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From  NEW! Democracy’s Post-1945 Worldwide Rise and DeclineFrom: Myths of Modern History |
The author examines the myths concerning the winding, up-and-down road taken by democracy from 1945 to the present. He argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the 1989 fall of the Berlin … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Deng Xiaoping’s Victory |
This chapter begins with an account of Deng Xioping’s tour of southern China in 1992. The chapter goes on to discuss the economic miracle of the 1990’s, engineered by Deng Xiaoping, … | Michael Cormier | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From  DenouementFrom: The Einstein File |
This chapter explores the early 1950s, the context of the McCarthy era/McCarthyism and the McCarthy/Hoover anti communist crusade, and Einstein’s life and position during this period. It … | Fred Jerome | 41 | 2018 | $4.10 Add |
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From  Disclosure |
In this chapter, Birch explores the many meaning of "disclosure" among gay men. | Robert Birch | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Discovering AmericaFrom: The Einstein File |
This chapter offers some historical context, discusses some major events in the lives of Einstein and his family, Einstein’s political beliefs and criticisms in both the US and Europe, his … | Fred Jerome | 49 | 2018 | $4.90 Add |
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From  Diversion |
The conclusion Diversion reflects on how at the end of World War II, US officials celebrated the Middle East as a ‘stupendous source of strategic power’ and an immense ‘material … | Stephen Gowans | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Divide et Impera |
Mass movements can be organized around different aspects of personal identity such as race, class, religion, sect, ethnicity, language, sex, and position within the international division of … | Stephen Gowans | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From Division |
Chapter Five focuses on the division between the ideologies of Arabism and Islamism which arose in the Arab States during the mid-twentieth century. Arabism spawned Arab socialism, which promoted … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Early HistoryPre-1874 From: Postcards from Congo |
This chapter explores the early history of the Congo region before colonization began in 1874. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Early Years of Belgian Congo1908–1930 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the creation of the official colonial regime of the Belgian Congo from 1908 to 1930. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From Echoes of Hitler |
There were echoes of Hitler in Syria’s conflict, but they had nothing whatever to do with Bashar al-Assad, who, as we have seen, was falsely depicted as a dictator in order to manufacture … | Stephen Gowans | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Economic Decline and Infrastructural Decay in Zaire1975–1993 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the economic decline and infrastructure decay in Mobutu’s Zaire from 1975 until 1993. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
 Einstein on Israel and Zionism |
Albert Einstein said his “life is divided between equations and politics.” Yet his views on Israel and Zionism were concealed and distorted for decades. Einstein on Israel and Zionism corrects … | Fred Jerome | 305 | 2024 | View |
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From Einstein’s Correspondents |
This appendix profiles the correspondents of Albert Einstein, discussing physics, law, architecture, politics, and journalism. | Fred Jerome | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From Elders |
In this chapter, the author examines the deaths of her two uncles from AIDS, and the stigma and shame that charactarized her family’s response to this tragedy. | Miranda Recht | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! European Imperialism and Popular ResistanceFrom: Humans |
This chapter discusses the beginnings of European Imperialism during the early 1500s across the globe. It recounts resistance to conquest, forced labour and religious conversion against European … | Alvin Finkel | 35 | 2024 | $3.50 Add |
