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After Leaning to One Side: China and Its Allies in the Cold War
Author(s)After Leaning to One Side traces the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance between 1949 and 1973, emphasizing tension over the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The Cold War in East Asia: 1945–1991
The Cold War in East Asia studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining how the six powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan, and North and South Korea—interacted with one another and forged the conditions that were distinct from the Cold War in Europe.
So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan
Author(s)Pakistan has received more than $20 billion in external development assistance but has made little evident improvement in its social indicators. So Much Aid, So Little Development offers a fresh explanation for this outcome.
Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America
Author(s)In Policing Democracy , Mark Ungar situates Latin America at a crossroads between its longstanding form of reactive policing and a problem-oriented approach based on prevention and citizen participation. Drawing on extensive case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, and Honduras, he reviews the full spectrum of areas needing reform: criminal law, policing, investigation, trial practices, and incarceration.
The Oil Prince's Legacy: Rockefeller Philanthropy in China
Author(s)The Oil Prince's Legacy traces Rockefeller philanthropy in China from the nineteenth century to today. Family diaries, letters, interviews in China, and institutional archival records are used to tell a compelling story about successive Rockefeller generations and U.S.–China cultural relations.
The Eagle and the Elephant: Strategic Aspects of US-India Economic Engagement
Author(s)The Eagle and the Elephant shows how economic engagement directly affects how the United States cooperates with India on strategic issues.
Gender and Islam in Africa: Rights, Sexuality, and Law
Gender and Islam in Africa examines ways in which women in Africa are interpreting traditional Islamic concepts in order to empower themselves and their societies.
Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War
Author(s)Stalin and Togliatti reveals the dependence of the Italian Communist Party on Soviet decisionmaking in the early Cold War and the willingness of Stalin to sacrifice the interests of the Italian Communist Party to Soviet foreign interests. It explores the connection between the domestic Italian politics and the international affairs during the final phases of the Second World War and in the first years of the Cold War.
The Heart of Russia: Trinity-Sergius, Monasticism, and Society after 1825
Author(s)Long neglected by historians of Russia and specialists in Religious Studies, monasticism in Russia receives the attention it deserves in The Heart of Russia. The case study here is Russia's most famous monastery, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad near Moscow.
Orange Revolution and Aftermath: Mobilization, Apathy, and the State in Ukraine
After the success of the Orange Revolution, it was widely expected that civil society groups would take an increasingly prominent role in Ukrainian politics, reinvigorating democracy. Yet that influence diminished rapidly, and when the new government also became tainted with corruption, there was no protest or counterattack. Orange Revolution and Aftermath: Mobilization, Apathy, and the State in Ukraine explores why the influence of civil society groups waned so quickly.