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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463973003321

Autore

Haugen Gary A

Titolo

The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence / / by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Nork, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-993788-5

0-19-997540-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (625 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoutrosVictor

Disciplina

305.5/69091724

Soggetti

Violence - Developing countries

Poor - Violence against - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Human rights - Developing countries

Electronic books.

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 WHAT ARE WE MISSING?; 2 THE HIDDEN CRISIS AT HISTORY'S INFLECTION POINT; 3 THE LOCUST EFFECT; 4 "NO ONE'S DRIVEN THAT TRUCK IN DECADES"; 5 THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES-AT ALL; 6 A DREAM DEVASTATED; 7 COLONIAL LEGACIES AND A FAILURE THAT MAKES SENSE; 8 PRIVATE JUSTICE AND PUBLIC LAWLESSNESS; 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR; 10 IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE; 11 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS OF HOPE; Conclusion; Appendix: The Math; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography Note; The Authors; International Justice Mission; Index; Footnotes; Ch01fn

Ch02fnCh03fn; Ch05fn; Ch09fn; Ch11fn

Sommario/riassunto

While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor. It is a plague of everyday violence. Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality -- has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of



locusts devouring everything in their path, the unchecked plague of violence ruins lives, blocks the road out of poverty, and undercuts development. How has this plague of violen

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452463603321

Autore

Hillstrom Kevin <1963->

Titolo

World War I and the age of modern warfare [[electronic resource] /] / by Kevin Hillstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, MI, : Omnigraphics, c2013

ISBN

1-78402-635-2

0-7808-1326-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Defining moments

Disciplina

940.3

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918

Electronic books.

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

""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""How to Use This Book""; ""Research Topics for World War I and the Age of Modern Warfare""; ""Narrative Overview""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter One Origins of “The Great War�""; ""Chapter Two New MilitaryTechnologies Unleashed""; ""Chapter Three Life and Death in the Trenches""; ""Chapter Four A New Kind of War for Civilians""; ""Chapter Five The United States Joins the Allies and Russia Backs Out""; ""Chapter Six The War Grinds to a Gruesome End""; ""Chapter Seven The Legacy of World War I""; ""Biographies""; ""Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)""

""Douglas Haig (1861-1928)""""David Lloyd George (1863-1945)""; ""Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937)""; ""Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918)""; ""John J. Pershing (1860-1948)""; ""Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)""; ""Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Starting Down the Path to War""; ""On the Eve of War""; ""France Celebrates Victory in the Battle of the Marne""; ""The United States Protests the Sinking of the Lusitania""; ""A German Witness to Genocide in Turkey""; ""The “Lust of Butchery� at Verdun""; ""A Soldier Gives Thanks for a Battle



Wound""

""A British Officer at the Western Front""""The Terror of Gas Warfare""; ""A German Soldier�s Crisis of Conscience""; ""The Zimmermann Telegram""; ""Wilson Urges Congress to Declare War against Germany""; ""Wilson�s Fourteen Points""; ""Ludendorff Praises Germany�s 1918 Spring Offensive""; ""Haig Issues His “Backs to the Wall� Order""; ""British Forces Occupy the German Rhineland""; ""Hitler Fumes about the Treaty of Versailles""; ""Britain�s Last Veteran of the Great War Passes Away""; ""Important People, Places, and Terms""; ""Chronology""; ""Sources for Further Study""

""Bibliography""""Photo and Illustration Credits""; ""Index""