by Melissa K. Bokovoy (1998)
Melissa K. Bokovoy explores the dynamic relationship between the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) and Yugoslavia's peasantry majority from 1941-1953. She challenges current explanations for the party's decision to end all efforts at collectivization. Her argument rests on an extensive examination of the uneasy coalition between a radical, revolutionary elite, hoping to move from a predominantly rural country to a modernized state, and an insurgent peasantry, utterly resistant to change.
Ann Louise Bardach
An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raul.
Lina Barrios
The final volume of Barrios' excellent multi-volume study of local indigenous government in Guatemala. Includes a survey of recent historical development and case studies of Sololá, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and Chichicastenango.
Edward M. Harris
Filling a major gap in scholarship, this is the first full-length study of the Athenian politician Aeschines. Along with Isocrates, Aeschines was one of the most prominent Athenian politicians who advocated friendly ties with the Macedonian king Philip II. Though overshadowed by his famous rival Demosthenes, Aeschines played a key role in the decisive events that marked the rise of Macedonian power in Greece and formed the transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic period. Three long speeches by Aeschines, all delivered in court battles with his opponent Demosthenes, have been preserved and provide us with valuable information about Athenian politics during a major turning point in Greek history. This study of Aeschines' political career examines the reliability of court speeches as historical evidence and shows how they help reveal how democratic institutions actually functioned in Athens when faced with the rise of Macedonian power.
Luca Costantini
"Traiciones políticas y sentimentales, intercambio de parejas, facciones y familias en lucha componen una narración política y humana del partido que quiso interpretar el espíritu de los indignados del 15-M. Un partido surgido del malestar de la crisis económica que quiso asaltar los cielos y llegar al paraíso en una apuesta por el doble o nada. Una estrategia basada en el golpe de efecto para arrebatarle al PSOE el cetro de la izquierda. Pero es también la historia de una generación de jóvenes políticos despiadados, arribistas, atrevidos y visionarios, tanto en el uso de las redes como de la televisión. AQUÍ MANDO YO desentraña por primera vez el fenómeno Iglesias y su modo de comunicación ideado por Silvio Berlusconi en Italia. Inédita es también la crónica de su conflicto con Íñigo Errejón, surgido, en contra de los que se cree, nada más celebrarse las elecciones europeas de 2014; así como la intrahistoria del carácter y los rasgos más íntimos de los protagonistas de este relato, desde el líder máximo de Podemos hasta Tania Sánchez e Irene Montero." --Back cover.