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The givers : wealth, power, and philanthropy in a new gilded age /
\"An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good bad\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contemporary Issues in Australian Literature
The contemporary study of Australian literature ranges widely across issues of general cultural studies, the politics of identity (both ethnic and gendered), and the position of Australia within wider postcolonial contexts. This volume intervenes in the most significant of issues in these areas from a variety of international perspectives.
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A history of birdwatching in 100 objects
This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world. Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question.
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SUNDAY FOCUS / Making the Case for the Kosovo Bombing
AS NATO forces conduct airstrikes in the Serbian province of Kosovo, it's easy to understand why American officials have so often been nostalgic for the Cold War. If the East-West struggle was marked by clear-cut geopolitical challenges and stark policy choices, the imbroglio in Kosovo comes out of a new national security landscape colored in shades of gray. In his address to the nation on Wednesday, President Bill Clinton spoke with confidence and resolve about what is at stake in Kosovo and why military action was the right choice. That sureness should be recognized as a facade. In truth, the Clinton administration knows that the airstrikes will lead NATO down a highly uncertain path, with no guarantee of success and the real possibility of U.S. casualties. For congressional critics of the Kosovo action, these risks are unacceptable. The United States, they say, should only use force when graver American interests are at stake and the outcomes of intervention are more certain. However, in ordering airstrikes, Clinton took the kind of unpleasant - but unavoidable - gamble that is increasingly the trademark of post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy. Third and finally, the Clinton administration confronts in Kosovo the same question it faced in Bosnia and Haiti: Is it prudent to initiate military action when there is acute uncertainty about whether it will achieve the desired ends? In recent years, through much painful trial and error, the Clinton administration has fashioned some rough answers to these questions. Contrary to the claims of critics, both on the left and on the right, NATO airstrikes in Kosovo are underpinned by a coherent strategic outlook. If anything, it is the administration's critics who are the muddled thinkers.
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Don't Focus on Killing Hussein as Iraq Fix / Killing Hussein
IN RECENT DAYS, as the United States has moved closer to a decision to bomb Iraq again, there have been calls for a tougher U.S. policy that would remove Saddam Hussein once and for all. An air campaign to kill Hussein is clearly the most attractive approach. The United States has extraordinary intelligence capabilities and could conceivably pinpoint Hussein's whereabouts. American forces also have advanced \"bunker-buster\" bombs that can burrow deep into the ground and destroy fortified command centers. Yes, there is an executive order in place that prohibits the assassination of foreign leaders. But President Bill Clinton could plausivably argue that Husssein's death in a U.S. air strike had been accidental. Who would complain? But taking out Hussein in this way is a long shot. The Iraqi leader knows the United States would like his death and has taken measures to protect himself. He moves constantly, keeping his whereabouts secret from all but a handful of confidants and rarely sleeping in the same place two nights in a row. During the gulf war, the United States pounded command centers throughout Iraq for five weeks and, according to some reports, did seek to locate and kill Hussein. No such luck. What reason is there to believe that a much shorter bombing campaign would succeed where Desert Storm failed? Not much.
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No Quick Victory in Gulf
IN the debate over US options in the Persian Gulf crisis, some observers have argued that a quick military victory can be achieved over Iraq.
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What is so Austrian about Austrian Economics?
Leading scholars consider Austrian economics from several perspectives such as characteristic themes of entrepreneurship and uncertainty, scientific methods such as mathematical complexity theory and experimental economics, and historical contexts such as pre-war Vienna and post-war France. Placing \"Austrian economics\" in these multiple contexts helps to reveal the rich texture of the Austrian tradition in social thought and its multiple connections to current research in diverse fields. Applications to the theory of the trade cycle and to foreign intervention suggest that the Austrian tradition contains possibilities not yet full explored and exploited. The volume gathers together papers presented at the second biennial Wirth conference on Austrian economics, held in October 2008 when the crisis of Fall 2008 was still new and shocking. This coincidence of timing makes policy issues and crisis management a kind of leitmotif of the volume. If, as keynote speaker David Colander argues, Austrians have a comparative advantage in political economy, then its stock should rise in times of crisis and political uncertainty. The volume provides evidence in favor of this view. Contributors include David Colander, Richard Wagner, Jeffery McMullen, J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Steve Horwitz, Richard Ebeling, Chris Coyne, and Peter Boettke.
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Violence, conflict, and world order
This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording and transcription of the talks and conversations. The collection is divided into two parts: domestic and global issues. Some of the topics examined include violence against women, restrictions on women's reproduction, culture and ideology, homeland security, terrorism and invasion, empire, and human rights. The talks themselves are framed by an insightful and exciting prologue and an intriguing epilogue by the editor.
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