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Autore |
Geyer Georgie Anne <1935-2019.> |
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Titolo |
Predicting the Unthinkable, Anticipating the Impossible [[electronic resource] ] : From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to America in the New Century |
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Piscataway, : Transaction Publishers, 2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-351-49711-1 |
1-4128-5304-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (370 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- |
World politics -- 1989- |
World politics - 1989- |
History & Archaeology |
History - General |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the Paperback Edition""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: The Expectant Decade""; ""East Germany�s Not at All like Its Image, Ron""; ""Berlin Wall is Just One Example of How the World is Split in Two""; ""Soviet Empire Begins to Crack""; ""Groping toward Pluralism""; ""Iranian Children Herded to Death""; ""We Still Can�t Go Home Again""; ""Reagan Reforms: His View of Soviets""; ""Part II: The Conceit of Innocence""; ""Poland�s Winning Ways with Freedom""; ""Policymakers Ignore New Trends in Terrorism"" |
""Yugoslavia: Pulled Back to the Past and Ahead to the Future""""Sick with History, Kosovo Awaits Serbs� Final Blow""; ""The Conceit of Innocence II""; ""Who Killed Sir Michael Rose?""; ""U.N. and West Should Quit Playing “Dead Dog� in Bosnia""; ""UN Secretary-General Believes in Negotiating""; ""The United Nations and Neutralism""; ""Russians Slowly Learning New Way""; ""Unclear Indicator of the New Russia""; ""After 1,000 Years of Absolute Faiths, Russia has None""; |
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""Russia Needed a New Identity, Not “Shock Therapy�""; ""Kazakh Leader Grapples with Change"" |
""In Ironic Reversal, Little Finland Now Influencing Giant Neighbor Russia""""Little Norway Goes Where Superpowers Cannot Trend""; ""Holland�s “Managed Morality�""; ""The Cold War is Over but the Quest for Meaning Continues""; ""Should U.S. Troops Have Gone on to Baghdad?""; ""Seeking to Change Society by Force?""; ""End of Cold War Released Violent, Separatist Feelings""; ""Many Groups are Aiding the Breakdown of Nation-States""; ""Sadat�s Vision Made a Big Difference""; ""Lessons from the Death of a Cowboy""; ""Post-Cold War World Requires Institution-Building"" |
""Foreign Policy Differences of Utopians and Realists""""Comandante Chavez Wants to Save Venezuela from “Abyss�""; ""Marine Corps Experience is Applicable Elsewhere""; ""What the Listeners Might Hear in Havana""; ""Democracy is Process, Not Instant Coffee""; ""Shanghai: Full of Life, But Going Where?""; ""Traditional Idea of Truth vs. Designer Truths""; ""Our Foreign Policy toward China is Delusional""; ""Part III: Terrorism an Era unto Itself""; ""Gov. George W. Bush is a Reasonable Reformer""; ""Bush�s Faith-Based Program is Far Superior to Welfare State""; ""Putin Arrives"" |
""Gulf War Did Not Change Saddam Hussein�s Priorities""""Religious-Secular Tensions Divide Israel""; ""Clinton Foreign Policy is Devoid of Principle""; ""U.S. Must Preserve What is Left of Our Civic Ideals""; ""Internet Globalizers Can�t Erase Cultural Differences""; ""In India the South Points the Way for the North""; ""Information without Context or Knowledge is Meaningless""; ""Afghani Radicals Foment Terror in Far-Flung Places""; ""America is Losing Its Sense of Self""; ""Haiti: Political Terrorism Hangs over Elections""; ""Part IV: Between Neutralism and Justice"" |
""“Cultural Intelligence� was Sacrificed on the Economic Altar"" |
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