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Global conflict / by Spilsbury, Louise,author.(CARDINAL)333019; Kai, Hanae,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.An introduction to conflict, war, and terrorism answers such questions as how and why people come to disagree, how this may lead to violence, refugees, the laws of war, international organizations, and how readers can help.
Subjects: Children and war; Politics and war; Terrorism; War; World politics;
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The Civil War as global conflict : transnational meanings of the American Civil War / by Gleeson, David T.,editor.(CARDINAL)214281; Lewis, Simon,1960-editor.(CARDINAL)329984;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why civil war? : the politics of slavery in comparative perspective : the United States, Cuba, and Brazil / Edward B. Rugemer -- King Cotton, emperor slavery : antebellum slaveholders and the world economy / Matthew Karp -- "If it is still impossible ... to advocate slavery ... it has ... become a habit persistently to write down freedom" : Britain, the Civil War, and race / Hugh Dubrulle -- "Two irreconcilable peoples?" : ethnic nationalism in the Confederacy / James M. McPherson -- Proving their loyalty to the republic : English immigrants and the American Civil War / David T. Gleeson -- "A new expression of that entente cordiale?" : Russian-American relations and the "Fleet episode" of 1863 / Alexander Noonan -- The Rhine River : the impact of the German states on transatlantic diplomacy / Niels Eichhorn -- Lex Talionis in the U.S. Civil War : retaliation and the limits of atrocity / Aaron Sheehan-Dean -- Fulfilling "the president's duty to communicate" : the Civil War and the creation of the Foreign Relations of the United States series / Aaron W. Marrs -- "They had heard of emancipation and the enfranchisement of their race" : the African American colonists of Samaná, reconstruction, and the state of Santo Domingo / Christopher Wilkins -- Nurse as icon : Florence Nightingale's impact on women in the American Civil War / Jane E. Schultz -- Race, romance, and "the spectacle of unknowing" in Gone with the wind : a South African response / Lesley Marx -- Coda : roundtable on memory / O. Vernon Burton, Edmund L. Drago, W. Eric Emerson, Joseph McGill, Theodore Rosengarten, Amanda Foreman.In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil War, places the struggle over slavery and sovereignty in the United States in the context of other conflicts in the Western hemisphere. Additionally Gleeson and Lewis offer an analysis of the impact of the war and its results overseas.-- Provided by Publisher.
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A global chronology of conflict from the ancient world to the modern Middle East / by Tucker, Spencer (EDT); Tucker, Spencer,1937-(CARDINAL)266730;
Includes bibliographical references and index.v. 1. ca. 3000 BCE-1499 CE -- v. 2. 1500-1774 -- v. 3. 1775-1860 -- v. 4. 1861-1918 -- v. 5. 1919-1949 -- v. 6. 1950-2008.BO0HCIH0LB0GLJRLLRE8SH0F
Subjects: Chronologies.; Chronology, Historical.; Military history;
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China's world view : demystifying China to prevent global conflict / by Li, Daokui,1963-author.(CARDINAL)886317;
"A distinguished Chinese economist offers a timely, essential exploration of China's perspective on economy, government, society, and its position in the world. Dr. David Daokui Li has served as an advisor to senior Chinese Communist Party leaders as well as major multinational corporations and international economic institutions. Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West. In this urgently needed and fascinating book, he explains the inner workings of a rising superpower to help the world understand how it works--and how to work with it. In Li's hands, an economic and political system that often baffles Westerners becomes coherent, sophisticated, and logical. He begins by explaining how two thousand years of history--from Confucian philosophy and ancient imperial dynasties to Communist Party chairmen from Mao to Deng Xiaoping--profoundly influence China's leadership today. Li brings the reader into high-level meetings he attended with figures including Xi Jinping, showing China's approach to governance. Many Westerners imagine that China's economy and society are as rigid and ideological as Soviet Russia. In his far-reaching exploration of the Chinese economy--from state-owned enterprises, private businesses, the stock market, education, media and the internet to real estate, the environment, and much more--Li reveals that China's economy and society are in fact diverse, dynamic, and flexible. In demystifying contemporary Chinese society, Li helps readers reconceptualize contemporary China and the implications of its growth. He asserts that China's rise will be beneficial for the global order, holding out the hope that with shared understanding and mutual learning the Chinese and Western systems will eventually find a way to peacefully coexist."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Political science; Business and politics.; Economics;
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World on fire : how exporting free market democracy breeds ethnic hatred and global instability / by Chua, Amy.(CARDINAL)671706;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : globalization and ethnic hatred -- Rubies and rice paddies : Chinese minority dominance in Southeast Asia -- Llama fetuses, latifundia, and la blue chip numero uno : "white" wealth in Latin America -- The seventh oligarch : the Jewish billionaires of post-communist Russia -- The "Ibo of Cameroon" : market-dominant minorities in Africa -- Backlash against markets : ethnically targeted seizures and nationalizations -- Backlash against democracy : crony capitalism and minority rule -- Backlash against market-dominant minorities : expulsions and genocide -- Mixing blood : assimilation, globalization, and the case of Thailand -- The underside of Western free market democracy : from Jim Crow to the Holocaust -- The Middle Eastern cauldron : Israeli Jews as a regional market-dominant minority -- Why they hate us : America as a global market-dominant minority -- The future of free market democracy.
Subjects: Ethnic conflict.; Globalization.; International economic relations.;
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World War II from above : an aerial view of the global conflict / by Harwood, Jeremy,1947-author.(CARDINAL)427686;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203) and index.Beginnings -- Blitzkrieg -- End of the beginning -- Turning the tide -- The end of the war."[The] story of the battle waged by Allied and Axis spies in the skies to obtain accurate aerial intelligence during the Second World War"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Aerial reconnaissance; Photographic interpretation (Military science); Photographic reconnaissance systems; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The second world wars : how the first global conflict was fought and won / by Hanson, Victor Davis,author.(CARDINAL)183537;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-632) and index.Ideas -- The war in a classical context -- Grievances, agendas, and methods -- Old, new, and strange alliances -- Air -- The air power revolution -- From Poland to the Pacific -- New terrors from above -- Water -- Ships and strategies -- From the Atlanticto the Mediterranean -- A vast ocean -- Earth -- The primacy of infantry -- Soldiers and armies -- The western and eastern wars for the continent -- Armies abroad -- Sieges -- Fire -- Tanks and artillery -- People -- Supreme command -- The warlords -- The workers -- The dead -- Ends -- Why and what did the Allies win?
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; World War, 1939-1945;
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Resource wars : the new landscape of global conflict / by Klare, Michael T.,1942-(CARDINAL)143125;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-274) and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Wealth, Resources, and Power: -- The Changing Parameters of Global Security -- 2. Oil, Geography, and War: -- The Competitive Pursuit of Petroleum Plenty -- 3. Oil Conflict in the Persian Gulf -- 4. Energy Conflit in the Caspian Sea Basin -- 5. Oil Wars in the South China Sea -- 6. Water Conflict in the Nile Basin -- 7. Water Conflict in theJordan, Tigris-Euphratc -- and Indus River Basins -- 8. Fighting for the Riches of the Earth: -- Internal Wars over Minerals and Timber -- 9. The New Geography of Conflict -- Appendix: Territorial Disputes in Areas -- Containing Oil and/or Natural Gas -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subjects: Natural resources.; Security, International.; World politics;
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The global refugee crisis : fleeing conflict and violence / by McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino,author.(CARDINAL)775241;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-123) and index.A growing crisis -- Displaced by world wars -- "Protecting the world's most vulnerable people" -- Root causes of the current crisis -- Crowded camps and dangerous journeys -- Welcome to the United States -- Asylum seekers in the US -- Refugees making a difference -- Handling the crisis.1070L
Subjects: Refugees; Refugees; Emigration and immigration;
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The ideas that conquered the world : peace, democracy, and free markets in the twenty-first century / by Mandelbaum, Michael.(CARDINAL)138052;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Wilson victorious -- The Cold War reconsidered -- A world of sovereign states -- The cure for cancer -- The most dangerous place on the planet -- Post-Cold War disorders -- The dragons' lair -- The democratic peace -- The triumph of the market -- The invisible construction site -- The global utility -- The future of the international economy.
Subjects: World politics; Cold War.; Post-communism.; Globalization.; Democracy.; Ethnic conflict.; Conflict management.; Medical innovations.;
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