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Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhistorical lens to examine such diverse topics as the slave trade, the spread of Islam, colonization, subsistence production, counter-insurgency, decolonization, civil war, ecotourism, and matriliny. Thereby, the book attempts to reflect as much as possible on the generalizability and (global) comparability of local findings by framing analyses in historiographical discussions that aim to go beyond the regional or national level. Although the chapters of the book deal with very different topics, they are united by a common interest in the social history of rural Africa in the longue durée. Contrary to persistent clichés of rural inertia in Africa, the book as a whole underscores the profound changeability of social conditions and relations in Nkholongue over the years and highlights how people's room for maneuver kept changing as a result of the Winds of History, the frequent and often violent ruptures brought to the village from outside.

"A study of the stalled/non-existent process of legally reckoning with the 1965 state-sponsored genocide in Indonesia"--

Poverty and inequality have pervaded British society to this day, but this has not always been self-evident to contemporaries - popular understandings have depended on existing knowledge. Inequality Knowledge provides the first detailed history of the numbers about the gap between rich and poor. It shows how they were produced, used, and suppressed at times, and how activists, scientists, and journalists eventually wrestled control over the figures from the state. The book traces the making and the politics of statistical knowledge about economic inequality in the United Kingdom from the post-war era to the 1990s. What kind of knowledge was available to contemporaries about socio-economic disparities in Britain and how they evolved over time? How was this knowledge produced and by whom? What did policy makers and civil servants know about the extent of poverty and inequality in British society and to what extent did they take the distributional impact of their social and fiscal policies into account? Far from just a technical matter, inequality knowledge had far-reaching implications for key debates and the wider political culture in contemporary Britain. Historicizing inequality knowledge speaks to a long tradition of historical research about social class divisions and cultural representations of economic disparities in twentieth-century Britain.

Der 28. Band der Edition behandelt die 51 regulären und fünf Sondersitzungen des ersten Kabinetts von Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt im Jahr 1975. Einen thematischen Schwerpunkt bildeten dabei die institutionelle Weiterentwicklung der EG, gerade auch im Hinblick auf die Direktwahl des Europäischen Parlaments, die Angleichung der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Unterschiede der Mitgliedstaaten sowie die gemeinsame Agrarpolitik. Ein besonderes Augenmerk legte die Bundesregierung als Hauptbeitragszahlerin auf Haushaltsdisziplin und eine verstärkte Kontrolle der EG-Finanzen. Die seit 1973 andauernde Energiekrise und die damit verbundenen Arbeitsmarkt- und Konjunkturprobleme versuchte sie im internationalen Rahmen zu bewältigen. Im November 1975 fand dazu der erste Weltwirtschaftsgipfel in Rambouillet statt. Über verstärkten Dialog mit den erdölproduzierenden Ländern sollten die Energiepreise auf ein für die Wirtschaft verträgliches Niveau gebracht werden. Gleichzeitig zeigten zwei Terrorakte, die Entführung des CDU-Politikers Peter Lorenz in Berlin sowie die Geiselnahme in der deutschen Botschaft in Stockholm, dass der bereits geplante Ausbau der Sicherheitsorgane und deren stärkere Vernetzung dringend umzusetzen war.

Dwight Eisenhower's encounter with the Holocaust altered how he understood the Second World War and shaped how he led the United States and the Western Alliance during the Cold War. This book is the first to blend scholarship on Eisenhower, World War II, and the Holocaust together, constructing a narrative that offers new insights into all three, all while uncovering the story of how he became among the first to vow that such atrocities would never again be allowed to happen. From the moment he stepped foot in the concentration camp Ohrdruf in April 1945, defeating Nazi Germany took on a moral hue for Eisenhower that had largely been absent before. It spurred the belief that totalitarianism in all its forms needed to be confronted. This conviction shaped his presidency and solidified American engagement in the postwar world. Putting these pieces of the story together alters how we view and understand the second half of the twentieth century.

Iran am Vorabend der Revolution. Das Schah-Regime wankt. Die Regierungstreuen verlieren an Macht, die revolutionären Kräfte werden rasch von den Mullahs dominiert. Mit Ajatollah Khomeini übernehmen sie schon bald die Herrschaft.Afschin Banai arbeitet in einem Elektrounternehmen. Er hatte einst in Deutschland gegen den Schah demonstriert und bezahlt die Kritik mit einem Ausreiseverbot. Durch das Land geht ein Riss. Gewaltexzesse, Misstrauen und Verrat sind an der Tagesordnung. Dies hinterlässt auch schmerzhafte Wunden zwischen Afschin und seiner großen Liebe Negin. Afschin gerät gleichzeitig ins Fadenkreuz der Regierungstreuen und der islamischen Revolutionäre. Sein Leben ist in Gefahr. Mit Negin versucht er schließlich aus dem Land zu fliehen.'Frühling der Freiheit' ist ein bewegender Roman. Er zeigt, wie die Islamische Republik entstand und schildert, wie die Liebe zweier Menschen in dieser politisch entscheidenden Phase auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird. Ein ergreifendes Zeugnis der Zeitgeschichte.

It is the story about the U.S. military's 600 m.o.l. - Black helicopter pilots who experienced combat duty in Vietnam, some making the ultimate sacrifice of giving their lives, and who certainly have a place in U. S. history.

On 4 May 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, political fires that had been burning across America during the 1960s exploded. Antiwar protestors wearing bell-bottom jeans and long hair hurled taunts and rocks at another group of young American-National Guardsman sporting gas masks and rifles. At half past noon, violence unfolded at chaotic speed, as guardsmen-many of whom had joined the Guard to escape the draft-opened fire on the students. Two reductive narratives ensued: one, that lethal state violence targeted Americans who spoke their minds; the other, that law enforcement gave troublemakers the comeuppance they deserved. For over fifty years, little middle ground has been found due to incomplete and sometimes contradictory evidence.Kent State meticulously re-creates the divided cultural landscape of America during the Vietnam War and heightened popular anxieties around the country. On college campuses, teach-ins, sit-down strikes and demonstrations exposed the growing rift between the left and the right. Many students opposed the war as unnecessary and unjust and were uneasy over poor and working-class kids drafted and sent to Vietnam in their place. Some developed a hatred for the military, the police and everything associated with authority, while others resolved to uphold law and order at any cost.Focusing on the thirteen victims of the Kent State shooting and a painstaking reconstruction on the days surrounding it, historian Brian VanDeMark draws on crucial new research and interviews-including, for the first time, the perspective of guardsmen who were there. The result is a complete reckoning with the tragedy that marked the end of the sixties.

"Secret police are central actors in dictatorships, yet we know very little about these institutions. Exploring communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, Henry Thomson opens this black box for the first time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in how authoritarian regimes and their secret police forces work"--

Explore LGBTQ+ history with Queer Art, an intoxicating and energetic curation of iconic artworks that express queerness in all its forms, from the twentieth century to today.

This book is a small tribute to the bond esteemed veterans formed during their time together in Vietnam. It is a testament to their shared experiences, the struggles we faced, and the lessons we learned.

"Les dîners de Gala ist einzig den Freuden des Gaumens gewidmet. ... Sollten Sie ein Jünger jener Kalorienwieger und -wäger sein, die die Freuden des Mahles in Strafen verwandeln, so schließen Sie dieses Buch sofort: Es ist viel zu lebendig, viel zu aggressiv und viel zu herausfordernd für Sie." - Salvador Dalí Essen und Surrealismus sind ideale Bettgesellen: Sex und Hummer, Collage und Kannibalismus, die Begegnung zwischen einem Schwan und einer Zahnbürste auf einem Tortenboden. Die opulenten Dinnerpartys, die Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) und seine Gattin und Muse Gala (1894-1982) gaben, waren legendär. Zum Glück für uns veröffentlichte Dalí 1973 das Kochbuch Les Diners de Gala, das verrückteste Kochbuch aller Zeiten, eine Synthese aus surrealistischem Witz und gehobenen und verschrobenen Gaumenfreuden. Diese gekürzte Neuauflage enthält 78 Rezepte in zwölf von Dalí eigens bebilderten Kapiteln mit Titeln wie "Weiche Uhren im Halbschlaf", "Sodomitische Zwischengerichte", "Monarchenfleisch" oder "Desoxyribonuklein-Atavismen". Saucen-Sottisen und Bouillon-Bonmots des Meisters à la "Der Kiefer ist unser bestes Werkzeug, um uns philosophisches Wissen anzueignen", oder "Den Elan meiner Eingeweide halte ich für den höchsten Wegweiser" geben zusätzliche Würze. All diese köstlichen Rezepte lassen sich zu Hause nachkochen, wenngleich einige etwas Übung, eine gut bestückte Vorratskammer und vielleicht auch eine spezielle neuronale Verschaltung voraussetzen. Dies ist Kochkunst alter Schule, von Dalí eingesammelt in Pariser Edelrestaurants. Les dîners de Gala ist zugleich Kunstwerk, Kochbuch und ein multisensorisches Abenteuer.

Da et medlem af den lokale vandreforening findes død på en mark i Cotswolds, kaster Agatha Raisin og hendes tiltrækkende nabo, James Lacey, sig ivrigt ud i opklaringsarbejdet. Det skorter ikke på spor at forfølge, for den afdøde har tilsyneladende haft konflikter både til højre og venstre, også med lokale godsejere om vandreruter der går over deres jorde. Da det samtidig viser sig, at foruroligende mange medlemmer af vandreforeningen lader til både at være villige og i stand til at begå mord, må også Agatha og James snart passe på, hvor de træder.Agatha Raisin og en livsfarlig spadseretur er fjerde bind i serien om Agatha Raisins Cotswoldsmysterier, der er elsket verden over for deres slagkraftige heltinde, charmerende mordgåder og mosgrønne idyl i ærkebritiske Cotswolds.

State Street Chicago, 1999. One summer that changes everything.An unlikely trio: Felicia 'Fe Fe' Stevens, daughter of fiercely protective mother; Precious Brown, daughter of a prominent church Elder; and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a Gangster Disciple Queen-Pin.They have a simple friendship, whiling away sunny days with games of Double Dutch. But when Fe Fe invites mysterious Tonya into their fold, life as they know it will never be the same again.Last Summer on State Street is a profound coming-of-age story about the restorative power of community, the claiming of one's own past, and the defining friendships which form the heartbeat of our lives.

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The warbegan on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the borderand rebellions in South Korea.North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union while South Korea was supported by theUnited States and allied countries. The fighting ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953.In 1910, ImperialJapan annexed Korea, where it ruled for 35 years until its surrender at the end of World War II on 15August 1945. The United States and the Soviet Union divided Korea along the 38th parallel into twozones of occupation. The Soviets administered the northern zone, and the Americans administeredthe southern zone. In 1948, because of Cold War tensions, the occupation zones became two sovereignstates. A communist state, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, was established in the northunder the totalitarian rule of Kim Il Sung, while a capitalist state, the Republic of Korea, was establishedin the south under the autocratic leadership of Syngman Rhee. Both governments claimed to be thesole legitimate government of all of Korea, and neither accepted the border as permanent. Since PuertoRico is a commonwealth of the United States, every Boricua had to be prepared to fight any war thatthe United States was involved in. This is the story of my Grandfather Julio Pagan and my father Juan J.Pagan. Together they went to Korea and fought for our country.Norma Iris Pagan Morales was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Her parents, Juan JosePagan Rodriguez, and Digna Morales Figueroa, now deceased, always helped herwith her projects as a writer and teaching career.Norma had three siblings, Adelin Milagros Pagan Morales, Juan Jose Pagan Morales,and Julio Manuel Pagan Morales. Julio Manuel Pagan Morales died on September19, 1998. He was also known for his writing/composing skills.On February 17, 2023, Adelin Milagros Pagan Morales, her sister, died in the City of New York.Norma did all her academic studies in New York City, Puerto Rico, and Canada. She worked in theCity of New York Police Department where she oversaw the full investigation of every new civilianand uniform member of the department.As an Educator, she worked in New York City Bd. of Education, in Puerto Rico Bd. of Education as anEnglish teacher. She also worked for the Puerto Rico Army National as an English Teacher.She has teaching certifications for English as a Second Language and Teaching English as a ForeignLanguage. She also has teaching licenses to teach the following:1. English Literature2. Spanish Literature3. Communication Skills in both English and Spanish4. Office Procedures - These classes consisted of basic filing, writing memorandums, and fullcompany or organization reports.5. Computers - Certified to teach Long Distance LearningShe has published 18 books: Proud of My Puerto Rican Bequest, Porque Soy Boricua? Poemas del Alma,Art in Written Form, A Baffl ing Short Stories Collection, On Job in the Big Apple, Nature's Rage in theCaribbean, You are the One, The Unfaithful, Poemas Tiernos, Two Strangers, Puerto Rican Soldiers Servingwith Pride, Two Strangers to name a few...

Nachdem Gustav, Wilma und Michelle gemeinsam die Entscheidung für eine unkonventionelle Dreierbeziehung getroffen haben, gelingt es ihnen zunächst recht gut, sich einen gemeinsamen Alltag aufzubauen.So sehr Gustav die unterschiedlichen Charaktere seiner beiden Frauen liebt, so sehr versucht er beiden gerecht zu werden, ohne dass er bemerkt, dass genau dieser Spagat die Emotionen zum Brodeln bringt.Während Wilma mit der Angst kämpft, Gustav völlig an Michelle zu verlieren, versucht diese sich unbewusst gegen die vertraute Nähe zwischen ihren Mitbewohnern zu behaupten.Ein Strudel aus erotischer Spannung, großen Gefühlen und einem Hauch Drama fordert das Dreiergespann dazu auf, Veränderungsmöglichkeiten auszuloten und in eine ganz neue Dimension von zwischenmenschlicher Beziehung einzutauchen.Mit dem Wunsch Wilmas nach einem Kind von Gustav und einer Ehe mit ihm, kommen in Michelle alte Verlustängste zum Vorschein.Mit allen ihr zur Verfügung stehenden Mitteln versucht sie die Schatten der Vergangenheit zu besiegen und treibt Gustav damit unbewusst in eine Zwickmühle, aus der es sich mit Fingerspitzengefühl zu befreien gilt.

A tour de force of prose style, Holler is poet Danielle Chapman's moving and provocative portrait of her Southern, military childhood and an unflinching reckoning with what such an inheritance means now. A crucial book for anyone with a racial conscience in today's divided America, Holler is one woman's account of "the miraculous catastrophe" of being human in an inhumane world, and proof that it's possible to fully face who we are while searching for forgiveness.

Chart the evolution of Wateridge's style from his earlier realism and complex multi-figure compositions to his more solitary and expressive works by exploring this book's 80 paintings and works on paper made between 2019 and 2022.Uncertain Swimmer is the second monograph on the work of British artist Jonathan Wateridge (b. 1972, Lusaka, Zambia), presenting around eighty paintings and works on paper made between 2019 and 2022. Following on from the bodies of work Enclave and Expatria (2016-18), Uncertain Swimmer develops the artist's interest in modes of representation and the legacies of twentieth-century modernist painting through a visual and social exploration of the motif of the pool, depicting swimmers and sunbathers, often by night. Far from being an escapist environment of aspiration and privilege, Wateridge imbues the pool with a disquieting atmosphere, creating a cumulative feeling of unease and ennui among those present, now seemingly unsure of their world.The publication charts a marked evolution in the artist's style from the realism of his earlier paintings with complex multi-figure compositions to more solitary, gestural, and expressive works. His masterly application of paint takes new forms in the beautiful, curious, and often haunting paintings and works on paper showcased here. Art historian and curator Marco Livingstone's essay considers the change from Wateridge's naturalistic paintings to the flattened, reduced shapes, forms, and lines of the modernism- and abstraction-infused pieces he is making today. Francis Bacon, Edvard Munch, and Paul Cézanne are among numerous art historical influences cited by Livingstone, who ruminates on the identity of the people in Wateridge's portraits and the mercurial spaces they occupy, examining how Wateridge's current critical preoccupations have transitioned from the autobiographical to more formal concerns.In the featured conversation between Wateridge and fellow painter Caroline Walker, the two artists discuss their overlapping experiences studying painting at Glasgow, as well as Wateridge's fourteen-year break from painting until 2005. He eventually returned to the medium when he realized it excited him more than anything else. Wateridge elaborates on his fascinating painting process, staging shoots in studios with hired actors and using elements from the photographs in the paintings, often over a period of years. On his canvases, he will scrape back the paint and reapply it, frequently taking pictures of the paintings in their various stages; he will then print the photographs and draw over them to continue working out what he will do with the final paintings. For Wateridge, a painting works when it stops failing, and he embraces unforeseen conclusions.

Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.S. Army s Center of Military History. It takes a critical look at what went wrong in early 1968 during one of the first engagements of Tet, when a U.S. infantry battalion was ordered to attack a large North Vietnamese force near Hue City without air or artillery support. The tragic military foul-up resulted in over 60 percent casualties for the 2d Battalion, 12th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, when the soldiers were surrounded by the enemy and began running out of ammunition. The bold decision by battalion commander Lt. Col. Richard Sweet to break out with his remaining soldiers under cover of darkness saved this encirclement from being a total disaster. Author Charles Krohn, the unit s intelligence officer at the time, provides a much-needed analysis of what took place and fills his account with details that have been confirmed as factual by other survivors. Krohn examines the battalion s involvement in two other major attacks for lessons learned when vital systems break down lessons, he says, that are timeless and applicable anywhere. This book is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.

Explores the significance of postwar German representations of violence in other places and times.

Awarded the Silver Medal by the Military Writers Society of America. Sent into the deadly Central Highlands of Vietnam, the true story of my dad and his fellow soldiers of the 1st Air Cavalry Division. Twenty-year-old Will Bowe was living on his family's farm, and the military build-up had just begun when he was drafted in 1965. The impossibly young men of his company would be trained in the new airmobile infantry and become "skytroopers," flying into the jungle battlefield by helicopter, where they would learn what "search and destroy" meant and face the reality of this new war. Based on formerly classified staff journals, situation reports, and military maps, our story follows Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry as they march through rice fields, search villages, and climb jungle-covered mountains. Our story also features many of the photographs and letters my dad sent home from Vietnam's most remote valleys and outposts. Written under the most austere conditions, his dispatches were often scribbled in haste before another mission or by flashlight under a poncho in the rain. They would travel over eight thousand miles across the ocean to be placed in a mailbox that stood across from a farmhouse along a rural county road in Wisconsin. Many who served in my dad's company were interviewed for this story, as were many family members and friends of the fallen. Their accounts recall much of the humor and friendship they shared, along with the sadness and tragedy that would accompany a year spent in Vietnam. Now these letters, photos, reports, and personal accounts have been brought together to tell of one infantry company's war journey, from their training at Fort Carson to their historic voyage across the sea, their first steps into the dark highland jungles, their many battles fought together, and eventually, their final patrol.

The De Havilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster were two of the most legendary British aircraft of all time, eclipsed only by the immortal Supermarine Spitfire in fame. They flew for the first time six weeks apart, on 25.11.1940 the Mosquito and on 9.1.1941 the Lancaster and they were both powered by the same RR Merlin engine. Commencing bomber operations over Europe in the spring of 1942, they were also produced in similar numbers (7,781 Mosquitoes and 7,377 Lancasters). Still, they served two different design philosophies: the mainstream philosophy of a slow, heavily armed bomber with a devastating payload (the mighty Lancaster), versus the alternative one of a very fast and unarmed combat aircraft made of wood, with many applications (the compact and multi-role Mosquito). A crucial question inevitably arises: which of the two was more cost/effective?

Fifty years on from her legendary kidnapping, the definitive novel has finally been written. On the night that Patty Hearst was kidnapped in 1974, journalist Roger D. Rapoport was a short drive away in his Bay Area home. He quickly became one of the primary reporters covering the saga as it unfolded in real time. His reporting gave local and national readers a window into one of the most bizarre and polarizing crimes in U.S. history. Now, fifty years later, he has written a novel that draws us back to that time. In this compelling new book, he explores alternative theories of the crime and delves into the complex psychology of many of the key actors in a drama that kept the country riveted. Using the techniques of fiction, Rapoport gives voice to much of the story that fell outside of the bounds of journalistic coverage. With Rapoport's wry sensibility and insider knowledge Searching for Patty Hearst is able to go beyond the tabloid headlines to tell the story in depth. Why did Patty participate in the kidnapping of a high school student hours before six of the SLA kidnappers were killed in a firefight with the Los Angeles police department? Did celebrity coroner Thomas Noguchi mishandle the autopsies of six SLA victims? Why did Patty's lawyers dump her fiance Steve Weed as a key witness at her trial at the last minute?Does the city of Stockholm having anything to do with this? It's often said that fiction can offer insights into the truth that reporting can't. If that is the case, the story of Patty Hearst, the SLA, and the kidnapping that carved them into the American psyche just may be told here for the first time.--James Sparling

Two of the most important voices in art history discuss their intellectual foundations, the changing role of criticism, and the possibilities for artistic practice today.In Exit Interview, the prominent art critics and historians Hal Foster and Benjamin Buchloh discuss their intellectual foundations and the projects they've worked on together, from October magazine to Art Since 1900. Through three engaging conversations, Foster engages Buchloh on his early influences and aspirations, his formative years in Berlin, London, and Dusseldorf, and his career in North America, while exploring the impact of other art historians and critics. Buchloh candidly addresses his successes, critical significance, and unexplored avenues in art history, providing a unique window into his motivations and experiences. With a powerful postface by Buchloh, Exit Interview builds from biography and anecdote to important reflection on one’s critical life as a whole.

"In May 1968, while serving in Vietnam, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez led the rescue of a reconnaissance team surrounded by hundreds of enemy soldiers. He saved the lives of at least eight of his comrades that day in a remarkable act of valor that left him permanently disabled. Awarded the Medal of Honor after a yearslong campaign, Benavidez became a highly sought-after public speaker, a living symbol of military heroism, and one of the country's most prominent Latinos."--Provided by publisher.