Серия &quot;Donald R. Ellegood International Publications&quot;

Cosmopolitan Capitalists

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China and Iran

China and Iran

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Mobility and Cultural Authority in...

Pál Nyíri

Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China

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Pál Nyíri

War and Politics by Other Means

Shelby Scates

War and Politics by Other Means

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Shelby Scates�s thirty-five-year career as a prize-winning journalist and columnist for International News Service, United Press International, the Associated Press, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has taken him to centers of action across this country and to wars and conflicts in many of the world�s danger zones.Born in the rural South in the 1930s, Scates rejected the racism he saw there and in his late teens set out across the United States � eventually to...

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Shelby Scates

Mending Fences

Elizabeth Wishnick

Mending Fences

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Mending Fences illuminates the forces driving Moscow�s China policy, from the Ussuri River clashes in 1969 to the «strategic partnership» of the 1990s. Elizabeth Wishnick analyzes the efforts of Soviet leaders simultaneously to maintain their supremacy in the international communist movement, defend their borders from a perceived Chinese threat, and ensure the compliance of regional authorities in enforcing China policy.

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Elizabeth Wishnick

Vagabond Life

George F. Kennan

Vagabond Life

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George Kennan (1845-1924) was a pioneering explorer, writer, and lecturer on Russia in the nineteenth century, the author of classic works such as Tent Life in Siberia and Siberia and the Exile System , and great-uncle of George Frost Kennan, the noted historian and diplomat of the Cold War.In 1870, Kennan became the first American to explore the highlands of Dagestan, a remote Muslim region of herders, silversmiths, carpet-weavers, and other craftsmen southeast of Chechnya, only a decade...

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George F. Kennan

Disarmament Sketches

Disarmament Sketches

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Thomas Graham Jr. played a role in the negotiation of every major international arms control and non-proliferation agreement signed by the United States during the past thirty years. As a U.S. government lawyer and diplomat, he helped to shape, negotiate, and secure U.S. ratification of such cornerstones of international security as SALT, START, and the ABM, INF, and CFE treaties as well as conventions prohibiting biological and chemical weapons.Graham�s memoir offers a history of the...

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A Life Disturbed

Merrel D. Clubb, Jr.

A Life Disturbed

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An exceptional storyteller with an analytical eye, Merrel Clubb has gathered the letters he sent his parents from the Pacific Theater of World War II and his subsequent reflections on that war and on his life into a kind of then-and-now memoir. The letters are a treasure trove of humor, anxiety, and hope, revealing a young man thrust into a war that he does not understand. Through this exceptional portal on the past, we learn of the tragic absurdity of war, of a soldier trained for naval warfare...

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Merrel D. Clubb, Jr.

Proving Grounds

Proving Grounds

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Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the military’s efforts to close and repurpose bases—often as wildlife reserves. Together they present...

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How to Work in Someone Else's Count...

Ruth Stark

How to Work in Someone Else's Country

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Working abroad offers adventure, friendship with people of other cultures, intimate familiarity with exciting places, and opportunities to make real differences in communities. It also presents countless challenges, ranging from packing and staying safe and healthy to balancing project objectives with on-the-ground realities, working with local officials, and forging respectful and productive relationships. These challenges and many more are tackled in How to Work in Someone Else's Country....

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Ruth Stark

Heroines of Jiangyong

Heroines of Jiangyong

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Documenting China

Documenting China

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The Anguish of Surrender

Ulrich A. Straus

The Anguish of Surrender

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Ulrich A. Straus

Hungarian Rhapsodies

Richard Teleky

Hungarian Rhapsodies

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Richard Teleky

Protracted Contest

Protracted Contest

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Perpetual Happiness

Shih-shan Henry Tsai

Perpetual Happiness

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Shih-shan Henry Tsai

Voices from the Camps

James M. Freeman

Voices from the Camps

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James M. Freeman

Spy Satellites and Other Intelligen...

Spy Satellites and Other Intelligence Technologies that Changed History

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