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A balanced viewpoint
Sonder gives a balanced view of the controversy between these two camps.His background information is clear, compelling and easy to follow.A thin book, only 112 pages, it focuses on defining what each side believes. I learned, for instance, what the three basic tenets of Fundmentalism are, how religious contemporaries viewed Darwin (not as virulently as one might now think) and why Evolutionist make no efforts to counter the claims made by Creationist.It is easy to read; a high school student would have not trouble with it.Its photos are basic black-and-white, which somewhat dates and detracts from the book.Overall, I came away with the feeling that most Americans are a lot closer to each other in the belief of how life developed on earth and that only the radical wings of both camps are so very far apart. ... Read more

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Coal represents 90 percent of the Nation’s fossil fuel reserves. Yet, it currently supplies only 18 percent of energy needs.

This report summarizes available knowledge on U. S. coal development and seeks to identify under these chapter headings policy issues that must be considered:

How much do we need?
How much do we have?
How do we get it?
How can we get it to where we need it?
How can we make it usable?
How can we solve the social problems?
What is the U. S. position in the world coal market?
Where do we go from here?

Originally published in 1977 by the United States General Accounting Office, the situation is almost unchanged today, and coal is more relevant than ever considering the political implications of United States dependency on foreign oil. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume brings together for the first time the British Labour Political Party General Election Manifestos, dating back to 1900, and including the most recent General Election manifesto of 1997.
The project provides an indispensible source of data about the Labour Party's political ideologies and policy positions, as well as charting their changes over time.
The volume has a new introduction written by Dennis Kavanagh, who is Professor of Politics at Liverpool University, and who has already published Political Science and Political Behaviour with Routledge.
In addition to the new introduction, the volume includes a comprehensive index, making the volume easy to use. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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In light of calls to reform U.S. strategic communication and public diplomacy, RAND elected to conduct a survey of existing reform and improvement proposals. The subsequent literature review and interviews with subject-matter experts permitted the identification and categorization of frequently appearing recommendations in this area, which were then grouped into core themes. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A diplomatic history of one of the most important nations in Africa
Assuming that the problems of serious ethnic differences inside the country and the tendency to have a kleptocracy rather than a government could be overcome, then Nigeria could emerge as the most powerful nation in Africa. With over 130 million people and vast oil reserves, it is the most populous and potentially wealthiest nation in Africa. Since it achieved independence from Britain in 1960, it has maintained a consistent pro-Western foreign policy, although it did develop significant ties with the Soviet Union during the Biafran civil war in 1967-1970.
While no Nigerian government could totally ignore the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, most of the significant issues facing the various Nigerian governments related to the African continent. Nigeria was subdued, yet active in many of the major events in Africa. It was very interesting to read the actions of the Nigerian government in response to the superpower involvement in the wars in Angola and Mozambique. I was a close follower of the news at that time and remember how the war in Angola was characterized. Then U. S. president Gerald Ford made it sound as if the events in that country would determine the fate of the United States. When the U. S. Congress cut off the funds for the proxy war the U. S. was waging in Angola, nothing negative happened at all.
As an avid follower of current events and a student of history, I spend a great deal of time examining the actions of the countries of European extraction. It is a rare occasion when I read anything about the foreign policy of any nation not in that category. In this case, I was glad that I read something outside that box. I learned a great deal about the role Nigeria has played and how it views the world. Africa below the Mediterranean-Arab North and the industrialized southern tip continues to be a very unstable area. Most of the nations of that region have had some form of significant civil war over the last two decades and Nigeria is the regional power with the reservoir of good will that could help stop the wars and keep the peace when they are over.
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Ten innovative interviews explore how producers of documentary media--filmmakers, journalists, and artists--located in societies considered marginal to the high-tech global centers respond to local and international audiences in creating their works.

We meet a South African playwright who is shaping a distinctive form of activist journalism; a New Guinean producer who manages several media careers; Polish and German filmmakers developing critical documentaries on compromised new orders; a Columbian artist who provides powerful representations of endemic violence in her society; and writers from Martinique and Argentina with varied careers in the arts, media, and politics who provide tragicomic accounts of the marginal situations of their societies.

Cynical, hopeful, ambivalent all at once, these cultural producers in perilous states share a keen awareness of the marginality of their societies in the broader context of global change, and associate integrity in the reporting of local events with a critical politics of representation. ... Read more