1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910696486003321

Autore

Robinson R. A (Robert A.), <1955->

Titolo

Nuclear nonproliferation [[electronic resource] ] : DOE needs to reassess its program to assist weapons scientists in Russia and other countries : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives / / statement of Robert A. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

13 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO-08-434 T

Soggetti

Nuclear nonproliferation

Nuclear arms control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 20, 2008).

"For release ... January 23, 2008."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910985658703321

Autore

Tyner James A

Titolo

The Apathy of Empire : Cambodia in American Geopolitics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781452970622

1452970629

9781452970615

1452970610

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 pages)

Classificazione

POL054000POL062000

Disciplina

327.730596

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Cambodia - Influence

Geopolitics - United States - History - 20th century

POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics

United States Relations Cambodia

Cambodia Relations United States

Cambodia Strategic aspects

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Into the breach -- Bracketing war -- Bordering war -- Aterritorial wars -- A widening war -- The perfidy of geopolitics.

Sommario/riassunto

"Theoretically informed and thoroughly documented, The Apathy of Empire argues that U.S. military intervention in Cambodia evinced America's efforts to construct a hegemonic spatial world order. James A. Tyner demonstrates that America's expansionist policies abroad, often bolstered by military power, were not so much about occupying territory but instead constituted the construction of a new normal for the exercise of state power"--

"What America's intervention in Cambodia during the Vietnam War reveals about Cold War-era U.S. national security strategy The Apathy of Empire reveals just how significant Cambodia was to U.S. policy in



Indochina during the Vietnam War, broadening the lens to include more than the often-cited incursion in 1970 or the illegal bombing after the Paris Peace Accords in 1973. This theoretically informed and thoroughly documented case study argues that U.S. military intervention in Cambodia revealed America's efforts to construct a hegemonic spatial world order. James Tyner documents the shift of America's post-1945 focus from national defense to national security. He demonstrates that America's expansionist policies abroad, often bolstered by military power, were not so much about occupying territory but instead constituted the construction of a new normal for the exercise of state power. During the Cold War, Vietnam became the geopolitical lodestar of this unfolding spatial order. And yet America's grand strategy was one of contradiction: to build a sovereign state (South Vietnam) based on democratic liberalism, it was necessary to protect its boundaries-in effect, to isolate it-through both covert and overt operations in violation of Cambodia's sovereignty. The latter was deemed necessary for the former. Questioning reductionist geopolitical understandings of states as central or peripheral, Tyner explores this paradox to rethink the formulation of the Cambodian war as sideshow, revealing it instead as a crucial site for the formation of this new normal. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911049056603321

Autore

Locklin Nancy

Titolo

Murder, justice, and harmony in an eighteenth-century French village / / Nancy Locklin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Routledge, 2020

ISBN

1-000-69975-7

1-000-69927-7

0-429-31804-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Collana

Routledge research in early modern history

Disciplina

305.40944

Soggetti

Women - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Murder -- Community -- Disputes -- Justice -- Virtue -- Harmony -- Conclusion -- Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1718, a young woman named Moricette Nayl fought with her brother's mother-in-law and accidentally killed her. Ruled a homicide, the incident set in motion an investigation, a trial, Moricette's flight from justice, an execution in effigy and, ultimately, the pardon of the killer and her reintegration into the community. Based on the detailed records of the court dossier, this microhistory reveals the social networks of a small town, the history of interpersonal violence, the complex criminal justice system at work, and the power of restoring harmony after a tragedy of this magnitude. An enduring mystery is the reluctance of those closest to the crime to participate in the legal process. An explanation for their silence sheds light on the turmoil of the criminal justice system in France in the decades leading up to the French Revolution. Neither independent feudal lords nor an elite tamed by an Absolutist king, the gentlemen overseeing justice in this place maintained a delicate balance between their personal power and the rule of law. The incident and its aftermath also reveal the bonds that make community possible, even in the face of senseless violence"--