"Founding a Balkan State examines the pivotal period in Albanian history when the country's fundamental goals and directions were most hotly contested. In 1920, liberal Albanian leaders - led by the US-educated Bishop Fan S. Noli - began working to introduce democracy to the cou…
Challenges of party-building in Latin America
Challenges of party-building in Latin America
Based on a wealth of archival material released after Mao's death, this book offers a revisionist account of the introduction and triumph of Marxism in China. Dirlik shows that, in 1919, at the outset of the May Fourth Movement, anarchism was the predominant ideology among revol…
These two volumes, one devoted to the years 1945-1946 and the second to the years 1947-1948, serve as a riveting sequel to Penkower's previous Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 and Decision on Palestine Deferred: America, Britain and Wartime Diplomacy…
These two volumes, one devoted to the years 1945-1946 and the second to the years 1947-1948, serve as a riveting sequel to Penkower's previous Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 and Decision on Palestine Deferred: America, Britain and Wartime Diplomacy…
These two volumes, one devoted to the years 1945-1946 and the second to the years 1947-1948, serve as a riveting sequel to Penkower's previous Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 and Decision on Palestine Deferred: America, Britain and Wartime Diplomacy…
"Examines the British government's role in Palestine after World War II when it was still under the British Mandate, looking at the considerable obstacles and events leading to the eventual establishment of the state of Israel"--.
"A pioneer of humanitarianism and founder of the International Red Cross, Henry Dunant was many things over his lifetime. A devout Christian and social activist, an ambitious but failed businessman, a humanitarian genius, and a bankrupt recluse. In this biography, Corinne Chapon…
"Given the recent revival of nationalism in many parts of the world in tandem with new conflicts and forms of interventionism, this book uses the case of Kosovo to discuss some of key problems around contemporary practices of state-building. Based on exhaustive research and fiel…
"When Stephen Lehmkuhle became the chancellor of the brand new University of Minnesota-Rochester campus, he had to start from scratch. He did not inherit a legacy mission that established what the campus did and how to do it; rather, he needed to find a way to rationalize the ex…