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The United Nations and Rwanda, 1993-1996 /

The Holocaust : the basics / by Bartrop, Paul R. (Paul Robert), 1955-

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The near east : the early civilizations /

True Jew challenging the stereotype / by Beck, Bernard, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The enigma and the solution -- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The bottom line: avoiding the same old same old.…”
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Neighbors & strangers the fundamentals of foreign affairs / by Polk, William R. (William Roe), 1929-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. The bottom line -- pt. 2. Defense -- pt. 3. Armies and warfare -- pt. 4. …”
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Colonial rule and social change in Korea, 1910-1945 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a critique of colonial modernity / Hong Yung Lee -- Colonial rule and social change in Korea : the paradox of colonial control / Yong Chool Ha -- Politics of communication and the colonial public sphere in 1920s Korea / Yong-Jick Kim -- Expansion of elementary schooling under colonialism : top down or bottom up? / Seong-Cheol Oh and Ki-Seok Kim -- National identity and class interest in the peasant movements of the colonial period / Dong-No Ki -- The 1920 colonial reforms and the June 10 (1926) movement : a Korean search for ethnic space / Mark E. …”
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Soldiering under occupation processes of numbing among Israeli soldiers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada / by Grassiani, Erella

Table of Contents: “…Understanding Israeli soldiers -- Israel: a militarized society -- Uprisings -- Soldiers as perpetrators -- Misbehaviour and violence -- Conclusion -- Studying soldiers -- Becoming or being a perpetrator -- Space, power, (mis)behaviour and morality -- Physical closeness and distance -- Constructed moralities in speech -- Moral disengagement and denial -- Perpetrators' accounts -- Conclusion -- Checkpoints, arrests and patrols: spaces of occupation -- Policing by soldiers: dirty work -- Checkpoints: obstruction of passage -- Arrests and 'straw widows': entering the private Palestinian domain -- Patrolling -- Conclusion -- Performing as occupiers: operational dynamics -- Routine -- Relations of power -- Tired, bored and scared: emotional, physical and cognitive numbing -- Anger, boredom, frustration and more: the emotional dimension -- Hot, cold and tired: the physical dimension -- Unclear categories and uncertainty: implications of the cognitive dimension -- Conclusion -- Blurring morals: the numbed moral competence of soldiers -- Moral professionalism -- Cognitive blurring -- Detachment: 'not thinking about it' -- Conclusion -- Morality in speech: discursive strategies of soldiers -- The minimization of moral agency -- Professionalism (miktsoayut) -- Bottom-up: soldiers' talk -- Strategic talk -- Ideology -- No need for explanation -- Critical voices: moral re-sensitizing -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- The systemic approach: taking the Israeli case outside of its borders.…”
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The Maidan Uprising, separatism and foreign intervention : Ukraine's complex transition /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Klaus Bachmann, Igor Lyubashenko -- Independent Ukraine / Andrzej Szeptycki -- The nuclear weapons issue and the Budapest Agreement / Ireneusz Kaminski -- The political system of Ukraine / Pawel Kowal -- The ethnic and cultural divisons of Ukraine / Adam Balcer -- The Crimean autonomy / Nedim Useinov -- The role of the US in Ukraine prior to and during the Maidan protests / Thomas Sparrow Botero -- Ukrainian-Russian relations after 1991 / Igor Torbakov -- The role of the Crimea in Ukrainian-Russian relations / Natalia Shapovalova -- Polish-Ukrainian relations after 1991 / Maria Przelomiec -- The EU and NATO toward Ukraine / Spasimir Domaradzki -- The "Orange Revolution" and its aftermath / Maciej Wapinski -- From the Euromajdan protests to the Sich Uprisal / Igor Lyubashenko -- Nationalism, party politics and political transition I / Adrian Mandzy -- Nationalism, party politics and political transition II / Inge Christensen -- The virtual Majdan : new patterns of mass mobilization / Igor Lyubashenko -- The challenges : political and economic transition / Klaus Bachmann -- Conclusions.…”
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Black April : the fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 / by Veith, George J., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…: waiting for the next attack -- "Good-bye for now, Ban Me Thuot" : beginning the 1975 offensive -- "Light at the top, heavy at the bottom" : decisions that destroyed a nation -- "The road of blood and tears" : the retreat from the highlands -- "Chaos and disintegration" : surrounding Saigon -- "How can I abandon this rocky soil?" …”
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Victory in defeat the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 / by Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…"Issue in doubt" : the siege of Wake Island -- "The emperor has ... presented you with your lives" : the shock of capture -- "Very odd people indeed" : the first twenty-four hours in captivity -- "The Japanese continue to treat us with respect" : a deceptively gentle transition to POW life -- "A real hell ship" : from Wake Island to Yokohama on the Nitta Maru -- "Never had I felt so desolate or so weary" : from murder at sea to despair on land -- "The most painful days we spent in prison camp" : hitting bottom at Woosung -- "The Japanese Army ... will improve your conditions" : turning the corner at Woosung -- "Without Red Cross help ... we would never have pulled through" : the impact of outside aid -- "I thought they handled themselves reasonably well" : Japanese-POW relations at Woosung -- "You God damn Americans don't understand anything" : strains, outrages, and departures -- "This camp is the best one that the Japs have" : a new commandant and a new camp -- A hellacious damn deal till we finished" : pushed to the edge on Mount Fuji -- "Optimism ... is running high" : hope revives at Kiangwan -- "The pleasure of raising our flag over the enemy's homeland" : to Japan and liberation -- "98 US PW, 5-10-43" : the Wake Island diaspora, 1942-1945 -- "We had a bond there that's still going" : why so many came home.…”
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