Looks into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the years since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power. This volume offers insight into the lives of peasants and China's complex social processes.
The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle
Birmingham served as the stage for some of the most dramatic and important moments in the history of the civil rights struggle. In this vivid narrative account, Glenn Eskew traces the evolution of nonviolent protest in the city, focusing particularly on the sometimes problematic intersection of the local and national movements. Eskew describes the ......
Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Krushchev's Cold War Showdown
The Finnish Front Line is a historical biography of Urho Kekkonen, the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland. The most controversial as well as the most misunderstood figure in Finnish history, Kekkonen governed Finland for twenty-five years from 1956 to 1981. Gordon F. Sander focuses on Kekkonen's pivotal first term as president, ......
The Odyssey of a Marine Corps Photographer in Vietnam
One Marine, one camera, and a front-row seat to history--Then All Hell Broke Loose is a gripping visual journey through the Vietnam War. The USNS Hugh J. Gaffey dropped anchor at 1430 hours on December 27, 1966, under an overcast sky at Da Nang, Vietnam. Standing on deck and taking his first look at Vietnam was PFC Dennis Irwin Fisher, a newly ......
Participation of Children and Youth in the Vietnam War
In Small Revolutionaries, Mai Anh Nguyen analyzes the life histories of young Vietnamese who participated in the military struggle against the US and its South Vietnamese allies from 1955-1975. Their contributions took many forms: intelligence gathering; camp care and maintenance; even the building and destruction of roads using simple tools. ......
Participation of Children and Youth in the Vietnam War
In Small Revolutionaries, Mai Anh Nguyen analyzes the life histories of young Vietnamese who participated in the military struggle against the US and its South Vietnamese allies from 1955-1975. Their contributions took many forms: intelligence gathering; camp care and maintenance; even the building and destruction of roads using simple tools. ......
The Hungarian Revolution and the United Nations 1956-1963
Between 1956 and 1963, the United Nations grappled with the "Hungarian question"; namely, what it should do about the events and aftermath of the country's 1956 Revolution. Cold War tensions, anxieties over the concurrent Suez crisis, and ignorance and indifference about Hungary influenced how UN member states responded to this "internal affair" ......
The Hungarian Revolution and the United Nations 1956-1963
Between 1956 and 1963, the United Nations grappled with the "Hungarian question"; namely, what it should do about the events and aftermath of the country's 1956 Revolution. Cold War tensions, anxieties over the concurrent Suez crisis, and ignorance and indifference about Hungary influenced how UN member states responded to this "internal affair" ......