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UNINA9910451831703321 |
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Autore |
Winkler Carol |
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In the name of terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : presidents on political violence in the post-World War II era / / Carol K. Winkler |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006 |
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0-7914-8253-7 |
1-4237-4928-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series on the presidency |
SUNY series in the trajectory of terror |
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Terrorism - Government policy - United States |
Political oratory - United States |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States |
Presidents - United States - Language |
Ideology - United States |
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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-249) and index. |
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What's in a name? -- The Vietnam War and the communist terrorists -- The Iranian hostage crisis : an American tragedy -- Origins of terrorism as an American ideograph : the Reagan era -- The Persian Gulf conflict of 1991 : the Cold War narrative in the post Cold War era -- Terrorism and the Clinton era : a prophetic moment -- America under attack : George W. Bush and non-citizen actors -- Terrorism and the American culture. |
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UNINA9910790730703321 |
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Titolo |
Africa's peacemakers : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent / / edited by Adekeye Adebajo |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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1-350-21822-7 |
1-78032-945-8 |
1-78402-847-9 |
1-78032-943-1 |
1-78032-944-X |
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Edizione |
[[Enhanced Credo edition]] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Pacifists |
Nobel Prizes - History |
Peace - Awards - History |
Nobel Prize winners - Africa |
Biography: historical, political & military |
Africa Intellectual life |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Obama's Nobel ancestors / Adekeye Adebajo -- Barack Obama / Ali A. Mazrui -- Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama / Pearl T. Robinson -- Ralph Bunche / James O.C. Jonah -- Martin Luther King Jr. / Lee A. Daniels -- Albert Luthuli / Chris Saunders -- Desmond Tutu / Maureen Isaacson -- Nelson Mandela / Elleke Boehmer -- Frederik Willem de Klerk / Gregory F. Houston -- Anwar Sadat / Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- Mohamed ElBaradei / Morad Abou-SabeĢ -- Wangari Maathai / Janice Golding -- Kofi Annan / Gwendolyn Mikell -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Adekeye Adebajo -- Leymah Gbowee / Rosaline Daniel. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As Africa and its diaspora commemorate fifty years of post-independence Pan-Africanism, this unique and provocative collection of |
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biographical essays provides insight into the thirteen prominent individuals of African descent who have won the Nobel Peace Prize since 1950. From the first American president of African descent, Barack Obama, to influential figures in peacemaking, Africa's Peacemakers reveals how this remarkable collection of individuals have changed the world - for better or worse. |
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