Making Enemies

Author : Mary Patricia Callahan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Burma
ISBN : 0801472679

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Making Enemies by Mary Patricia Callahan Pdf

The Burmese army took political power in Burma in 1962 and has ruled the country ever since. The persistence of this government--even in the face of long-term nonviolent opposition led by activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991--has puzzled scholars. In a book relevant to current debates about democratization, Mary P. Callahan seeks to explain the extraordinary durability of the Burmese military regime. In her view, the origins of army rule are to be found in the relationship between war and state formation.Burma's colonial past had seen a large imbalance between the military and civil sectors. That imbalance was accentuated soon after formal independence by one of the earliest and most persistent covert Cold War conflicts, involving CIA-funded Kuomintang incursions across the Burmese border into the People's Republic of China. Because this raised concerns in Rangoon about the possibility of a showdown with Communist China, the Burmese Army received even more autonomy and funding to protect the integrity of the new nation-state.The military transformed itself during the late 1940s and the 1950s from a group of anticolonial guerrilla bands into the professional force that seized power in 1962. The army edged out all other state and social institutions in the competition for national power. Making Enemies draws upon Callahan's interviews with former military officers and her archival work in Burmese libraries and halls of power. Callahan's unparalleled access allows her to correct existing explanations of Burmese authoritarianism and to supply new information about the coups of 1958 and 1962.

Author : James McNeill Whistler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Painters
ISBN : UGA:32108034234644

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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by James McNeill Whistler Pdf

Author : Rodney Barker
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230516815

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Making Enemies by Rodney Barker Pdf

Whom a prime minister or president will not shake hands with is still more noticed than with whom they will. Public identity can afford to be ambiguous about friends, but not about enemies. Rodney Barker examines the available accounts of how enmity functions in the cultivation of identity, how essential or avoidable it is, and what the consequences are for the contemporary world.

Author : R. Barker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230287532

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Making Enemies by R. Barker Pdf

Whom a prime minister or president will not shake hands with is still more noticed than with whom they will. Public identity can afford to be ambiguous about friends, but not about enemies. Barker examines the accounts of how enmity functions in the cultivation of identity, how essential or avoidable it is, and what the global consequences are.

Author : Jonathan Kwitny
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021559540

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Endless Enemies by Jonathan Kwitny Pdf

One of America's premier journalists investigates why U.S. foreign policy defeats our own best interests.

Author : Rozenberg, Joshua
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781529204520

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Enemies of the People? by Rozenberg, Joshua Pdf

Do judges use the power of the state for the good of the nation? Or do they create new laws in line with their personal views? When newspapers reported a court ruling on Brexit, senior judges were shocked to see themselves condemned as enemies of the people. But that did not stop them ruling that an order made by the Queen on the advice of her prime minister was just ‘a blank piece of paper’. Joshua Rozenberg, Britain’s best-known commentator on the law, asks how judges can maintain public confidence while making hard choices.

Author : Jefferson Bethke
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781400205400

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Jesus > Religion by Jefferson Bethke Pdf

Abandon dead, dry, religious rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved. Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation with a passionate, provocative poem titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus." The 4-minute video became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year). Bethke's message clearly struck a chord with believers and nonbelievers alike, triggering an avalanche of responses running the gamut from encouraged to enraged. In his New York Times bestseller Jesus > Religion, Bethke unpacks similar contrasts that he drew in the poem--highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair, and hope. With refreshing candor, he delves into the motivation behind his message, beginning with the unvarnished tale of his own plunge from the pinnacle of a works-based, fake-smile existence that sapped his strength and led him down a path of destructive behavior. Along the way, Bethke gives you the tools you need to: Humbly and prayerfully open your mind Understand Jesus for all that he is View the church from a brand-new perspective Bethke is quick to acknowledge that he's not a pastor or theologian, but simply an ordinary, twenty-something who cried out for a life greater than the one for which he had settled. On this journey, Bethke discovered the real Jesus, who beckoned him with love beyond the props of false religion. Praise for Jesus > Religion: "Jeff's book will make you stop and listen to a voice in your heart that may have been drowned out by the noise of religion. Listen to that voice, then follow it--right to the feet of Jesus." --Bob Goff, author of New York Times bestsellers Love Does and Everybody, Always "The book you hold in your hands is Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz meets C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity meets Augustine's Confessions. This book is going to awaken an entire generation to Jesus and His grace." --Derwin L. Gray, lead pastor of Transformation Church, author of Limitless Life: Breaking Free from the Labels That Hold You Back

Author : Fredrik Öst,Snask,Magnus Berg
Publisher : Bis Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Branding (Marketing)
ISBN : 9063692978

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Make Enemies & Gain Fans by Fredrik Öst,Snask,Magnus Berg Pdf

Snask is a branding, design and film agency based in the heart of Stockholm. They are young, successful, bold, edgy and self-confident. They challenge the design industry by doing things differently. And that inspires and attracts, because if you combine young, successful, bold, edgy and self-confident, you get something people like or even want to become themselves. Snask has been around for 5 years and is the perfect example of a new breed in the design world. Their international fame was built via blogs and by delivering entertaining keynotes at international conferences. Now they share how they think, talk, lie, kiss and tell. You will learn how to pee on yourself or tell pink lies and find out why making enemies is a good thing. Reading a design book has never been more fun and creative entrepreneurship has never been as inspiring as doing it the Snask way!

Author : Thomas Biolsi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520923774

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Deadliest Enemies by Thomas Biolsi Pdf

Racial tension between Native American and white people on and near Indian reservations is an ongoing problem in the United States. As far back as 1886, the Supreme Court said that "because of local ill feeling, the people of the United States where [Indian tribes] are found are often their deadliest enemies." This book examines the history of troubled relations on and around Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota over the last three decades and asks why Lakota Indians and whites living there became hostile to one another. Thomas Biolsi's important study traces the origins of racial tension between Native Americans and whites to federal laws themselves, showing how the courts have created opposing political interests along race lines. Drawing on local archival research and ethnographic fieldwork on Rosebud Reservation, Biolsi argues that the court's definitions of legal rights—both constitutional and treaty rights—make solutions to Indian-white problems difficult. Although much of his argument rests on his analysis of legal cases, the central theoretical concern of the book is the discourse rooted in legal texts and how it applies to everyday social practices. This nuanced and powerful study sheds much-needed light on why there are such difficulties between Native Americans and whites in South Dakota and in the rest of the United States.

Author : Darrin M. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195158939

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Enemies of the Enlightenment by Darrin M. McMahon Pdf

"Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Darrin M. McMahon shows that well before the French Revolution, enemies of the Enlightenment were warning that the secular thrust of modern philosophy would give way to horrors of an unprecedented kind. Greeting 1789, in turn, as the realization of their worst fears, they fought the Revolution from its onset, profoundly affecting its subsequent course. The radicalization - and violence - of the Revolution was as much the product of militant resistance as any inherent logic."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Charles A. Kupchan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691154381

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How Enemies Become Friends by Charles A. Kupchan Pdf

How nations move from war to peace Is the world destined to suffer endless cycles of conflict and war? Can rival nations become partners and establish a lasting and stable peace? How Enemies Become Friends provides a bold and innovative account of how nations escape geopolitical competition and replace hostility with friendship. Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, foreign policy expert Charles Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity—and he exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace. Kupchan contends that diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries. Diplomacy, not economic interdependence, is the currency of peace; concessions and strategic accommodation promote the mutual trust needed to build an international society. The nature of regimes matters much less than commonly thought: countries, including the United States, should deal with other states based on their foreign policy behavior rather than on whether they are democracies. Kupchan demonstrates that similar social orders and similar ethnicities, races, or religions help nations achieve stable peace. He considers many historical successes and failures, including the onset of friendship between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century, the Concert of Europe, which preserved peace after 1815 but collapsed following revolutions in 1848, and the remarkably close partnership of the Soviet Union and China in the 1950s, which descended into open rivalry by the 1960s. In a world where conflict among nations seems inescapable, How Enemies Become Friends offers critical insights for building lasting peace.

Author : James McNeill Whistler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Artists
ISBN : UCD:31175035195448

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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by James McNeill Whistler Pdf

Author : Erica R. Meiners
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135909031

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Right to Be Hostile by Erica R. Meiners Pdf

In Right to be Hostile, scholar and activist Erica Meiners offers concrete examples and new insights into the "school to prison' pipeline phenomenon, showing how disciplinary regulations, pedagogy, pop culture and more not only implicitly advance, but actually normalize an expectation of incarceration for urban youth. Analyzed through a framework of an expanding incarceration nation, Meiners demonstrates how educational practices that disproportionately target youth of color become linked directly to practices of racial profiling that are endemic in state structures. As early as preschool, such educational policies and practices disqualify increasing numbers of students of color as they are funneled through schools as under-educated, unemployable, 'dangerous,' and in need of surveillance and containment. By linking schools to prisons, Meiners asks researchers, activists, and educators to consider not just how our schools’ physical structures resemble prisons— metal detectors or school uniforms— but the tentacles in policies, practices and informal knowledge that support, naturalize, and extend, relationships between incarceration and schools. Understanding how and why prison expansion is possible necessitates connecting schools to prisons and the criminal justice system, and redefining "what counts" as educational policy.

Author : Arthur C. Brooks
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780062883773

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Love Your Enemies by Arthur C. Brooks Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right? Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against American, creating a “culture of contempt”—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect, but as worthless and defective. Maybe, like more than nine out of ten Americans, you dislike it. But hey, either you play along, or you’ll be left behind, right? Wrong. In Love Your Enemies, social scientist and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller From Strength to Strength Arthur C. Brooks shows that abuse and outrage are not the right formula for lasting success. Brooks blends cutting-edge behavioral research, ancient wisdom, and a decade of experience leading one of America’s top policy think tanks in a work that offers a better way to lead based on bridging divides and mending relationships. Brooks’ prescriptions are unconventional. To bring America together, we shouldn’t try to agree more. There is no need for mushy moderation, because disagreement is the secret to excellence. Civility and tolerance shouldn’t be our goals, because they are hopelessly low standards. And our feelings toward our foes are irrelevant; what matters is how we choose to act. Love Your Enemies offers a clear strategy for victory for a new generation of leaders. It is a rallying cry for people hoping for a new era of American progress. Most of all, it is a roadmap to arrive at the happiness that comes when we choose to love one another, despite our differences.

Author : Ido Oren
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 0801435668

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Our Enemies and US by Ido Oren Pdf

Oren reveals the fervently pro-German views of the founder of the discipline, John W. Burgess, who stated that the Teutonic race was politically superior to all others, and he presents evidence of a long-term, intimate relationship between the discipline and the national security agencies of the U.S. government."--BOOK JACKET.