against the SS and even planned an uprising. They helped rescue a three-year-old Jewish boy, Stefan Jerzy Zweig, from certain death in the gas chambers. After the war, his story became a focus for the German Democratic Republic's celebration of its resistance to the Nazis. Now Bill Niven tells the true story of Stefan Zweig: what actually happened to him in Buchenwald, how he was protected, and at what price. He explores the (mis)representation of Zweig's rescue in East Germany and what this reveals about that country's understanding of its Nazi past. Finally he looks at the telling of the Zweig rescue story since German unification: a story told in the GDR to praise communists has become a story used to condemn them. Bill Niven is Professor of Contemporary German History at the Nottingham Trent University, UK.

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Harvard University Press

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1571133399

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Classics Illustrated

A Cultural History, 3d ed.

By: William Bryan Jones, Jr.

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Classics Illustrated

A Cultural History, 3d ed.

By: William Bryan Jones, Jr.

In its expanded third edition, this definitive work on Classics Illustrated explores the enduring series of comic-book adaptations of literary masterpieces in even greater depth, with twice the number of color plates as in the second edition. Drawing on interviews, correspondence, fanzines, and archival research, the book covers in full detail the work of the artists, editors, scriptwriters, and publishers who contributed to the success of the "World's Finest Juvenile Publication." Many previously unpublished reproductions of original art are included, along with new chapters covering editor Meyer Kaplan, art director L.B. Cole, and artist John Parker; additional information on contributions from Black artists and scriptwriters such as Matt Baker, Ezra Jackson, George D. Lipscomb, and Lorenz Graham; and a complete issue-by-issue listing of significant international series.

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McFarland

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1476651019

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Sargent's Venice

By: Warren Adelson,John Singer Sargent,William H. Gerdts,Richard Ormond,Elaine Kilmurray,Rosella Mamoli Zorzi

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Sargent's Venice

By: Warren Adelson,John Singer Sargent,William H. Gerdts,Richard Ormond,Elaine Kilmurray,Rosella Mamoli Zorzi

Den amerikanske kunstner John Singer Sargents (1856-1925) skildringer af Venedig.

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Yale University Press

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0300117175

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9780300117172

The FDR Years

On Roosevelt and His Legacy

By: William Edward Leuchtenburg

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The FDR Years

On Roosevelt and His Legacy

By: William Edward Leuchtenburg

A renowned historian recounts how President Roosevelt inspired the country and changed forever the political, social, economic, and even the physical landscape of the United States--Cover.

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Columbia University Press

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0231082983

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9780231082983

Ice Brine

By: William P. Eshleman

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Ice Brine

By: William P. Eshleman

After completing his PhD, Peter Case returns home, eager to join his best friend’s marine salvage business on the Canadian West Coast. The cheerful prospect of getting on with his life is quickly shattered by a hair-raising highway pursuit through the Rockies. The intrigue and chaos that hounded him in Jamaica had followed him home. Between attempts on his life, a sketchy salvage job, and a mysterious whistling saviour, Case sifts through lies and half-truths as he delves deeper into the mystery. His search lures him into a multi-agency manhunt for an international crime syndicate operating somewhere within the rugged beauty of the Gulf Islands. Case can only be sure of two unfortunate truths. First, he’d obviously pissed off the wrong people in Jamaica. Second, while the agency was hunting the syndicate, the syndicate was hunting him.

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FriesenPress

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1039148115

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Chemical Ecology of Insects

By: William J. Bell,Ring T. Cardé

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Chemical Ecology of Insects

By: William J. Bell,Ring T. Cardé

Our objective in compiling a series of chapters on the chemical ecology of insects has been to delineate the major concepts of this discipline. The fine line between presenting a few topics in great detail or many topics in veneer has been carefully drawn, such that the book contains sufficient diversity to cover the field and a few topics in some depth. After the reader has penetrated the crust of what has been learned about chemical ecology of insects, the deficiencies in our understanding of this field should become evident. These deficiencies, to which no chapter topic is immune, indicate the youthful state of chemical ecology and the need for further investigations, especially those with potential for integrating elements that are presently isolated from each other. At the outset of this volume it becomes evident that, although we are beginning to decipher how receptor cells work, virtually nothing is known of how sensory information is coded to become relevant to the insect and to control the behavior of the insect. This problem is exacerbated by the state of our knowledge of how chemicals are distributed in nature, especially in complex habitats. And finally, we have been unable to understand the significance of orientation pathways of insects, in part because of the two previous problems: orientation seems to depend on patterns of distri bution of chemicals, the coding of these patterns by the central nervous system, and the generation of motor output based on the resulting motor commands.

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Springer

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1489933689

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The Collapse of the Third Republic

An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940

By: William L. Shirer

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The Collapse of the Third Republic

An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940

By: William L. Shirer

The National Book Award–winning historian’s “vivid and moving” eyewitness account of the fall of France to Hitler’s Third Reich at the outset of WWII (The New York Times). As an international war correspondent and radio commentator during World War II, William L. Shirer didn’t just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world’s oldest military powers—and institute a rule of terror and paranoia. Based on in-person conversations with the leaders, diplomats, generals, and ordinary citizens who both shaped the events and lived through them, Shirer constructs a compelling account of historical events without losing sight of the human experience. From the heroic efforts of the Freedom Fighters to the tactical military misjudgments that caused the fall and the daily realities of life for French citizens under Nazi rule, this fascinating and exhaustively documented account brings this significant episode of history to life. “This is a companion effort to Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, also voluminous but very readable, reflecting once again both Shirer’s own experience and an enormous mass of historical material well digested and assimilated.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Rosetta Books

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0795342470

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Classics Illustrated

A Cultural History, 2d ed.

By: William B. Jones, Jr.

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Classics Illustrated

A Cultural History, 2d ed.

By: William B. Jones, Jr.

A significant expansion of the critically acclaimed first edition, Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2d ed., carries the story of the Kanter family's series of comics-style adaptations of literary masterpieces from 1941 into the 21st century. This book features additional material on the 70-year history of Classics Illustrated and the careers and contributions of such artists as Alex A. Blum, Lou Cameron, George Evans, Henry C. Kiefer, Gray Morrow, Rudolph Palais, and Louis Zansky. New chapters cover the recent Jack Lake and Papercutz revivals of the series, the evolution of Classics collecting, and the unsung role of William Kanter in advancing the fortunes of his father Albert's worldwide enterprise. Enhancing the lively account of the growth of "the World's Finest Juvenile Publication" are new interviews and correspondence with editor Helene Lecar, publicist Eleanor Lidofsky, artist Mort Kunstler, and the founder's grandson John "Buzz" Kanter. Detailed appendices provide artist attributions, issue contents and, for the principal Classics Illustrated-related series, a listing of each printing identified by month, year, and highest reorder number. New U.S., Canadian and British series have been added. More than 300 illustrations--most of them new to this edition--include photographs of artists and production staff, comic-book covers and interiors, and a substantial number of original cover paintings and line drawings.

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McFarland

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0786488409

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9780786488407

Slaughter of Eagles

By: William W. Johnstone,J. A. Johnstone

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Slaughter of Eagles

By: William W. Johnstone,J. A. Johnstone

Back east, Falcon MacCallister's famous brother and sister plead with him to find a young woman who has vanished out West. Her name is Jolene Wellington. Back in Arizona Territory, Falcon will be one of many men searching for Jolene and for a mysterious treasure hidden in haunted Indian land.

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Pinnacle Books

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0786018704

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9780786018703

Out of Sight

The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties

By: William Hackman

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Out of Sight

The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties

By: William Hackman

A social and cultural history of Los Angeles and its emerging art scene in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s The history of modern art typically begins in Paris and ends in New York. Los Angeles was out of sight and out of mind, viewed as the apotheosis of popular culture, not a center for serious art. Out of Sight chronicles the rapid-fire rise, fall, and rebirth of L.A.’s art scene, from the emergence of a small bohemian community in the 1950s to the founding of the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1980. Included are some of the most influential artists of our time: painters Edward Ruscha and Vija Celmins, sculptors Ed Kienholz and Ken Price, and many others. A book about the city as much as it is about the art, Out of Sight is a social and cultural history that illuminates the ways mid-century Los Angeles shaped its emerging art scene—and how that art scene helped remake the city.

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Other Press, LLC

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1590514114

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A Bibliography of Ant Systematics

By: Philip S. Ward,Barry Bolton,William L. Brown,Steven O. Shattuck

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A Bibliography of Ant Systematics

By: Philip S. Ward,Barry Bolton,William L. Brown,Steven O. Shattuck

This bibliography is a comprehensive compilation of the literature on ant systematics. Covering the period 1758 to 1995, it contains entries for approximately 8,000 publications on the taxonomy, evolution, and comparative biology of ants. Most of the literature citations have been carefully verified and precisely dated. An introductory chapter discusses the problems associated with dating a citation of taxonomic literature. A list of all serials cited (more than 1,300 titles) and their abbreviations accompanies the bibliography.

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Univ of California Press

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0520098145

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9780520098145

Marcel Proust

A Life, with a New Preface by the Author

By: William C. Carter

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Marcel Proust

A Life, with a New Preface by the Author

By: William C. Carter

Reissued with a new preface to commemorate the publication of "A la recherche du temps perdu" one hundred years ago, this title portrays in abundant detail the life and times of literary voices of the twentieth century.

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Yale University Press

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0300191790

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9780300191790

History of Modern Soy Protein Ingredients - Isolates, Concentrates, and Textured Soy Protein Products (1911-2016)

Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook

By: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

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History of Modern Soy Protein Ingredients - Isolates, Concentrates, and Textured Soy Protein Products (1911-2016)

Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook

By: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 405 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.

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Soyinfo Center

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1928914837

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9781928914839

Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication

By: William B. Gudykunst

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Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication

By: William B. Gudykunst

This book has the chapters from the Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication, Second Edition relating to the structure and growth of cross-cultural and intercultural communication. With an expanded forward by William Gudykunst it is an invaluable resource for students and lecturers of communications studies

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SAGE

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0761929002

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9780761929000

The Finger of the Scribe

How Scribes Learned to Write the Bible

By: William M. Schniedewind

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The Finger of the Scribe

How Scribes Learned to Write the Bible

By: William M. Schniedewind

One of the enduring problems in biblical studies is how the Bible came to be written. Clearly, scribes were involved. But our knowledge of scribal training in ancient Israel is limited. William Schniedewind explores the unexpected cache of inscriptions discovered at a remote, Iron Age military post called Kuntillet 'Ajrud to assess the question of how scribes might have been taught to write. Here, far from such urban centers as Jerusalem or Samaria, plaster walls and storage pithoi were littered with inscriptions. Apart from the sensational nature of some of the contents-perhaps suggesting Yahweh had a consort-these inscriptions also reflect actual writing practices among soldiers stationed near the frontier. What emerges is a very different picture of how writing might have been taught, as opposed to the standard view of scribal schools in the main population centers.

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Oxford University Press

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0190052481

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9780190052485

The Socialism of Fools?

Leftist Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism

By: William I. Brustein,Louisa Roberts

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The Socialism of Fools?

Leftist Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism

By: William I. Brustein,Louisa Roberts

Anti-Semitism, as it has existed historically in Europe, is generally thought of as having been a phenomenon of the political right. To the extent that nineteenth- and early twentieth-century leftist movements have been found to manifest anti-Semitism, their involvement has often been suggested to be a mere fleeting and insignificant phenomenon. As such, this study seeks to examine more fully the role that the historic European left has played in developing and espousing anti-Semitic views. The authors draw upon a range of primary and secondary sources, including the analysis of left- and right-wing newspaper reportage, to trace the relationship between the political left and anti-Semitism in France, Germany, and Great Britain from the French Revolution to World War II, ultimately concluding that the relationship between the left and anti-Semitism has been much more profound than previously believed.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316368173

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Case Closed

By: William P. Eshleman

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Case Closed

By: William P. Eshleman

Peter Case is just beginning to enjoy life on Vancouver Island and the burgeoning success of Left Coast Salvage when his parents are killed by a natural gas explosion. He’s skeptical of the circumstances, but authorities conclude it was an unfortunate accident. Then Case’s friends start turning up dead at an astonishing speed in a series of subsequent “unfortunate accidents”. Case suspects these so called accidents are targeted attacks. No one believes him. Despite the assistance Case and his best friend Hal provided the CIA during their previous escapades, none of the agents can be reached. They turn to their contacts in CSIS and MI6 for help, only to hear there is zero evidence the incidents are linked and no resources available to assist them. When Hal’s brother is killed in yet another accident, Case and Hal take matters into their own hands. Case doesn’t know if he’s just being paranoid or if they’re actually being targeted. But he’s going to find out.

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FriesenPress

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1039178871

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Beyond the Influence

Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism

By: Katherine Ketcham,William F. Asbury,Mel Schulstad,Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

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Beyond the Influence

Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism

By: Katherine Ketcham,William F. Asbury,Mel Schulstad,Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

This invaluable work will contribute much to the battle against our number one disease."—from the Foreword by George McGovern, former senator and author of Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism Alcoholism is a disease. It's time we started treating it like one. Science has offered undisputed proof that alcoholism is a disease rather than a weakness of character, yet millions of alcoholics continue to suffer due to inappropriate treatment. Now the co-author of the modern classic Under the Influence has teamed up with prominent alcoholism experts to provide new answers to this national epidemic. Based on the latest scientific research, Beyond the Influence clearly explains the neurological nature of the disease and reveals why some people drink addictively and others do not. It also spells out what needs to be done to treat alcoholism, including: Steps to take for an intervention How to find the right treatment program Which psychological approaches work best Why spirituality is essential to recovery New insights into relapse prevention What you should know about diet, exercise, and nontraditional treatments such as acupuncture Provocative and eye-opening, compelling and compassionate, Beyond the Influence is not only a message of hope for alcoholics--it is a blueprint for saving lives. Beyond the Influence explains that alcoholism is a disease of the body, not a weakness of character. Drawing on the latest scientific studies, the authors present new research on the central role of genetics and neurotransmitters in addiction. Continuing where the prior book left off, it also includes: Steps for diagnosis and intervention, plus ways to prevent relapses Various treatment models, including inpatient and out-patient programs and a review of new drug treatments The most effective types of psychological counseling The critical role of nutrition Non-traditional healing methods for recovery The importance of a spiritual component to recovery The authors also critique our nation's alcoholism policies, including education and prevention programs, efforts to curtail college bingeing and underage drinking, and the advertising and marketing strategies of the alcohol industry.

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Bantam

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0307571998

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9780307571991

The Assassination of Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil

A Frenchman between France and North Africa

By: William A. Hoisington, Jr.

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The Assassination of Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil

A Frenchman between France and North Africa

By: William A. Hoisington, Jr.

This is a political biography of the French industrialist and political activist Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil (1894-1955), president of the Taxpayers' Federation in the 1930s, entrepreneur in wartime France and Africa, organizer of the 'Group of Five' in Algiers which prepared for the Allied landings in North Africa (November 1942), 'inventor' of General Henri Giraud as a candidate for the leadership of liberated North and West Africa, negotiator of the Murphy-Giraud Agreements and the Anfa Memorandum with President Roosevelt (1942 and 1943), political writer on the postwar future of France in Morocco and the owner of the liberal newspaper Maroc-Presse. He was assassinated in Casablanca by French counter-terrorists in June 1955, a 'turning point' event which pushed the French government to grant independence to Morroco. Was he a rabble-rouser, a demagogue, a betrayer of French interests at home and overseas or a reformer, a patriot, a hero of the anti-German resistance, and a champion of Franco-Moroccan solidarity?

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Routledge

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1134268416

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9781134268412

Hope & Folly

The United States and Unesco, 1945-1985

By: William Preston,Edward S. Herman,Herbert I. Schiller

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Hope & Folly

The United States and Unesco, 1945-1985

By: William Preston,Edward S. Herman,Herbert I. Schiller

Created in a burst of idealism after World War II, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) existed for forty years in a state of troubled yet oftern successful collaboration with one of its founders and benefactors, the United States. In 1980, UNESCO adopted the report of a commission that surveyed and criticized the dominance, in world media, of the United States, Japan, and a handful of European countries. The report also provided the conceptual underpinnings for what was later called the New World Information and Communication Order, a general direction adopted by UNESCO to encourage increased Third World participation in world media. This direction - it never became an official program - ultimately led to the United States's withdrawal from UNESCO in 1984. Hope and Folly is an interpretive chronicle of U.S./ UNESCO relations. Although the information debated has garnered wide attention in Europe and the Third World, there is no comparable study in the English language, and none that focuses specifically on the United States and the broad historical context of the debate. In the first three parts, William Preston covers the changing U.S./ UNESCO relationship from the early cold war years through the period of anti-UNESCO backlash, as well as the politics of the withdrawal. Edward Herman's section is an interpretive critique of American media coverage of the withdrawal, and Herbert Schiller's is a conceptual analysis of conflicts within the United States's information policies during its last years in UNESCO. The book's appendices include an analysis of Ed Bradley's notorious "60 Minutes" broadcast on UNESCO --

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0816617880

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