Naomi Burgess itibaren Patharghata, West Bengal, India

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12/22/2024

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2019-04-17 15:41

Yeni Annelere Mucize Çözümler - Tracy Hogg TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Gün Yayıncılık

Jonathan Schell tells the story of the evolution of the logic of war and political power in a way that might just give it a happy ending after all. When pacifists argue for the effectiveness of nonviolent solutions in severe political conflicts, it’s easy to be skeptical. Pacifists begin with the belief that violence is always an inappropriate way to settle such conflicts, and so one suspects that they will view the evidence about the effectiveness of nonviolent and violent methods not so much with the goal of comparing the methods objectively, but of justifying the view that the nonviolent methods are wholly sufficient. So it helps, I think, that Schell is not a pacifist. And he belongs to the modern tradition of nonviolent resistance scholarship that sees it not so much as a moral repudiation of war and conflict, but as an important and underappreciated technology with which to succeed in such conflict. In particular, Schell sees mass nonviolent action as the latest step in what has been a long and varied evolution of the craft of warfare. His introductory chapters give a history of how the theory and practice of war have changed over the centuries, and what forces — social, technological, and otherwise — have driven these changes. People frequently look at war as being a constant, death-and-taxes-like fact of life: Sure, war has changed over the years as technology has changed, but this has mostly been quantitative — ultimately it’s still just Cain & Abel writ large. Schell challenges this view, pointing out that war has a particular logic to it and that this logic has undergone radical and fundamental changes several times in history in reaction to changes in technology and social organization. Over the centuries, violent war evolved from armies battling for supremacy as “politics by other means,” to the nuclear balance of terror policy in which display & politics came to the forefront while force was necessarily restrained. Meanwhile, “people’s war” was emerging and challenging the idea that military superiority was sufficient for victory. You could have superior technology, numbers, and technique; you could hold a nuclear weapons monopoly; you could win every battle; you could conquer all the territory; and still you could lose if the population refused to cave in and submit. At first “people’s war” was at least in part guerrilla war, and usually culminated in a conventional war battle that forced the loser to withdraw. So “people’s war” just attached different coefficients to Violence and Politics in the equation in which they both seemed a necessary part. But over time, a form of “people’s war” developed in which violent tactics weren’t necessary — or even useful. Revolutionaries came to believe that violent insurrection carried too high a risk of strategic failure, and that only through successful nonviolent mass action could worthwhile goals be reliably retained — in Václav Havel’s words, “a future secured by violence might actually be worse than what exists now; in other words, the future would be fatally stigmatized by the very means used to secure it.” Gandhi was the Clausewitz of this variety of warfare, and Schell spends many pages talking about his theories of nonviolent conflict and how he developed them. He also compares and contrasts them with other, similar forms of nonviolent revolt that emerged in and eventually dismantled the Soviet empire — and with the American revolution, taking to heart John Adams’s contention that the revolution had already succeeded before the first battle of what is called the Revolutionary War. Schell is at his best when he is writing about this sort of bottom-up people power. Unfortunately, he ends his book by presenting a program for international reform that almost entirely concerns states and governments remaking the international order in a top-down fashion. Some of his ideas in this area I found interesting — such as his suggestion that unitary state sovereignty is a model that is on its way out. In its place, he suggests that international and transnational bodies will bear some of the load (he explicitly disavows “Wilsonian” plans for world government, but some of his proposals seem to have the same essence), and he also promotes the idea of the rise of quasi-sovereign nations-without-states, to allow for some sort of self-determination for stateless peoples like the Kurds. Schell points to the negotiations over the future of Northern Ireland as an example of how the diffusion and distribution of sovereignty gave both sides in the conflict less of an all-or-nothing goal to fight for and enabled them to imagine a future of peaceful coexistence. Two examples that came to my mind, but that Schell doesn’t discuss, were 1) the transnational enforcement bodies that accompany regional trade agreements, and 2) the sort of experiments like those taking place in parts of Europe where religious/cultural minorities can elect to bypass the civil judiciary and have their cases heard in sharia-law courts. It is frequently observed that the community of nations is an anarchy — there is no central authority with a monopoly on violence. During the Dubya administration in particular, the U.S. has dreamed of assuming the throne and ending this state of affairs. Certainly many Americans think that the world needs a single sovereign power with the will, ability, and wisdom to remove threats to world peace, and it just so happens they know just the right fellows for the job too. But recent history has made a laughing stock of that variety of hubris. Schell considers the neoconservative imperial international order to have all the drawbacks of the Wilsonian vision, with none of its idealism. Sounds about right.

2019-04-17 16:41

Öğrenciler İçin Etkili Çalışma ve Öğrenme Rehberi - Turan Çabuk TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Galata Yayıncılık

I enjoyed the imagery and the ability to keep you interested in what was going to happen!

2019-04-17 17:41

Ata Yayıncılık Sevgi Sokağı Öykü (10'Lu Set)2, 3 Ve 4. Sınıf TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ata Yayıncılık

Educate yourself about Rwanda. It'll rock your world.

2019-04-17 18:41

Kağıt Ev - Carlos Maria Dominguez TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Jaguar Kitap

Clara Lee is a third grader who dreams of becoming Little Miss Apple Pie in her town. She is best friends with Shayna and Max, and she has a little sister who annoys her at times. One night, she has a bad dream about her grandfather, but when she tells him about the dream, he says that it actually means Good Luck in Korean culture! Clara Lee's next few days are filled with good luck, such as being able to climb all the way to the top of the rope in PE, finding treats in her desk, and feeling brave enough to make a speech for the Little Miss Apple Pie contest. Short book with cute illustrations!

2019-04-17 19:41

Eğlen Öğren 8-9 Yaş 1. Bölüm-Kolektif TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Dstil Tasarım İletişim Yayınları

not bad for a fake memoir

2019-04-17 20:41

Var Olan Ada TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Can Yayınları

a highly readable examination of the critical role ireland and the clergy had in maintaining literary traditions and libraries during the dark ages TRUE STORY: my BFF 'netta was reading this in the cafe' of an area barnes and noble when a perfect stranger sauntered up to her and purred, "so, how *did* the irish save civilization?" today they are married with two children. READ THIS BOOK, SINGLETONS. (<-- no idea.)

2019-04-17 21:41

Uzay Kampı Maceraları - Canan Tan TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık

I kept expecting this book to get better because I really like her other books. . .it just didn't. The main character is a brat from the start and doesn't change! A depressing book!

2019-04-17 22:41

Bir Nefeste Dünya Mitolojisi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mark Daniels

Excellent vegetarian cookbook! It offers a large variety of dishes. Try the recipe for granola and add some sliced crystalized ginger slices (you slice them again into slivers) from Trader Joe's and some slices of marzipan for the best granola ever. The recipe for Oven Apple Oats is another great recipe that has become a staple in our home.

2019-04-17 23:41

Parmak Zili 4 Adet Kum Döküm Pz55 Orta Boy TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İmece

Coach Axman does a good job describing universal truths to coaching the offensive backfield.

2019-04-18 00:41

Dış Ticaret Kuramlarının Evrimi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Efil Yayınevi

Please note: I received an ARC of this book, which comes out on May 14. Ciara Griffin, who grew up in a family of con artists,works for the radio station WVMP, where all of the DJs are vampires. Each vampire is mentally "stuck" in the era they were turned, but this has been turned to their advantage, as their shows revolve around the music of that time. However, their broadcasts, particularly those hosted by the sole female DJ or any songs by female artists, have begun to be preempted in favor of religious ranting against the occult, and the bar where WVMP holds its Halloween bash is set on fire. Throw into the mix a vampire pooch, a vampiric boyfriend who misses his family, and Ciara's own family issues, and she's got her hands full just trying to stay afloat. . . This is another terrific installment in the series, which offers an appealing heroine, a fresh take on vampires, plenty of excitement and humor, lots of musical geekery, and, as always with Smith-Ready's work, a subtle message, and plenty of food for thought. In the first book, it was about the corporate takeover of independent radio; here it's about prejudice, both sexism and, what, species=ism? (how would you categorize prejudice against the undead?). Oddly enough, because women are real and vampires are not, it was the latter that came across the most realistically to me, maybe because Shane was a far more vocal feminist than any of the female characters were. But this is really just a minor issue in a book that got me thinking about symbiotic relationships of all kinds, the relation of faith and self-definition, and the power of music to communicate and redeem.

2020-07-28 03:00

Mevlana Aşık ve Maşuk TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayınları

Bir okul öncesi anısına izin vermek, bunun böyle bir şey olması gerektiğini hissediyorum.

Okuyucu Naomi Burgess itibaren Patharghata, West Bengal, India

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