... 44-54. Discussion of Mao Tse-tung's struggles with P'eng Teh-huai and Liu .Shao-chi... more ... 44-54. Discussion of Mao Tse-tung's struggles with P'eng Teh-huai and Liu .Shao-chi may be found, eg, in the author's The Arms Race and Sino-Soviet Relations ... mounting during China's Cultural Revolution to the point that Red Guards put up wall posters in Peking calling ...
... as Kurt Villads Jensen, author of the introduction, and Tiina Kala of the Tallinn Town Archiv... more ... as Kurt Villads Jensen, author of the introduction, and Tiina Kala of the Tallinn Town Archives, give general overviews, while William Urban attempts ... Jensen in a piece on 'Urban Life and the Crusades', by Torben K. Nielsen in a sketch of Anders Sunesen, Valdemar's chancellor ...
I first heard of V. S. Naipaul in 1977. Preparing for a Fulbright lectureship in Trinidad, I aske... more I first heard of V. S. Naipaul in 1977. Preparing for a Fulbright lectureship in Trinidad, I asked State Department experts what to read. Their answer: V. S. Naipaul. Today, if a student were to ask me what author to read to learn about the Third World, my answer would be the same: Naipaul.What is the Third World? Political sociologists and economists proffer definitions and statistics. Naipaul gives us vivid images and stories about people who live there. His purposes have been literary and reportorial. They have also been deeply personal, for Naipaul has sought to escape and transcend the Hindu-Trinidad milieu in which he was raised.
What happens to a country's genetic/cultural pool when more than fifty million of its citizen... more What happens to a country's genetic/cultural pool when more than fifty million of its citizens—over a fifth of its present population—die unnatural deaths or emigrate over sixty years? What happens when many of these people are among the country's most talented individuals—entrepreneurs, army officers, party leaders, successful farmers, leading writers, and the intelligentsia? And what happens to a country's capacity for critical analysis when, in addition to physical disasters on the scale indicated, it has been sealed off from the rest of the world and severe limits have been placed on discussion within the country?
Kto kovo? according to Lenin, is the fundamental question of politics. "Who's going to d... more Kto kovo? according to Lenin, is the fundamental question of politics. "Who's going to do in whom?" Lenin and others plotting against the czar came steadily to this zero-sum conception of politics. One side or the other could win—not both. Though Americans tend to expect a harmony of interests among nations, the zero-sum conception also exists in this country; it is, in fact, a prominent factor in the ongoing debate about Soviet strategic objectives and capabilities—for instance, in statements by the Committee on the Present Danger.
... 44-54. Discussion of Mao Tse-tung's struggles with P'eng Teh-huai and Liu .Shao-chi... more ... 44-54. Discussion of Mao Tse-tung's struggles with P'eng Teh-huai and Liu .Shao-chi may be found, eg, in the author's The Arms Race and Sino-Soviet Relations ... mounting during China's Cultural Revolution to the point that Red Guards put up wall posters in Peking calling ...
... as Kurt Villads Jensen, author of the introduction, and Tiina Kala of the Tallinn Town Archiv... more ... as Kurt Villads Jensen, author of the introduction, and Tiina Kala of the Tallinn Town Archives, give general overviews, while William Urban attempts ... Jensen in a piece on 'Urban Life and the Crusades', by Torben K. Nielsen in a sketch of Anders Sunesen, Valdemar's chancellor ...
I first heard of V. S. Naipaul in 1977. Preparing for a Fulbright lectureship in Trinidad, I aske... more I first heard of V. S. Naipaul in 1977. Preparing for a Fulbright lectureship in Trinidad, I asked State Department experts what to read. Their answer: V. S. Naipaul. Today, if a student were to ask me what author to read to learn about the Third World, my answer would be the same: Naipaul.What is the Third World? Political sociologists and economists proffer definitions and statistics. Naipaul gives us vivid images and stories about people who live there. His purposes have been literary and reportorial. They have also been deeply personal, for Naipaul has sought to escape and transcend the Hindu-Trinidad milieu in which he was raised.
What happens to a country's genetic/cultural pool when more than fifty million of its citizen... more What happens to a country's genetic/cultural pool when more than fifty million of its citizens—over a fifth of its present population—die unnatural deaths or emigrate over sixty years? What happens when many of these people are among the country's most talented individuals—entrepreneurs, army officers, party leaders, successful farmers, leading writers, and the intelligentsia? And what happens to a country's capacity for critical analysis when, in addition to physical disasters on the scale indicated, it has been sealed off from the rest of the world and severe limits have been placed on discussion within the country?
Kto kovo? according to Lenin, is the fundamental question of politics. "Who's going to d... more Kto kovo? according to Lenin, is the fundamental question of politics. "Who's going to do in whom?" Lenin and others plotting against the czar came steadily to this zero-sum conception of politics. One side or the other could win—not both. Though Americans tend to expect a harmony of interests among nations, the zero-sum conception also exists in this country; it is, in fact, a prominent factor in the ongoing debate about Soviet strategic objectives and capabilities—for instance, in statements by the Committee on the Present Danger.
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