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    A predictable tragedy Robert Mugabe and the collapse of Zimbabwe / by Compagnon, Daniel

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Authoritarian control of the political arena -- Violence as the cornerstone of Mugabe's strategy of political survival -- Militant civil society and the emergence of a credible opposition -- The media battlefield : from skirmishes to full-fledged war -- The judiciary : from resistance to subjugation -- The land "reform" charade and the tragedy of famine -- The state bourgeoisie and the plunder of the economy -- The international community and the crisis in Zimbabwe -- Conclusion : crisis averted or merely postponed?.…”
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    The war against the peasantry, 1927-1930 the tragedy of the Soviet countryside /

    Published 2005
    “…Annals of Communism. Tragedy of the Soviet countryside, 1927-1939.…”
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    New South African review.

    Published 2014
    “…Second phase-- tragedy or farce?…”
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    Dead last the public memory of Warren G. Harding's scandalous legacy / by Payne, Phillip G.

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Questions asked -- The president's hometown -- Commemorating the tragedy of Warren Harding -- My damned biographers -- The shadow of William Estabrook Chancellor -- He-harlot -- Harding Alley -- Dead last.…”
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    Democratic breakdown and the decline of the Russian military by Barany, Zoltan D.

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The tragedy and symbolism of the Kursk -- Assessing decay: the Soviet/Russian military, 1985-2006 -- Explaining the military's political presence -- The elusive defense reform -- Civil-military relations and superpresidentialism -- Conclusion.…”
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    In a shade of blue pragmatism and the politics of Black America / by Glaude, Eddie S., 1968-

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Tragedy and moral experience : John Dewey and Toni Morrison's Beloved -- "Black and proud" : reconstructing black identity -- "Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God" : the problem of history in black theology -- Agency, slavery, and African American Christianity -- Explicating Black nationalism -- The eclipse of a black public and the challenge of a post-soul politics.…”
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    Grand theater regional governance in Stalin's Russia, 1931-1941 / by Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene), 1942-

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Chernykh -- "My friend, I've hit rock bottom" : politics and friendship -- A tragedy : the terror -- Degeneration of the symbiosis of errors, 1938-1941 -- "Stop this petty tyranny" : letters and the administration of schools in Falenki, 1940-1941 -- Proprietary professionalism : mine by right, 1938-1941.…”
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    The Greek polis and the invention of democracy a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations /

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…Raaflaub -- Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of the Greek polis / Tracy Strong -- The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients / Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner.…”
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    King Hussein of Jordan a political life / by Ashton, Nigel John

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…The tragedy of King Talal -- Breaking the British connection, 1953-6 -- To hold a throne, 1956-7 -- A dynasty under threat, 1957-61 -- Arab Cold War and détente, 1962-6 -- The path to disaster, 1966-7 -- Lost in a sandstorm: Hussein and the peace process, 1967-8 -- 'Seven questions of Israel': the September 1970 crisis -- The October war -- Disengagement and disillusionment, 1973-7 -- The Camp David disaster, 1977-9 -- The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 -- Fishing in the Dead Sea: King Hussein and the peace process, 1980-89 -- Between Iraq and a hard place: King Hussein and the Gulf Crisis, 1990-91 -- From Madrid to Oslo: King Hussein and the peace process, 1991-3 -- The best of enemies, the best of friends: Hussein, Rabin and the Jordanian, Israeli peace treaty -- The bitter aftertaste of peace -- The liberation of Iraq, 1995-7 -- A destiny fulfilled?…”
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    Between the lines readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "war on terror" /

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…The outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada and its early development : September 2000-January 2001 -- A Likud-Labor gangster government after Sharon's victory in the 2001 elections : provocative escalations, defiant but handicapped resistance : January-October 2001 -- Back to the essence of the conflict : total war--Zionist left and right close national and class ranks -- The case of MK Azmi Bishara : revealing the true nature of Israel's democracy -- From "defensive shield" to "reforming the PA" : Jenin's noble tragedy : March 2002-February 2003 -- Israeli elections 2003 and the sweeping victory of Sharon : what once was will continue to be, only worse : March 2003 -- The occupation of Iraq : widening U.S. hegemony and its fallout for Palestine : July 2002-April 2003 -- Carte blanche : the era of force, force, and more force : May-September 2003 -- From Arafat's death to the disengagement spectacle : January 2004-September 2005 -- Expanding regionally, resisting locally : "he who wants peace prepares for war" : October 2005-November 2006.…”
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