Author: Michael Zezima
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Virulently questions the ultra-patriotic assumptions we have been taught since birth about the reasons behind the second World War, and the underlying assumptions which have underpinned involvement of the US and other countries.
Saving Private Power
Author: Michael Zezima
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Virulently questions the ultra-patriotic assumptions we have been taught since birth about the reasons behind the second World War, and the underlying assumptions which have underpinned involvement of the US and other countries.
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Virulently questions the ultra-patriotic assumptions we have been taught since birth about the reasons behind the second World War, and the underlying assumptions which have underpinned involvement of the US and other countries.
Private Power, Public Law
Author: Susan K. Sell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521525398
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Analysis of the power of multinational corporations in moulding international law on intellectual property rights.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521525398
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Analysis of the power of multinational corporations in moulding international law on intellectual property rights.
Saving Private Ryan
Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140279092
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
June 6, 1944. For Captain John Miller and his squad of youn soldiers, this fateful day would become something much more. Washington has sent them on a personal mission to save one life. Captain Miller and his men quickly realize this is not a simple rescue operation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140279092
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
June 6, 1944. For Captain John Miller and his squad of youn soldiers, this fateful day would become something much more. Washington has sent them on a personal mission to save one life. Captain Miller and his men quickly realize this is not a simple rescue operation.
Understanding the F-Word
Author: David McGowan
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475906899
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
By offering a radical review of the last one hundred years of US history, this work is intended as a counterpoint to the rampant revisionism of the flurry of books glorifying the "American Century". Beginning with the rather bold and decidedly controversial assertion that the current political system in place in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century is fascism, the first part of this book attempts to justify that claim by first defining exactly what fascism iscorrecting various widely-held misconceptionsand then analyzing how closely we as a nation conform to that definition. Also included is a review of some of the hidden history and key events of World War II. Part II offers a retrospective of the twentieth century American presidential administrations, to demonstrate that the steady and inexorable march towards overt fascism was a defining characteristic that remained unchanged. The final section looks at the still very much alive eugenics movement, and analyzes the role played by the psychiatric establishment in validating the fascist state. This book will surely find no shortage of detractors, but if read with an open mind, it just may change the way you view the world.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475906899
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
By offering a radical review of the last one hundred years of US history, this work is intended as a counterpoint to the rampant revisionism of the flurry of books glorifying the "American Century". Beginning with the rather bold and decidedly controversial assertion that the current political system in place in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century is fascism, the first part of this book attempts to justify that claim by first defining exactly what fascism iscorrecting various widely-held misconceptionsand then analyzing how closely we as a nation conform to that definition. Also included is a review of some of the hidden history and key events of World War II. Part II offers a retrospective of the twentieth century American presidential administrations, to demonstrate that the steady and inexorable march towards overt fascism was a defining characteristic that remained unchanged. The final section looks at the still very much alive eugenics movement, and analyzes the role played by the psychiatric establishment in validating the fascist state. This book will surely find no shortage of detractors, but if read with an open mind, it just may change the way you view the world.
Private Power and Global Authority
Author: A. Claire Cutler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521533973
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Transnational merchant law, which is mistakenly regarded in purely technical and apolitical terms, is a central mediator of domestic and global political/legal orders. By engaging with literature in international law, international relations and international political economy, the author develops the conceptual and theoretical foundations for analyzing the political significance of international economic law. In doing so, she illustrates the private nature of the interests that this evolving legal order has served over time. The book makes a sustained and comprehensive analysis of transnational merchant law and offers a radical critique of global capitalism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521533973
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Transnational merchant law, which is mistakenly regarded in purely technical and apolitical terms, is a central mediator of domestic and global political/legal orders. By engaging with literature in international law, international relations and international political economy, the author develops the conceptual and theoretical foundations for analyzing the political significance of international economic law. In doing so, she illustrates the private nature of the interests that this evolving legal order has served over time. The book makes a sustained and comprehensive analysis of transnational merchant law and offers a radical critique of global capitalism.
A Gigantic Mistake
Author: Mickey Z.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1930997973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1930997973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Saving Capitalism
Author: Robert B. Reich
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385350589
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it. Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in eighty years. He makes clear how centrally problematic our veneration of the “free market” is, and how it has masked the power of moneyed interests to tilt the market to their benefit. Reich exposes the falsehoods that have been bolstered by the corruption of our democracy by huge corporations and the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street: that all workers are paid what they’re “worth,” that a higher minimum wage equals fewer jobs, and that corporations must serve shareholders before employees. He shows that the critical choices ahead are not about the size of government but about who government is for: that we must choose not between a free market and “big” government but between a market organized for broadly based prosperity and one designed to deliver the most gains to the top. Ever the pragmatist, ever the optimist, Reich sees hope for reversing our slide toward inequality and diminished opportunity when we shore up the countervailing power of everyone else. Passionate yet practical, sweeping yet exactingly argued, Saving Capitalism is a revelatory indictment of our economic status quo and an empowering call to civic action.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385350589
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it. Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in eighty years. He makes clear how centrally problematic our veneration of the “free market” is, and how it has masked the power of moneyed interests to tilt the market to their benefit. Reich exposes the falsehoods that have been bolstered by the corruption of our democracy by huge corporations and the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street: that all workers are paid what they’re “worth,” that a higher minimum wage equals fewer jobs, and that corporations must serve shareholders before employees. He shows that the critical choices ahead are not about the size of government but about who government is for: that we must choose not between a free market and “big” government but between a market organized for broadly based prosperity and one designed to deliver the most gains to the top. Ever the pragmatist, ever the optimist, Reich sees hope for reversing our slide toward inequality and diminished opportunity when we shore up the countervailing power of everyone else. Passionate yet practical, sweeping yet exactingly argued, Saving Capitalism is a revelatory indictment of our economic status quo and an empowering call to civic action.
Cambodia
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 146395090X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
This 2011 Article IV Consultation reports that Cambodia’s high degree of dollarization and largely reduced fiscal space constrain the authorities’ ability to cushion shocks. Macroeconomic stability hinges on prudent fiscal policies. The mission cautioned that fiscal space is limited and that greater consolidation efforts are needed to strengthen revenue administration and prioritize spending. The outlook for external debt sustainability has improved on Cambodia’s prudent track record, but potentially large contingent liabilities from public–private power sector projects need to be carefully managed.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 146395090X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
This 2011 Article IV Consultation reports that Cambodia’s high degree of dollarization and largely reduced fiscal space constrain the authorities’ ability to cushion shocks. Macroeconomic stability hinges on prudent fiscal policies. The mission cautioned that fiscal space is limited and that greater consolidation efforts are needed to strengthen revenue administration and prioritize spending. The outlook for external debt sustainability has improved on Cambodia’s prudent track record, but potentially large contingent liabilities from public–private power sector projects need to be carefully managed.
ASME Transactions
Author: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
Book Description
Saving Charlotte: A Mother and the Power of Intuition
Author: Pia de Jong
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609162
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Best-selling author Pia de Jong’s vivid memoir about her newborn daughter’s battle with leukemia and the startling decision that led to her recovery. On a still summer night in a seventeenth-century canal house in Amsterdam’s old quarter, Pia de Jong gives birth to a delicate, bright-eyed baby girl with a riddle on her back—a pale blue spot that soon multiplies. In a bare, air-conditioned hospital room, a doctor reveals the devastating answer: it is a rare and deadly form of leukemia, often treated with chemotherapy, a cure nearly as dangerous to a newborn as the disease itself. Pia and her husband Robbert make an intuitive decision. They do not subject Charlotte to chemotherapy; they bring her home. They transform their canal house into a sanctuary where Charlotte can live surrounded by love and strength, where Pia can give her a chance to live. In return, Charlotte gives her mother the greatest gift of all: purpose. Saving Charlotte is the story of a daughter’s fight to survive, and of a mother’s fight to live a life of passion and meaning alongside her.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609162
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Best-selling author Pia de Jong’s vivid memoir about her newborn daughter’s battle with leukemia and the startling decision that led to her recovery. On a still summer night in a seventeenth-century canal house in Amsterdam’s old quarter, Pia de Jong gives birth to a delicate, bright-eyed baby girl with a riddle on her back—a pale blue spot that soon multiplies. In a bare, air-conditioned hospital room, a doctor reveals the devastating answer: it is a rare and deadly form of leukemia, often treated with chemotherapy, a cure nearly as dangerous to a newborn as the disease itself. Pia and her husband Robbert make an intuitive decision. They do not subject Charlotte to chemotherapy; they bring her home. They transform their canal house into a sanctuary where Charlotte can live surrounded by love and strength, where Pia can give her a chance to live. In return, Charlotte gives her mother the greatest gift of all: purpose. Saving Charlotte is the story of a daughter’s fight to survive, and of a mother’s fight to live a life of passion and meaning alongside her.