By late 1971 Secretary General Le Duan had successfully persuaded the politburo that the coming year was to be a decisive year in compelling the Americans to end the war on Hanoi's terms by striking a crushing military blow against the Saigon government o číst celé
Detailed history of the Civil War in Mozambique.
By 1959 the newly independent Kingdom of Laos was being transformed into a Cold War battleground for global superpower competition, having been born out of the chaos following the French military defeat and withdrawal from Indochina in 1954.
Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance
Exploring the evolution of voting procedures, this book delves into the theoretical and historical reasons behind the adoption or rejection of various decision-making methods in society and legislative bodies. It examines the implications of these practices on elections and the resulting governance structures, providing a comprehensive analysis of how voting shapes democratic processes.
Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy
Critiquing binary majority rule, the book explores its failure to represent the people's will, linking it to the rise of populism and conflicts in various regions, including Europe and Asia. The author draws on personal experience to argue that simple majority voting can lead to division and dysfunction in democracies and war zones. To enhance democratic stability, the book advocates for an all-party power-sharing approach and presents alternative voting methods, such as the Modified Borda Count, through case studies from diverse geopolitical contexts.
Consensus Voting for Civic Society and Parliaments
Exploring the dynamics of collective decision-making, this book analyzes various voting procedures from local councils to global organizations. It critiques binary voting for its divisiveness and inaccuracies, advocating for a preferential points system that promotes inclusivity and democracy. Essential for those interested in fair decision-making, the text also compares common electoral systems, offering insights into more effective methodologies that benefit all participants.
This book presents an approach to narrative analysis from a critical social perspective. Through this extended example, the book demonstrates the power of narrative analytic procedures and the different effects produced by different levels of analysis.
Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Glossary; Chapter 1: Prelude to War; Capter 2: Birth of an Insurgency; Chapter 3: Battleground Central Mozambique; Chapter 4: Punch and Counterpunch; Chapter 5: The South African Factor; Chapter 6: Zimbabwe to the Rescue; hapter 7: The Slugfest Continues; Chapter 8: The Hardest Battle of All; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. The sixteen-year-long war in Mozambique between the Frelimo government and Renamo rebels remains one of the most overlooked and misunderstood of the conflicts that raged across Africa during the height of the Cold War. While usually viewed as mere sideshow to more high-profile wars in Angola, Rhodesia and within apartheid South Africa itself, it nonetheless is noteworthy in its complexity, duration and destructiveness. Before it was all over in 1992 at least one million Mozambicans would be dead, millions more homeless and the country lying in ruins. Ultimately Frelimo would get its victory, not on the battlefield but rather at the polling booth in 1994.
Operation Rolling Thunder was a disastrous and wasteful attempt in terms of men and material by the Johnson administration to micromanage an air campaign to achieve specific diplomatic goals, but in the end achieved neither military nor political victory. číst celé
Detailed history of Operation Linebacker, I & II, October & December 1972. číst celé