Author: R. T. Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445694382
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
New paperback edition - Warmongers challenge assumptions about the value of war in the past and the present; examining major historical figures and events, it will provoke discussion about when and in what circumstances force is ever really justified - pertinent at a time of ongoing war in, and war-weariness about, Syria and Afghanistan.
Warmongers
Author: R. T. Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445694382
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
New paperback edition - Warmongers challenge assumptions about the value of war in the past and the present; examining major historical figures and events, it will provoke discussion about when and in what circumstances force is ever really justified - pertinent at a time of ongoing war in, and war-weariness about, Syria and Afghanistan.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445694382
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
New paperback edition - Warmongers challenge assumptions about the value of war in the past and the present; examining major historical figures and events, it will provoke discussion about when and in what circumstances force is ever really justified - pertinent at a time of ongoing war in, and war-weariness about, Syria and Afghanistan.
Warmongers and Wands
Author: Debra Dunbar
Publisher: Debra Dunbar
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Bronwyn Perkins has given up on love. She’s got a great job as a welder and a farrier for centaurs, unicorns and satyrs. She’s got a close-knit family of six sisters, all of them witches in the town of Accident. In her spare time, she enchants objects and creates art from metal. It’s a fulfilling life. She doesn’t need love, maybe just a cat. Or two. Or three. Nope, she doesn’t need love at all. But a mishap on a mountain road, is about to bring Bronwyn everything she’s always wanted—everything she’s been afraid to hope for. All she needs to do is go over a cliff and down into the woods.
Publisher: Debra Dunbar
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Bronwyn Perkins has given up on love. She’s got a great job as a welder and a farrier for centaurs, unicorns and satyrs. She’s got a close-knit family of six sisters, all of them witches in the town of Accident. In her spare time, she enchants objects and creates art from metal. It’s a fulfilling life. She doesn’t need love, maybe just a cat. Or two. Or three. Nope, she doesn’t need love at all. But a mishap on a mountain road, is about to bring Bronwyn everything she’s always wanted—everything she’s been afraid to hope for. All she needs to do is go over a cliff and down into the woods.
The Warmongers
Author: Howard S. Katz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Peacemaker's Guide to Warmongers
Author: Edip Yuksel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979671531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Peacemaker's Guide to Warmongers: Exposing Robert Spencer, Osama bin Laden, David Horowitz, Mullah Omar, Bill Warner, Ali Sina and other Enemies of Peace. This book comprises of eight sections: 1.An Invitation to Jews, Christians, Muslims, and All, an excerpt from the last section of the Manifesto for Islamic Reform. 2.An analysis of selected Quranic verses that are distorted or taken out of context to justify violence and terror, an excerpt from notes of Quran: a Reformist Translation. 3.Interview with FrontPage Magazine about my life and cause to promote Islamic reform. 4.A debate between me and Robert Spencer, Bill Warner, and Thomas Haidon, which was organized by and published at FrontPage Magazine. 5.Another debate between me and Khalim Massoud, Thomas Haidon, Abul Kasem, Robert Spencer, and Bill Warner. 6.A lengthy debate between me and Ali Sina, the agitator-in-chief of the faithfreedom.org site. The debate is presented in 16 sessions. 7.Various essays I have written on violence, peace and war. 8.Various related news and essays by other authors. The royalty from this book will be distributed among the following non-profit peace organizations, and I invite readers to donate to any and all of these and other organizations as long as they promote peace, justice and progress: [Amnesty International [Code Pink: Women for Peace [Common Dreams [Democracy in Action [Democracy Now [If Americans Knew [Jewish Voice for Peace [Kucinich.us [Muslims for Peace, Justice and Progress [Unitarian Universalist Association [United for Peace and Justice
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979671531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Peacemaker's Guide to Warmongers: Exposing Robert Spencer, Osama bin Laden, David Horowitz, Mullah Omar, Bill Warner, Ali Sina and other Enemies of Peace. This book comprises of eight sections: 1.An Invitation to Jews, Christians, Muslims, and All, an excerpt from the last section of the Manifesto for Islamic Reform. 2.An analysis of selected Quranic verses that are distorted or taken out of context to justify violence and terror, an excerpt from notes of Quran: a Reformist Translation. 3.Interview with FrontPage Magazine about my life and cause to promote Islamic reform. 4.A debate between me and Robert Spencer, Bill Warner, and Thomas Haidon, which was organized by and published at FrontPage Magazine. 5.Another debate between me and Khalim Massoud, Thomas Haidon, Abul Kasem, Robert Spencer, and Bill Warner. 6.A lengthy debate between me and Ali Sina, the agitator-in-chief of the faithfreedom.org site. The debate is presented in 16 sessions. 7.Various essays I have written on violence, peace and war. 8.Various related news and essays by other authors. The royalty from this book will be distributed among the following non-profit peace organizations, and I invite readers to donate to any and all of these and other organizations as long as they promote peace, justice and progress: [Amnesty International [Code Pink: Women for Peace [Common Dreams [Democracy in Action [Democracy Now [If Americans Knew [Jewish Voice for Peace [Kucinich.us [Muslims for Peace, Justice and Progress [Unitarian Universalist Association [United for Peace and Justice
The Internationalists
Author: Oona A. Hathaway
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150110988X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
“An original book…about individuals who used ideas to change the world” (The New Yorker)—the fascinating exploration into the creation and history of the Paris Peace Pact, an often overlooked but transformative treaty that laid the foundation for the international system we live under today. In 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world. War, for the first time in history, had become illegal. But within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was at war. And in the century that followed, the Peace Pact was dismissed as an act of folly and an unmistakable failure. This book argues that the Peace Pact ushered in a sustained march toward peace that lasts to this day. A “thought-provoking and comprehensively researched book” (The Wall Street Journal), The Internationalists tells the story of the Peace Pact through a fascinating and diverse array of lawyers, politicians, and intellectuals. It reveals the centuries-long struggle of ideas over the role of war in a just world order. It details the brutal world of conflict the Peace Pact helped extinguish, and the subsequent era where tariffs and sanctions take the place of tanks and gunships. The Internationalists is “indispensable” (The Washington Post). Accessible and gripping, this book will change the way we view the history of the twentieth century—and how we must work together to protect the global order the internationalists fought to make possible. “A fascinating and challenging book, which raises gravely important issues for the present…Given the state of the world, The Internationalists has come along at the right moment” (The Financial Times).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150110988X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
“An original book…about individuals who used ideas to change the world” (The New Yorker)—the fascinating exploration into the creation and history of the Paris Peace Pact, an often overlooked but transformative treaty that laid the foundation for the international system we live under today. In 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world. War, for the first time in history, had become illegal. But within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was at war. And in the century that followed, the Peace Pact was dismissed as an act of folly and an unmistakable failure. This book argues that the Peace Pact ushered in a sustained march toward peace that lasts to this day. A “thought-provoking and comprehensively researched book” (The Wall Street Journal), The Internationalists tells the story of the Peace Pact through a fascinating and diverse array of lawyers, politicians, and intellectuals. It reveals the centuries-long struggle of ideas over the role of war in a just world order. It details the brutal world of conflict the Peace Pact helped extinguish, and the subsequent era where tariffs and sanctions take the place of tanks and gunships. The Internationalists is “indispensable” (The Washington Post). Accessible and gripping, this book will change the way we view the history of the twentieth century—and how we must work together to protect the global order the internationalists fought to make possible. “A fascinating and challenging book, which raises gravely important issues for the present…Given the state of the world, The Internationalists has come along at the right moment” (The Financial Times).
Enemies of Mankind
Author: Walter Rech
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004254358
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
In Enemies of Mankind Walter Rech offers a contextual history of the collective security doctrine articulated by Swiss international lawyer Emer de Vattel (1714-67) in the authoritative treatise Droit des gens of 1758.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004254358
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
In Enemies of Mankind Walter Rech offers a contextual history of the collective security doctrine articulated by Swiss international lawyer Emer de Vattel (1714-67) in the authoritative treatise Droit des gens of 1758.
Hitler's Monsters
Author: Eric Kurlander
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300190379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
“A dense and scholarly book about . . . the relationship between the Nazi party and the occult . . . reveals stranger-than-fiction truths on every page.”—Daily Telegraph The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler’s personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of Atlantis in reimagining German politics and society and recasting German science and religion. In this eye-opening history, Eric Kurlander reveals how the Third Reich’s relationship to the supernatural was far from straightforward. Even as popular occultism and superstition were intermittently rooted out, suppressed, and outlawed, the Nazis drew upon a wide variety of occult practices and esoteric sciences to gain power, shape propaganda and policy, and pursue their dreams of racial utopia and empire. “[Kurlander] shows how swiftly irrational ideas can take hold, even in an age before social media.”—The Washington Post “Deeply researched, convincingly authenticated, this extraordinary study of the magical and supernatural at the highest levels of Nazi Germany will astonish.”—The Spectator “A trustworthy [book] on an extraordinary subject.”—The Times “A fascinating look at a little-understood aspect of fascism.”—Kirkus Reviews “Kurlander provides a careful, clear-headed, and exhaustive examination of a subject so lurid that it has probably scared away some of the serious research it merits.”—National Review
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300190379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
“A dense and scholarly book about . . . the relationship between the Nazi party and the occult . . . reveals stranger-than-fiction truths on every page.”—Daily Telegraph The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler’s personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of Atlantis in reimagining German politics and society and recasting German science and religion. In this eye-opening history, Eric Kurlander reveals how the Third Reich’s relationship to the supernatural was far from straightforward. Even as popular occultism and superstition were intermittently rooted out, suppressed, and outlawed, the Nazis drew upon a wide variety of occult practices and esoteric sciences to gain power, shape propaganda and policy, and pursue their dreams of racial utopia and empire. “[Kurlander] shows how swiftly irrational ideas can take hold, even in an age before social media.”—The Washington Post “Deeply researched, convincingly authenticated, this extraordinary study of the magical and supernatural at the highest levels of Nazi Germany will astonish.”—The Spectator “A trustworthy [book] on an extraordinary subject.”—The Times “A fascinating look at a little-understood aspect of fascism.”—Kirkus Reviews “Kurlander provides a careful, clear-headed, and exhaustive examination of a subject so lurid that it has probably scared away some of the serious research it merits.”—National Review
I is for Infidel
Author: Kathy Gannon
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 9781586484521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Presents a history of Afghanistan and its people, from the Soviet occupation to the present day.
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 9781586484521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Presents a history of Afghanistan and its people, from the Soviet occupation to the present day.
Dance of the Furies
Author: Michael S. Neiberg
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674049543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
By training his eye on the ways that people outside the halls of power reacted to the rapid onset and escalation of the fighting in 1914, Neiberg dispels the notion that Europeans were rabid nationalists intent on mass slaughter. He reveals instead a complex set of allegiances that cut across national boundaries.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674049543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
By training his eye on the ways that people outside the halls of power reacted to the rapid onset and escalation of the fighting in 1914, Neiberg dispels the notion that Europeans were rabid nationalists intent on mass slaughter. He reveals instead a complex set of allegiances that cut across national boundaries.
Wrong Turn
Author: Gian Gentile
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1595588965
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A searing indictment of US strategy in Afghanistan from a distinguished military leader and West Point military historian—“A remarkable book” (National Review). In 2008, Col. Gian Gentile exposed a growing rift among military intellectuals with an article titled “Misreading the Surge Threatens U.S. Army’s Conventional Capabilities,” that appeared in World Politics Review. While the years of US strategy in Afghanistan had been dominated by the doctrine of counterinsurgency (COIN), Gentile and a small group of dissident officers and defense analysts began to question the necessity and efficacy of COIN—essentially armed nation-building—in achieving the United States’ limited core policy objective in Afghanistan: the destruction of Al Qaeda. Drawing both on the author’s experiences as a combat battalion commander in the Iraq War and his research into the application of counterinsurgency in a variety of historical contexts, Wrong Turn is a brilliant summation of Gentile’s views of the failures of COIN, as well as a trenchant reevaluation of US operations in Afghanistan. “Gentile is convinced that Obama’s ‘surge’ in Afghanistan can’t work. . . . And, if Afghanistan doesn’t turn around soon, the Democrats . . . who have come to embrace the Petraeus-Nagl view of modern warfare . . . may find themselves wondering whether it’s time to go back to the drawing board.” —The New Republic
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1595588965
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A searing indictment of US strategy in Afghanistan from a distinguished military leader and West Point military historian—“A remarkable book” (National Review). In 2008, Col. Gian Gentile exposed a growing rift among military intellectuals with an article titled “Misreading the Surge Threatens U.S. Army’s Conventional Capabilities,” that appeared in World Politics Review. While the years of US strategy in Afghanistan had been dominated by the doctrine of counterinsurgency (COIN), Gentile and a small group of dissident officers and defense analysts began to question the necessity and efficacy of COIN—essentially armed nation-building—in achieving the United States’ limited core policy objective in Afghanistan: the destruction of Al Qaeda. Drawing both on the author’s experiences as a combat battalion commander in the Iraq War and his research into the application of counterinsurgency in a variety of historical contexts, Wrong Turn is a brilliant summation of Gentile’s views of the failures of COIN, as well as a trenchant reevaluation of US operations in Afghanistan. “Gentile is convinced that Obama’s ‘surge’ in Afghanistan can’t work. . . . And, if Afghanistan doesn’t turn around soon, the Democrats . . . who have come to embrace the Petraeus-Nagl view of modern warfare . . . may find themselves wondering whether it’s time to go back to the drawing board.” —The New Republic