Author : Douglass C. North
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107014212
This book explains how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations.
Author : Jeremy Slack
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0816535590
Thanks to hundreds of interviews with Mexican deportees, this book puts a real face on discussions of immigration and border policies--Provided by publisher.
Author : Klaus Schlichte
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 3593388170
An exploration of the techniques and strategies of successful non-state armed forces.
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Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
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Author : Vaddey Ratner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1849837619
A stunning, powerful debut novel set against the backdrop of the Cambodian War, perfect for fans of Chris Cleave and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. Soon the family's world of carefully guarded royal privilege is swept up in the chaos of revolution and forced exodus. Over the next four years, as she endures the deaths of family members, starvation, and brutal forced labour, Raami clings to the only remaining vestige of childhood - the mythical legends and poems told to her by her father. In a climate of systematic violence where memory is sickness and justification for execution, Raami fights for her improbable survival. Displaying the author's extraordinary gift for language, In the Shadow of the Banyanis testament to the transcendent power of narrative and a brilliantly wrought tale of human resilience. 'In the Shadow of the Banyanis one of the most extraordinary and beautiful acts of storytelling I have ever encountered' Chris Cleave, author of The Other Hand 'Ratner is a fearless writer, and the novel explores important themes such as power, the relationship between love and guilt, and class. Most remarkably, it depicts the lives of characters forced to live in extreme circumstances, and investigates how that changes them. To read In the Shadow of the Banyan is to be left with a profound sense of being witness to a tragedy of history' Guardian 'This is an extraordinary debut … as beautiful as it is heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday
Author : Uğur Ümit Üngör
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 0198825242
From the deserts of Sudan to the jungles of Colombia, from the streets of Belfast to the mountains of Kurdistan, paramilitaries have appeared in violent conflicts. Ungor presents a comparative and global overview of paramilitarism, showing how states use it to successfully outsource mass political violence against civilians.
Author : Jochen Böhler
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,51 MB
Release : 2021-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1789209404
Whether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory for state-building. Employing a bottom-up approach to understanding everyday life, these studies trace the contours of individual and mass violence in the interwar era while illuminating their effects upon politics, intellectual developments, and the arts.
Author : Bobi Conn
Publisher : Little a
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781542004176
Bobi Conn was raised in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia. This memoir presents her account of survival despite being born poor, female, and cloistered in the Appalachian region.
Author : Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250776759
“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir chronicling her journey to Mount Everest. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she’d suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent—the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death’s close proximity—woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest. “The Mother of the World,” as it’s known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn’t go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her. It was never easy. At times hair-raising, nerve-racking, and always challenging, Silvia remembers the acute anxiety of leading a group of novice climbers to Everest’s base, all the while coping with her own nerves of summiting. But, there were also moments of peace, joy, and healing with the strength of her fellow survivors and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, an appetite for risk, and faith in our own resilience.
Author : Médecins sans frontières (Association)
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801489112
Essays written by scholars, journalists and humanitarian relief workers look at humanitarian crises of the past five years for their successes and failures, and suggest that humanitarian action has often failed to live up to its ideals. These essays expose the shortcomings of the various humanitarian organizations, particularly the U.N., and illuminate the complex moral and political debate that surrounds even the most basic relief operations.
