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Displaying records 181 through 190 of 693 |
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $20.00
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Manufacturer: Stationery Office
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Stationery Office
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Dewey Decimal Number: 341
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Publication Date: 2005-03-10
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Reading Level: 27
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Price: $36.00
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Sale: $36.00
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Manufacturer: United States Government Printing
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: United States Government Printing
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Publication Date: 1996-06
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Price: $8.00
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Sale: $8.00
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Manufacturer: Stationery Office
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Stationery Office
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Dewey Decimal Number: 341
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Publication Date: 2004-06-24
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Reading Level: 7
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Price: $35.99
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Sale: $30.88
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Manufacturer: Arena Books Ltd
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Harry Davis
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Publisher: Arena Books Ltd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 327
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Publication Date: 2007-10-08
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Reading Level: 260
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Description: War has blighted the security and happiness of humanity from time immemorial, but when two hundred years ago the colonies in North America broke away from British rule and established the United States, it was seen as a hopeful promise for the peoples of the world. A new democracy had been launched wherein all (or at least, the majority) were deemed to be created equal in respect of their rights, and were citizens and not subjects, in a land of self-confident individualism, which was not only free of the hereditary-based authoritarianism of the Old World, but more significantly, seemed destined to live at peace with the great nation states beyond their frontiers. It was a nation where government was minimised to ensure freedom in the spheres of commerce, religion, and private life, but the ideals of universal concord were not so easily to be achieved by either the efforts of this new people, or by the world at large. The good intentions of humanity were soon found to clash with the psychology and social realities of human interaction. The democratic instinct is not necessarily a universal attribute of humanity. Our minds may be attracted to the ideals of justice, equity, and freedom, but another sinister tendency, the lapse into authoritarianism, or the longing for the charismatic, sets up an opposing force in the body politic. There is an inseparable divide between the practicality of democracy and the triumph of captivating leadership. True freedom and the Superman cannot coexist within society. The lesson of history is that power too often attracts the wrong kind of candidate. Democracy too often mutates into the rule of demagogues, and that in turn leads to conflict and war. It is well to remember that Hitler rose to supreme leadership via the democratic process. This book looks at the careers of infamous psychopaths who eventually seized the leadership of their countries. It examines the reasons for seeking high office, and considers the stresses inherent in political leadership which may lead to disaster for entire regions or even on a global scale. The book presents the democratic model in its ideal form as the Palace of Crystal, and shows how modern democracies fall short of the ideal, beguiled by the cult of personality. The price of democracy is eternal vigilance. Charisma degrades the democratic ideal and weakens the democratic bastion against war.
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Price: $55.00
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Sale: $55.00
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Manufacturer: United Nations Pubns
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: United Nations Pubns
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Dewey Decimal Number: 341
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Publication Date: 2004-10-30
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Reading Level: 616
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Price: $26.00
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Sale: $17.29
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Manufacturer: Office of the Legal Adviser, Treaty Affa
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Office of the Legal Adviser, Treaty Affa
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Dewey Decimal Number: 327
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Publication Date: 2003-02-04
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Reading Level: 810
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Description: TIAS 10979-11027. Contains Treaties and Other International Acts Series 10979-11027. Pt. 5 of six parts. Text in English and other languages.
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Price: $11.00
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Sale: $11.00
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Manufacturer: Stationery Office
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Stationery Office
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Dewey Decimal Number: 340
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Publication Date: 2006-05-30
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Reading Level: 14
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Manufacturer: Reprint Services Corporation
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Library Binding
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Author: Charles Brockden Brown
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Publisher: Reprint Services Corporation
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Publication Date: 1989-11
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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $21.95
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Manufacturer: Algora Pub
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jeanne M. Haskin
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Publisher: Algora Pub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 949.703
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Publication Date: 2006-05-30
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Reading Level: 249
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Description: Could we, should we, have prevented the break up of Yugoslavia? Can genocide be prevented, or halted?
The author examines the dire consequences of the rapid economic reforms demanded by the West and asks where responsibility lies when external pressures destroy a nation and lead to genocide.
Bosnia and Beyond: The Quiet Revolution that wouldn t go quietly is, in part, the story of how the West destroyed a country through the imposition of economic and political reform.
Promoted as a way to modernize Yugoslavia and bring it into the mainstream, the program was in fact meant to bring down the Communist government in a "quiet revolution" of the type that was envisaged for other former Soviet bloc countries.
Bosnia is a case study similar to the other "color" revolutions. If 200 people are manipulated into taking to the streets and are given almighty support from the outside, against their legitimate government then 2,000 will demonstrate tomorrow, and the targeted government will sit paralyzed and watch the takeover. Only, in Bosnia, it fought back.
The author examines the dire consequences of the rapid economic reforms demanded by the West and asks where responsibility lies when external pressures destroy a nation and lead to genocide.
Showing how Western plans for the liberalization of the country resulted in ethnic polarization and the election of ethno-nationalist leaders, the book then goes on to describe the events of the war.
The struggle of the republics for independence was yet another proxy war, which the West encouraged in order to chastise Milosevic and nudge him into becoming the man that they wanted him to be. While no formal plan has surfaced to show that the whole thing was engineered to provide a base for US/NATO troops, on the other hand, the situation was so egregious that intervention was highly sought and that the West had an obligation to clean up its mess, which it finally did.
Many have been emotionally manipulated into being grateful for NATO intervention, and then it was quite convenient that a NATO base existed. But how does one say that intervention was needful, and then point the finger at the intervening forces? One can claim that Germany, Austria and the Vatican were in favor of Croatian and Slovenian secession and the US came late to the game to demand Bosnian independence. It can also be claimed that Britain and France did not stand in the way of Serbian secession within Bosnia and Croatia but rather promoted their goals. Yugoslavia was a case of secession within secession, raising the question of who was supported by whom in either case.
The work considers the research and views of a wide range of scholars, historians, journalists, and humanitarian writers such as Cohen and Reisman; Udoviki and Ridgeway Eds.; Norman Cigar; Laura Silber and Alan Little; Danielle Sremac; Michael Walzer; Ed Vulliamy; Peter Maas; Samantha Power; Peter du Preez; Lawrence Freedman; Hoffman, Johansen and Sterba; Ervin Staub; and Thomas Mockaitis.
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $30.00
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Manufacturer: United Nations Pubns
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: United Nations Pubns
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Edition: Bilingual
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Dewey Decimal Number: 341
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Publication Date: 2007-10-30
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Reading Level: 436
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