04001nam 22007215 450 991086109800332120250807145749.09789819721511981972151210.1007/978-981-97-2151-1(MiAaPQ)EBC31345517(Au-PeEL)EBL31345517(CKB)32074576800041(DE-He213)978-981-97-2151-1(OCoLC)1435617823(EXLCZ)993207457680004120240517d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContender States and Modern Chinese International Thought From the Republican era until the ‘Chinese School of International Relations’ /by Ferran Perez Mena1st ed. 2024.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (214 pages)9789819721504 9819721504 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: an internationally informed approach of the production of modern Chinese International thought -- Chapter 3: The geopolitical origins of modern Chinese international thought during the Republic of China (1912-1949) -- Chapter 4: Chinese international thought during Maoism (1949-1978) -- Chapter 5: The Reform era and modern Chinese international thought: 1978 to 2008 -- Chapter 6: The emergence of the ‘Chinese School of IR’ during the Post-Reform era (2008-2022) -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.This book contends that the development of modern Chinese international thought has been profoundly shaped by the distinctive nature of the Chinese state as a contender state and its global positioning since 1912. The argument posited demonstrates that, notwithstanding the varied perspectives on the 'international' held by Chinese intellectuals throughout the 20th century, there exist commonalities across the periods analyzed in this book. In essence, the book emphasizes that the shared elements influencing the production of modern Chinese international thought do not derive from a unified cultural Chinese identity but rather stem from China's evolving geopolitical position in the modern world. Dr. Ferran Perez Mena is an Assistant Professor in International Relations of East Asia at Durham University. Ferran holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Sussex. His current research focuses on the intricate interplay among Chinese IR scholars, the Chinese state, and the production of normative perspectives on world order. Additionally, his work explores transnational connections between Western and Chinese intellectual and economic elites.International relationsPolitical sciencePhilosophyChinaHistoryKnowledge, Sociology ofAsiaPolitics and governmentIntellectual lifeHistoryInternational RelationsPolitical PhilosophyHistory of ChinaSociology of Knowledge and DiscourseAsian PoliticsHistory of IdeasInternational relations.Political sciencePhilosophy.ChinaHistory.Knowledge, Sociology of.AsiaPolitics and government.Intellectual lifeHistory.International Relations.Political Philosophy.History of China.Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse.Asian Politics.History of Ideas.327Perez Mena Ferran1739468MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910861098003321Contender States and Modern Chinese International Thought4163473UNINA03296nam 22004813 450 991015758510332120250730080352.0(CKB)3710000000942048(BIP)057966470(VLeBooks)9781787203204(Perlego)3019524(MiAaPQ)EBC32202833(Au-PeEL)EBL32202833(OCoLC)1530375762(Exl-AI)993710000000942048(Exl-AI)32202833(EXLCZ)99371000000094204820250730d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWingless Victory The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape from Occupied France in the Summer Of 19401st ed.Bielefeld :Pickle Partners Publishing,2024.©2024.1 online resource (234 p.) 9781787203204 1787203204 WINGLESS VICTORY is the story of an audacious and desperate man on the run, the record of one of the first wartime escapes through Occupied France. It reads like a first-class thriller and, as one critic puts it, "leaves fiction gasping far behind." On May 27, 1940, Wing-Commander Basil Embry (later Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry, and Commander, Allied Air Forces in Central Europe 1953-56), although appointed to a higher command, decided to lead his old squadron into battle for the last time. Within the hour he was shot down in France and found himself alone, unarmed, and in uniform. Capture was inevitable. He was, in fact, captured three times, but refused to submit. Once he broke from a column of prisoners under the muzzle of a German machine-gun. Another time he fought his way out, killing three Germans with a stolen rifle and then hiding in a manure heap for nearly six hours. But perhaps the most amazing of all his exploits was the occasion on which, in the role of a fanatical member of the Irish Republican Army, he shook his fist under the nose of a German inquisitor, yelling hatred and abuse of Britain until his captors finally turned him loose to find his own way home. At this period there was little of escape technique to guide him and he had no opportunity to lay plans or prepare equipment. Yet, by sheer courage and wit, he found his way back to Britain to fight and fly again. He won the D.S.O. and three bars, and the D.F.C."The author succeeds in communicating vividly, yet unpretentiously, the sensations of a man on the run....About ten times as exciting as a fictional thriller."--Sunday Times"A thrilling and authentic escape story--will prove a classic."--Daily Herald"The records of World War II have no wilder or stranger story to tell."--Tatler"It is an extremely exciting story, but well spiced with humour as well."--Illustrated London NewsPrisoner-of-war escapesGenerated by AIPrisoners of warFranceGenerated by AIPrisoner-of-war escapesPrisoners of warRichardson Anthony1434063MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157585103321Wingless Victory3585526UNINA