Search Results - War

Fitzgerald & Hemingway works and days / by Donaldson, Scott, 1928-

Table of Contents: “…The last great cause: Hemingway's Spanish Civil War writing -- Pt.10: Last things. Hemingway and suicide -- Hemingway and fame.…”
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American showman Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 / by Melnick, Ross

Table of Contents: “…A new art for a new art form: Roxy and the development of motion picture exhibition (1908-1913) -- Broadway melody: Roxy, Riesenfeld, and the deluxe theater movement (1913-1917) -- The movie house as recruiting center: Roxy, World War I documentaries, and the engineering of consent (1917-1918) -- "The man who gave the movies a college education": Roxy, Rapee, and motion pictures at the Capitol Theatre (1919-1922) -- Roxy and the birth of media convergence (1922-1936). …”
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Women in Cleveland : An Illustrated History / by Morton, Marian J., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Meeting the Challenges: The Depression and World War II, 1930-1950 -- 9. Opening Doors: Professions, Politics, and Protest, 1950-1980 -- Epilogue: Toward the Third Century, 1980-1996.…”
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Islamic Shangri-La : Inter-Asian Relations and Lhasa's Muslim Communities, 1600 to 1960 / by Atwill, David G.

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Liberalism and Transformation : The Global Politics of Violence and Intervention / by Tatum, Dillon Stone

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Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1928–1931 /

Table of Contents: “…Cultural revolution as class war / Sheila Fitzpatrick -- Society, state, and ideology during the first five-year plan / Moshe Lewin -- Educational strategies and cultural revolution : the politics of Soviet development / Gail Warshofsky Lapidus -- The construction of the Stalinist psyche / David Joravsky -- Rural scholars and the cultural revolution / Susan Gross Solomon -- Marxist historians during the cultural revolution : a case study of professional in-fighting / George M. …”
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Pure act : the uncommon life of Robert Lax / by McGregor, Michael N.

Table of Contents: “…Being a Presence in Post-War Marseilles -- 12. Entering the Mouth of the Lion -- 13. …”
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Pure act : the uncommon life of Robert Lax / by McGregor, Michael N.

Table of Contents: “…Being a Presence in Post-War Marseilles -- 12. Entering the Mouth of the Lion -- 13. …”
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Leper Creativity: Cyclonopedia Symposium by Öykü Tekten, Alexander R. Galloway, Benjamin H. Bratton, McKenzie Wark, Ed Keller (ed.), Nicola Masciandaro (ed.), Eugene Thacker (ed.), Zach Blas, Melanie Doherty, Anthony Sciscione, Kate Marshall, Alisa Andrasek, Dan Mellamphy, Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Ben Woodard, Lionel Maunz, Reza Negarestani

Table of Contents: “…-- Eugene Thacker, "Black Infinity; or, Oil Discovers Humans" -- Nicola Masciandaro, "Gourmandized in the Abattoir of Openness" -- Dan Mellamphy & Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, "Phileas Fogg, or the Cyclonic Passepartout: On the Alchemical Elements of War" -- Ben Woodard, "The Untimely (and Unshapely) Decomposition of Onto-Epistemological Solidity: Negarestani's Cyclonopedia as Metaphysics" -- Ed Keller,Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-00- )…”
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Orphaned Landscapes : Violence, Visuality, and Appearance in Indonesia / by Spyer, Patricia, 1957-

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Leper Creativity: Cyclonopedia Symposium by Öykü Tekten, Alexander R. Galloway, Benjamin H. Bratton, McKenzie Wark, Ed Keller (ed.), Nicola Masciandaro (ed.), Eugene Thacker (ed.), Zach Blas, Melanie Doherty, Anthony Sciscione, Kate Marshall, Alisa Andrasek, Dan Mellamphy, Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Ben Woodard, Lionel Maunz, Reza Negarestani

Table of Contents: “…-- Eugene Thacker, "Black Infinity; or, Oil Discovers Humans" -- Nicola Masciandaro, "Gourmandized in the Abattoir of Openness" -- Dan Mellamphy & Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, "Phileas Fogg, or the Cyclonic Passepartout: On the Alchemical Elements of War" -- Ben Woodard, "The Untimely (and Unshapely) Decomposition of Onto-Epistemological Solidity: Negarestani's Cyclonopedia as Metaphysics" -- Ed Keller,Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-00- )…”
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Orphaned Landscapes : Violence, Visuality, and Appearance in Indonesia / by Spyer, Patricia, 1957-

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Too poor for peace? global poverty, conflict, and security in the 21st century /

Table of Contents: “…Kahl -- Resource and environmental security / Anthony Nyong -- The demographics of political violence : youth bulges, insecurity, and conflict / Henrik Urdal -- Embracing the margins : working with youth amid war and insecurity / Marc Sommers -- The role of leadership in overcoming poverty and achieving security in Africa / Robert I. …”
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Carrots, sticks, and ethnic conflict rethinking development assistance /

Table of Contents: “…Uphoff -- Making ethnic conflict : the civil war in Sri Lanka / Ronald J. Herring -- Foreign assistance as genocide : the crisis in Russia, the IMF, and interethnic relations / Stephen D. …”
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Carrots, sticks, and ethnic conflict rethinking development assistance /

Table of Contents: “…Uphoff -- Making ethnic conflict : the civil war in Sri Lanka / Ronald J. Herring -- Foreign assistance as genocide : the crisis in Russia, the IMF, and interethnic relations / Stephen D. …”
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Too poor for peace? global poverty, conflict, and security in the 21st century /

Table of Contents: “…Kahl -- Resource and environmental security / Anthony Nyong -- The demographics of political violence : youth bulges, insecurity, and conflict / Henrik Urdal -- Embracing the margins : working with youth amid war and insecurity / Marc Sommers -- The role of leadership in overcoming poverty and achieving security in Africa / Robert I. …”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Benstead -- Examining Yemen's post-2011 trajectory : from reform to war to many Yemens / April Longley Alley -- U.S. influence on Arab regimes : from reluctant democracy supporter to authoritarian enabler / Sarah Yerkes -- Chinese soft power projection in the Arab world : from the Belt and Road Initiative to global pandemic response / Lisa Blaydes -- Iran's culture wars in the Arab world / Abbas Milani -- The Arab counter-revolution : the formation of a regional alliance to undermine the Arab Spring / Toby Matthiesen -- Myths of expansion : Turkey's changing policy in the Arab world / Ayça Alemdaroğlu and Gönül Tol -- Conclusion : the ongoing struggle for political reform in the Arab world / Larry Diamond.…”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Benstead -- Examining Yemen's post-2011 trajectory : from reform to war to many Yemens / April Longley Alley -- U.S. influence on Arab regimes : from reluctant democracy supporter to authoritarian enabler / Sarah Yerkes -- Chinese soft power projection in the Arab world : from the Belt and Road Initiative to global pandemic response / Lisa Blaydes -- Iran's culture wars in the Arab world / Abbas Milani -- The Arab counter-revolution : the formation of a regional alliance to undermine the Arab Spring / Toby Matthiesen -- Myths of expansion : Turkey's changing policy in the Arab world / Ayça Alemdaroğlu and Gönül Tol -- Conclusion : the ongoing struggle for political reform in the Arab world / Larry Diamond.…”
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Eleven days in hell the 1974 Carrasco prison siege in Huntsville, Texas / by Harper, William T., 1929-

Table of Contents: “…-- "I could have grabbed his gun" -- "Meet my demands or prepare for war" -- "I'm the executioner." -- "I demand that an armored truck be waiting" -- "If he'd only send out Linda Woodman. -- "I'll see y'all soon" -- "It's over" -- Epilogue.…”
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