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Book The Twenty Years  Crisis  1919 1939

Download or read book The Twenty Years Crisis 1919 1939 written by E. Carr and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-19 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E.H. Carr's Twenty Years' Crisis is a classic work in International Relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text.

Book Twenty Years Later

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlie Donlea
  • Publisher : Kensington Books
  • Release : 2021-12-28
  • ISBN : 1496727207
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Twenty Years Later written by Charlie Donlea and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Excellent…Donlea tells a propulsive tale.” – The New York Times The New York Times Best Thrillers This Season | E! NewsRecommended Books | Overdrive Biggest Books of the Month Fans of Verity by Colleen Hoover won’t want to miss this thrilling new suspense novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Taken! Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined to uncover the truth behind a gruesome murder decades after the investigation was abandoned. But TWENTY YEARS LATER, to understand the present, you need to listen to the past… Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence. Emma Kind has waited twenty years to put her sister to rest, but closure won’t be complete until she can clear Victoria’s name. Alone she’s had no luck, but she’s convinced that Avery’s connections and fame will help. Avery, hoping to negotiate a more lucrative network contract, goes into investigative overdrive. Victoria had been having an affair with a successful novelist, found hanging from the balcony of his Catskills mansion. The rope, the bedroom, and the entire crime scene was covered in Victoria’s DNA. But the twisted puzzle of Victoria’s private life is just the beginning. And what Avery doesn't realize is that there are other players in the game who are interested in Avery’s own secret past—one she has kept hidden from both the network executives and her television audience. A secret she thought was dead and buried . . . Accused of a brutal murder, Victoria Ford made a final chilling call from the North Tower on the morning of 9/11. Twenty years ago, no one listened. Today, you will. “Breathtaking pacing and clever plot twists.” —Publishers Weekly “An entertaining thriller…surprises lurking around every corner.” —Kirkus Reviews “A superb storyteller.” —Robert Dugoni, New York Timesbestselling author

Book Peacebuilding

Download or read book Peacebuilding written by David Chandler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to chart the rise and fall of peacebuilding. Charting its beginnings, as an ad-hoc extension of peacekeeping responsibilities, and formalisation, as a UN-supported international project of building liberal states. Twenty years later, the grounding policy assumptions of peacebuilding - that democracy, the rule of law and free markets were a universal solution to conflict-prone states and societies - have been revealed as naïve at best, and at worst, hubristic and Eurocentric. Here, Chandler traces the disillusionment with international peacebuilding, and the discursive shifts in the self-understanding of the peacebuilding project in policy and academic debate. He charts the transformation from peacebuilding as an international project based on universalist assumptions, to the understanding of peace as a necessarily indigenous process based on plural and non-linear understandings of difference. Is the end of peacebuilding necessarily a cause for celebration? Does this shift result in a realist resignation to the world as it appears? Is it necessary to “marry idealism with realism” – as E.H. Carr once argued - if we wish to keep open the possibilities for social change? This book seeks to answer these questions, making an invaluable reference both for students and practitioners of peacebuilding and for those interested in the broader shifts in the social and political grounding of policy-making today.

Book The New Twenty Years  Crisis

Download or read book The New Twenty Years Crisis written by Philip Cunliffe and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The liberal order is decaying. Will it survive, and if not, what will replace it? On the eightieth anniversary of the publication of E.H. Carr's The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939, Philip Cunliffe revisits this classic text, juxtaposing its claims with contemporary debates on the rise and fall of the liberal international order. The New Twenty Years' Crisis reveals that the liberal international order experienced a twenty-year cycle of decline from 1999 to 2019. In contrast to claims that the order has been undermined by authoritarian challengers, Cunliffe argues that the primary drivers of the crisis are internal. He shows that the heavily ideological international relations theory that has developed since the end of the Cold War is clouded by utopianism, replacing analysis with aspiration and expressing the interests of power rather than explaining its functioning. As a result, a growing tendency to discount political alternatives has made us less able to adapt to political change. In search of a solution, this book argues that breaking through the current impasse will require not only dissolving the new forms of utopianism, but also pushing past the fear that the twenty-first century will repeat the mistakes of the twentieth. Only then can we finally escape the twenty years' crisis. By reflecting on Carr's foundational work, The New Twenty Years' Crisis offers an opportunity to take stock of the current state of international order and international relations theory.

Book Classics from IJGIS

Download or read book Classics from IJGIS written by Peter Fisher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past 20 years can be regarded as the adolescence of geographic information science (GIS), as it grew from a burgeoning area of study into a mature and thriving field. During those two decades, the International Journal of Geographic Information Science (formerly Systems) (IJGIS) was one of the most prominent academic guiding forces in GIScience

Book Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology

Download or read book Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology written by Yoke-Sum Wong and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last twenty years the Journal of HistoricalSociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. Theseessays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists,anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of theJHS. Volume 1 focuses on the British state, Volume 2 on thejournal’s wider interdisciplinary challenges. The first in a two-volume anthology representing the bestarticles published in The Journal of Historical Sociologyover the last twenty years. Includes essays, debates and responses written byinternationally distinguished historians, sociologists,anthropologists and geographers as well as by pioneering newerscholars have been influential in challenging and redefining thefield of historical sociology. Spans a range of issues and topics that combine rich empiricalscholarship with sophisticated theoretical engagement, bringingtogether the very best of the JHS. A collection of essays on state formation from medieval timesto the present, focussing mainly on the British state.

Book Consumer Culture Theory

Download or read book Consumer Culture Theory written by Eric J. Arnould and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlining the key themes, concepts and theoretical areas in the field, this book draws on contributions from prominent researchers to unravel the complexities of consumer culture by looking at how it affects personal identity, social interactions and the consuming human being. A field which is characterised as being theoretically challenging is made accessible through learning features that include case study material, critical reflection, research directions, further reading and a broad mix of the types of consumers and consumption contexts including emerging markets and economies. The structure of the book is designed to help students map the field in the way it is interpreted by researchers and follows the conceptual mapping in the classic Arnould & Thompson 2005 journal article. The book is organised into three parts - the Consumption Identity, Marketplace Cultures and the Socio-Historic Patterning of Consumption. Insight is offered into both the historical roots of consumer culture and the everyday experiences of navigating the contemporary marketplace. The book is supported by a collection of international case studies and real world scenarios, including: How Fashion Bloggers Rule the Fashion World; the Kendall Jenner Pepsi Commercial; Professional Beer Pong, Military Recruiting Campaigns, The World Health Organization and the Corporatization of Education. The go-to text for anyone new to CCT or postgraduate students writing a CCT-related thesis.

Book Bearing the Mystery

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregory Wolfe
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 2009-07-29
  • ISBN : 0802864643
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book Bearing the Mystery written by Gregory Wolfe and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In celebration of the twentieth year of Image Journal, Eerdmans presents an anthology of the best of Images pages over two decadeswriting and visual art that highlight the rich and ongoing legacy of imagination fed by faith. / The volume includes essays by Annie Dillard, Ron Hansen, Ann Patchett, and Wim Wenders; fiction by Clyde Edgerton, Joy Williams, and Melanie Rae Thon; poetry by Scott Cairns, B.H. Fairchild, Denise Levertov, and Kathleen Norris; and gorgeous four-color art by Ed Knippers, Tim Rollins and KOS, Catherine Prescott, and Steve Hawley. / Image is one of Americas leading literary quarterliesand one of the top ten in terms of paid circulation. Its award-winning material regularly appears in the Years Best anthologies and has been reprinted in books, websites, and magazines such as Harpers, Utne Reader, and the Wilson Quarterly. / Highly regarded in the public square of American culture, Image has also become the foremost source of contemporary art and literature in faith communities, winning recognition from the Associated Church Press as well as some of our eras most prominent church leaders and theologians. Novelist Bret Lott calls it the most meaningful literary journal being published today

Book 20th Anniversary

    Book Details:
  • Author : Books with Soul
  • Publisher : Books with Soul
  • Release : 2018-09-11
  • ISBN : 9781949325072
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book 20th Anniversary written by Books with Soul and published by Books with Soul. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a special gift for a 20th Anniversary Celebration? Great present for the couple celebrating 20 years of marriage. Full of questions and inspirational quotes. A memory journal they both can use. A special gift from the heart that will inspire and motivate and help someone create memories and keep a record of the story of their life together. Cream paper and a matte vintage cover. Celebrate wedding anniversaries with style. Every couple would enjoy this keepsake journal to record their memories. This journal is filled with questions and inspirational quotes. Simply answer the questions to help preserve memories. A way to remember their favorite songs, movies and vacations. Books with Soul (TM) believes every life is worth a few written words to pass on or reflect upon in the future. You don't have to be an author to tell the story of your life. Just be you. Today will someday be the good old days. Remember them. Books with Soul offers inspirational journals with questions and thoughts to help record memories for the most novice of journalers. Great for couples to reflect on their years together and the years to come. Help someone write their life story. Guest books for a special anniversary celebration are also available and make great gifts to give a host of a party. Keep a guest book of all who attended. Check out, Remember When? Guest Book by Books with Soul

Book Breaking the Real Axis of Evil

Download or read book Breaking the Real Axis of Evil written by Mark Palmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the removal of not only Saddam Hussein but also Jean-Betrand Aristide, as well as the ongoing civil war in against Charles Taylor in Liberia, much has changed in the world of dictators since the first publication of this work less than a year ago. With his colleagues in diplomacy and politics shying away from bold solutions to this ever-present problem, Ambassador Mark Palmer has once again set out to persuade everyone that the only way to achieve global peace is through the removal of dictators with democracy as their replacements. Drawing on his 25 years of extensive diplomatic experience, Ambassador Palmer asks us to embrace a bold vision of a world made safe by democracy. This is the story of the remaining dictators, the strategy and tactics to oust them, and the need to empower the people of every nation to control their own destinies. We know that these dictators are at the root of terrorism and war. Under their leadership and instruction, millions have gone to their deaths, a great many more have been forced to become refugees across the planet, and nations have been driven into poverty, famine, and despair. With all of this, Ambassador Palmer has led a passionate fight to end this Axis of Evil in the not too distant future. For if dictatorships are allowed to continue, the world will never be safe for democracy.

Book The Twenty Year Journal

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tammy Swafford
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-10-15
  • ISBN : 9781087983127
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book The Twenty Year Journal written by Tammy Swafford and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Twenty Year Journal is designed to help you plan for your future and memorialize your success, failures, and goals. It is a living journal that will guide you over the next 20 years. Each year has a section to list your successes from the past year, your failures, and what you learned from them, as well as your goals for the upcoming year. It is designed to capture your successes and failures so you can look back and celebrate how far you've come and all you've accomplished, while also helping you look ahead and set goals. Use it along with your personal growth plan to help you stay on track and focus on past progress. The back of the journal has a place to write down your bucket list items, starting with 300 and eventually reaching 500 items. As you complete your journal every year, you can check off your completed bucket list items and add more to the list. It's interesting to look back years down the road and see not only what you've completed but how your list has changed. This journal will be a legacy passed down through the generations. Your children and grandchildren will get a glimpse into your life and what your dreams and goals were for your future. The Twenty Year Journal makes a great wedding, birthday, graduation, or life event gift.

Book Wikipedia   20

Download or read book Wikipedia 20 written by Joseph Reagle and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wikipedia's first twenty years: how what began as an experiment in collaboration became the world's most popular reference work. We have been looking things up in Wikipedia for twenty years. What began almost by accident--a wiki attached to an nascent online encyclopedia--has become the world's most popular reference work. Regarded at first as the scholarly equivalent of a Big Mac, Wikipedia is now known for its reliable sourcing and as a bastion of (mostly) reasoned interaction. How has Wikipedia, built on a model of radical collaboration, remained true to its original mission of "free access to the sum of all human knowledge" when other tech phenomena have devolved into advertising platforms? In this book, scholars, activists, and volunteers reflect on Wikipedia's first twenty years, revealing connections across disciplines and borders, languages and data, the professional and personal.

Book Twenty Years in Assam

Download or read book Twenty Years in Assam written by Jessie T. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Road Ahead

Download or read book The Road Ahead written by Bill Gates and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this clear-eyed, candid, and ultimately reassuring

Book My First Years

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anne Geddes
  • Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Release : 2005-10
  • ISBN : 9780740756009
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book My First Years written by Anne Geddes and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside the pages of My First Years: A Journal for Boys, parents will find the perfect place to lovingly capture all of the special moments, from a baby's first day home through their second birthday. This beautiful baby book is graced with enchanting images from preeminent children's photographer Anne Geddes. Precious babies donned in Geddes's Nurseryroom line of clothing create a charming backdrop for these easy-to-use prompted journals. With pages dedicated for the milestone ages of three, six, and nine, twelve, and twenty four months, the MY FIRST YEARS journal also includes all the special details, like a place for hand- and footprints, a family tree, and plenty of room to add your child's own photos and mementos. A pleasure to look at even before they are filled, this adorable My First Years journal is sure to become a treasured family keepsake.

Book Mary  Queen of Scots  A journal of her twenty years  captivity  trial  and execution  From state papers and contemporary letters and documents   With portraits

Download or read book Mary Queen of Scots A journal of her twenty years captivity trial and execution From state papers and contemporary letters and documents With portraits written by William Joseph Walter and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire

Download or read book Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire written by Deepa Kumar and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti-Muslim racism from the early modern era to the "War on Terror." Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as religious intolerance. An innovative analysis of anti-Muslim racism and empire, Islamophobia argues that empire creates the conditions for anti-Muslim racism, which in turn sustains empire. This book, now updated to include the end of the Trump's presidency, offers a clear and succinct explanation of how Islamophobia functions in the United States both as a set of coercive policies and as a body of ideas that take various forms: liberal, conservative, and rightwing. The matrix of anti-Muslim racism charts how various institutions-the media, think tanks, the foreign policy establishment, the university, the national security apparatus, and the legal sphere-produce and circulate this particular form of bigotry. Anti-Muslim racism not only has horrific consequences for people in Muslim-majority countries who become the targets of an endless War on Terror, but for Muslims and those who "look Muslim" in the West as well.