1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456726903321

Autore

Reeson Greg C. <1968->

Titolo

Stalemate [[electronic resource] ] : why we can't win the war on terror and what we should do instead / / Greg C. Reeson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Government Institutes, 2011

ISBN

9781605907727

1605907723

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/15610973

Soggetti

Terrorism - Prevention

Radicalism - Religious aspects

War (International law)

World politics - 21st century

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 21st century

United States Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A new era in international relations -- The global war on terrorism -- U.S. grand strategy and the role of allies -- The diplomatic element of national power -- The information element of national power -- The military element of national power -- The economic element of power -- The intelligence and law enforcement elements of national power -- A complex and dangerous world -- The long road ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the United States is waging an unwinnable war against terrorism-that Muslim extremist ideology is a problem we cannot soon solve, but only manage using all the elements of national power: diplomatic, information, military, economic, intelligence, and law enforcement.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461013403321

Autore

Nelson Alondra

Titolo

Body and soul : the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination / / Alondra Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4529-4816-X

0-8166-7875-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 pages)

Disciplina

362.1089/96073

Soggetti

Minorities - Medical care - United States

Discrimination in medical care - United States

Race discrimination - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : serving the people body and soul -- African American responses to medical discrimination before 1966 -- Origins of Black Panther Party health activism -- The people's free medical clinics -- Spin doctors : the politics of sickle cell anemia -- As American as cherry pie : contesting the biologization of violence -- Conclusion : race and health in the post-civil rights era.

Sommario/riassunto

Between its founding in 1966 and its formal end in 1980, the Black Panther Party blazed a distinctive trail in American political culture. The Black Panthers are most often remembered for their revolutionary rhetoric and militant action. Here Alondra Nelson deftly recovers an indispensable but lesser-known aspect of the organization's broader struggle for social justice: health care. The Black Panther Party's health activism-its network of free health clinics, its campaign to raise awareness about genetic disease, and its challenges to medical discrimination-was an expression of its founding p