At the approach of the twenty-first century, the United Nations remains the main hope for world peace. This straightforward analysis by longtime observers and... Læs mere
This book examines the interaction between state security and regime security in South Korea under the leadership of President Syngman Rhee in the period 1953-60.
In recent years, the value of the U.S. dollar has fluctuated wildly. Investors around the world, especially the Japanese, lost confidence in the dollar, creating a soaring yen and dragging down the value of the dollar even more.
"Communicating with the World" defines and examines public diplomacy in the context of a government's conduct of foreign affairs and identifies its rationale as an outgrowth of the worldwide communications revolution, ideological conflicts, and the interdependency of nations.
This text explains why the existence of "special status corporations" inhibits the Japanese prime minister's efforts to implement structural reforms.
Combining documents with an interpretive essay, this book is the first to offer a much-needed guide to the emergence of the women's rights movement within the anti-slavery activism of the 1830s.
This book is the first comprehensive cultural and historical introduction to modern Georgia. It covers the country region by region, taking the form of a literary journey through the transition from Soviet Georgia to the modern independent nation state.
This volume introduces students to the most controversial incident of the Vietnam War - the My Lai massacre when almost 400 Vietnamese civilians were killed in four... Læs mere
This book addresses ethnic Chinese issues, as well as ethnic Chinese relations with China and with indigenous groups in the region.
Wars in the post-Cold War era are overwhelmingly internal or civil wars. Berry reveals how this mission remains unpublicized and unsaid, due to the effect which many fear it would have on the ICRC's traditional purpose of providing war relief.