1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787683303321

Autore

Veith George J. <1957->

Titolo

Black April : the fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 / / George J. Veith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Encounter Books, , 2012

ISBN

1-59403-705-1

Edizione

[First American edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (625 p.)

Disciplina

959.704/3

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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 (pages [541]-556) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"The U.S. will react vigorously" : signing the Paris Peace Accords -- "South Vietnam will have both peace and war": the collapse of the accords -- "Enough to make the angels weep" : trading ammunition for blood -- "A rainy season like no other" : the war resumes -- "Even the gods weep for Phuoc Long" : the beginning of the end -- "How can the free world abandon us?" : waiting for the next attack -- "Good-bye for now, Ban Me Thuot" : beginning the 1975 offensive -- "Light at the top, heavy at the bottom" : decisions that destroyed a nation -- "The road of blood and tears" : the retreat from the highlands -- "Chaos and disintegration" : surrounding Saigon -- "How can I abandon this rocky soil?" : fighting to save Hue -- "The hours of hell" : the fall of I Corps -- "The sea is our only hope" : the battle for the coastal cities -- "Lightning speed, daring, surprise, certain victory" : the PAVN surrounds Saigon -- "Hold fast the remaining land" : the South Vietnamese fight back -- "No matter what happens, do not stop your attack!" : capturing Phan Rang -- "I will knock them down!" : the ARVN hold at Xuan Loc -- "Do not come home until victory is won": the fall of Saigon.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962886103321

Titolo

Organizational generativity : the appreciative inquiry summit and a scholarship of transformation / / edited by David L. Cooperrider ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, United Kingdom : , : Emerald, , 2013

ISBN

9781781903308

1781903301

9781848554894

1848554893

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (503 p.)

Collana

Advances in appreciative inquiry, ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperriderDavid L

Disciplina

658.4063

Soggetti

Business & Economics - Human Resources & Personnel Management

Business & Economics - Management

Business & Economics - Organizational Development

Organizational theory & behaviour

Business & management

Organizational change - Management

Appreciative inquiry

Organizational effectiveness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

A contemporary commentary on appreciative inquiry in organizational Life / David L. Cooperrider -- The process of generative inquiry / Danielle P. Zandee -- Generative process, generative outcome : the transformational potential of appreciative inquiry / Gervase R. Bushe -- The generative archetypes of idea work / Michel Avital, Wietske van Osch -- The generative potential of cynical conversations / David S. Bright ... [et al.] -- The language of change : generativity in dialogical processes / Rombout van den Nieuwenhof -- Transcending the polarity of light and shadow in appreciative inquiry : an appreciative exploration of practice / Pamela C. Johnson -- The spark, the flame, and the torch : the positive arc of systemic strengths in the appreciative inquiry design



summit / David L. Cooperrider -- The exponential inquiry effect magnified : the new AI summit in a technologically connected world / Lindsey N. Godwin, Pascal Kaplan, Kristin Bodiford -- Strategic convening for generative impact : enabling systemic change in complex environments / David L. Cooperrider, Dave Sherman, Eric Woychik -- Collective actualization : an interpretation of Rogers' Necessary conditions for change / Tiffany Schroeder -- Ensuring generativity beyond the AI summit event : a practical guide for designing an AI summit and advancing post-summit momentum / Molly McGuigan, C.J. Murphy -- Exploring transformative innovation through a world inquiry / David S. Bright, Ronald E. Fry, David L. Cooperrider -- The generative diffusion of innovation / Bonnie A. Richley, David L. Cooperrider -- Generative mobilization : appreciative social movements / Brodie Boland -- The evolution of appreciative inquiry : a novel approach in the making / Ilma Barros-Pose -- Appreciative intelligence and generativity : a case study of Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility cleanup / Tojo Thatchenkery, Irma Firbida -- The Macon miracle : the magic of intergenerational design for the future of education / Cheri Torres ... [et al.] -- Intergenerational appreciative inquiry : caring for the future together / Matthew Moehle, Marge Schiller.

Sommario/riassunto

Appreciative Inquiry has touched and inspired the work of thousands who apply its development principles in a wide range of settings including industry, government, spiritual and not-for-profit organizations. The Advances in Appreciative Inquiry series facilitates an emergent dialogue within the social sciences and supports innovative and challenging scholarly work. It is dedicated to the advancement of Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to organizational and human development, and as an interdisciplinary, non-deficit theory of positive change processes in human systems. Guided by the ethos of Appreciative Inquiry, the book series supports an ongoing, distributed inquiry into the true, the good, the better and the possible. It is dedicated to advancing a "scholarship of the positive" and "positive scholarship." This volume aims to push the frontiers and solicit new tools and insights for expanding the state-of-the-art applications of Appreciative Inquiry. It revolves around three fundamental aspects of organizational generativity, namely: generative knowledge and organizational life, collective action and the appreciative inquiry summit, and sustainable inter-generative dynamics.