Author:
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135764700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
A UN 'Legion'
Author:
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135764700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135764700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
A UN 'Legion'
Author: Stephen Kinloch Pichat
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135764697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
A fresh examination of the origins, evolution and future of proposals for a UN 'Legion' - a permanent military force recruited, trained and deployed by the UN. This new book shows how this idea has grown, re-emerged and evolved in direct connection with the development of UN international military forces. The legionnaires have been seen as the future representatives of a modern constabulary, international police or humanitarian chivalry. They have also invariably evoked the idea of mercenaries and resurrected fears of supranational government and a 'world army'. Such a force has been unattainable when needed, not needed when attainable, revealing the deficiencies of the international system in the perspective of a particular task. The idea highlights the inadequacy of the means as compared to the objectives, and the limits of the UN's capacity to adapt itself to new challenges. This study examinmes how the project of a UN 'Legion' is conditional on the viability of the original Utopia, and vice versa. It also argues that the extreme polarization of the debate may reflect a tendency to negate the inherent contradictions of reality, reminding us of the historical dimension of the building of an international organization, a 'work in progress'.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135764697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
A fresh examination of the origins, evolution and future of proposals for a UN 'Legion' - a permanent military force recruited, trained and deployed by the UN. This new book shows how this idea has grown, re-emerged and evolved in direct connection with the development of UN international military forces. The legionnaires have been seen as the future representatives of a modern constabulary, international police or humanitarian chivalry. They have also invariably evoked the idea of mercenaries and resurrected fears of supranational government and a 'world army'. Such a force has been unattainable when needed, not needed when attainable, revealing the deficiencies of the international system in the perspective of a particular task. The idea highlights the inadequacy of the means as compared to the objectives, and the limits of the UN's capacity to adapt itself to new challenges. This study examinmes how the project of a UN 'Legion' is conditional on the viability of the original Utopia, and vice versa. It also argues that the extreme polarization of the debate may reflect a tendency to negate the inherent contradictions of reality, reminding us of the historical dimension of the building of an international organization, a 'work in progress'.
The Legion Annual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Baltimore
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore Region (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore Region (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Liberty's Fallen Generals
Author: Steven E. Siry
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597977225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
From June 1775 to February 1781, during the American War of Independence, ten patriot generals died as a result of combat wounds. Their service and deaths spanned most of the wars duration and geographical expanse. The generals were a diverse group, with six born in America and four in Europe, three coming from professional military backgrounds, and the rest citizen-soldiers, mostly with limited military experience. As the colonists won their independence, the fallen generals became martyrs for the revolutionary ideals that would inspire later generations throughout the world. Libertys Fallen Generals is the first book to analyze these key military leaders service and the quality of their leadership in light of recent scholarship on the Revolutionary War. Each generals profile provides background on military and political events leading to his emergence, assesses the general as a military leader in the war, and examines the campaign that culminated in his battle-related death. A compelling study in leadership and sacrifice, Libertys Fallen Generals is essential reading for those interested in learning more about Americas earliest heroes.
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597977225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
From June 1775 to February 1781, during the American War of Independence, ten patriot generals died as a result of combat wounds. Their service and deaths spanned most of the wars duration and geographical expanse. The generals were a diverse group, with six born in America and four in Europe, three coming from professional military backgrounds, and the rest citizen-soldiers, mostly with limited military experience. As the colonists won their independence, the fallen generals became martyrs for the revolutionary ideals that would inspire later generations throughout the world. Libertys Fallen Generals is the first book to analyze these key military leaders service and the quality of their leadership in light of recent scholarship on the Revolutionary War. Each generals profile provides background on military and political events leading to his emergence, assesses the general as a military leader in the war, and examines the campaign that culminated in his battle-related death. A compelling study in leadership and sacrifice, Libertys Fallen Generals is essential reading for those interested in learning more about Americas earliest heroes.
The Independent
Author: Leonard Bacon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302471104
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302471104
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
Liberty's Triumph
Author: Robert Wharton Landis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Blood and Politics
Author: Leonard Zeskind
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429959339
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
More than fifteen years in the making, Blood and Politics is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past three-plus decades. Leonard Zeskind draws heavily upon court documents, racist publications, and first-person reports, along with his own personal observations. An internationally recognized expert on the subject who received a MacArthur Fellowship for his work, Zeskind ties together seemingly disparate strands—from neo-Nazi skinheads, to Holocaust deniers, to Christian Identity churches, to David Duke, to the militia and beyond. Among these elements, two political strategies—mainstreaming and vanguardism—vie for dominance. Mainstreamers believe that a majority of white Christians will eventually support their cause. Vanguardists build small organizations made up of a highly dedicated cadre and plan a naked seizure of power. Zeskind shows how these factions have evolved into a normative social movement that looks like a demographic slice of white America, mostly blue-collar and working middle class, with lawyers and Ph.D.s among its leaders. When the Cold War ended, traditional conservatives helped birth a new white nationalism, most evident now among anti-immigrant organizations. With the dawn of a new millennium, they are fixated on predictions that white people will lose their majority status and become one minority among many. The book concludes with a look to the future, elucidating the growing threat these groups will pose to coming generations.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429959339
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
More than fifteen years in the making, Blood and Politics is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past three-plus decades. Leonard Zeskind draws heavily upon court documents, racist publications, and first-person reports, along with his own personal observations. An internationally recognized expert on the subject who received a MacArthur Fellowship for his work, Zeskind ties together seemingly disparate strands—from neo-Nazi skinheads, to Holocaust deniers, to Christian Identity churches, to David Duke, to the militia and beyond. Among these elements, two political strategies—mainstreaming and vanguardism—vie for dominance. Mainstreamers believe that a majority of white Christians will eventually support their cause. Vanguardists build small organizations made up of a highly dedicated cadre and plan a naked seizure of power. Zeskind shows how these factions have evolved into a normative social movement that looks like a demographic slice of white America, mostly blue-collar and working middle class, with lawyers and Ph.D.s among its leaders. When the Cold War ended, traditional conservatives helped birth a new white nationalism, most evident now among anti-immigrant organizations. With the dawn of a new millennium, they are fixated on predictions that white people will lose their majority status and become one minority among many. The book concludes with a look to the future, elucidating the growing threat these groups will pose to coming generations.
The Congregationalist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass. )
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass. )
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
Book Description