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Peter Kien-hong Yu

"This work, written by an expert in the politics of Mainland China and Taiwan, looks at the role the Constitution of the Republic of China has played in the development of Taiwan since 1949 and its potential influence on the People's Republic of China. The Chinese Communists conducted the first long march for the sake of the majority of Chinese people, with the victory of MAO Zedong. In the second long march, CHIANG Kai-shek and his successors tried to convert the Chinese mainland from a Communist, totalitarian system, into a democratic, prosperous one by relying on the spirit of the Republic of China (ROC) constitution and by setting itself as a good example, in gradually guaranteeing freedom and democracy. Needless to say, this march is long and difficult. The Second Long March challenges other models and theories on the study of the relationship between the ROC (Taiwan area) and mainland China or the People's Republic of China (PRC) since China became politically (as opposed to legally) divided in December 1949. Arguably, it is the ROC Constitution that has helped ROC citizens to live in a non-Communist or anti-Communist political system. Actively promoting democracy and freedom on the Chinese mainland (neidi) can further guarantee the Taiwan area's survival. The book will provide valuable scholarship of interest to anyone researching the political history of China and its prospects for democratization."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Yitzhak Laor

>Υπάρχει μια πολύ στενή σχέση ανάμεσα σε εκείνους που αυτοαποκαλούνται "στρατόπεδο της ειρήνης" στο Ισραήλ και στους ομολόγους τους της ευρωπαϊκής Αριστεράς. Το βιβλίο αυτό ρίχνει αλύπητα φως στη σχέση τους, που είναι ιδιαίτερα έντονη στο πεδίο της λογοτεχνίας. Αναλύει την υποδοχή στην Ευρώπη των έργων του Άμος Οζ, του Α. Μπ. Γιεοσούα και του Νταβίντ Γκρόσσμαν, διερευνά τον τρόπο με τον οποίο οι συγγραφείς αυτοί μεταμφιέζονται σε ανθρώπους που προωθούν την ειρήνη και τους λόγους που η κριτική ανταποκρίνεται με τέτοιον ενθουσιασμό. Δείχνει ότι οι Ισραηλινοί διανοούμενοι -οι περισσότεροι είναι ασκεναζίμ, εκκοσμικευμένοι και υποστηρικτές των Εργατικών- θεωρείται από τους αντίστοιχους στην Ευρώπη ότι ανήκουν στους "δικούς μας", φτάνει να μένουν πάντα εκεί μακριά, στην Ανατολή. Αντίστοιχα, οι ίδιοι Ισραηλινοί διανοούμενοι νοιάζονται πρωταρχικά να ανήκουν -ή να φαίνεται ότι ανήκουν, πάση θυσία- στην ευρωπαϊκή ιντελλιγκέντσια. Αντικειμενικά, αυτό που έχουν κοινό είναι ο φόβος και το μίσος για την Ανατολή. - Mαρξιστικό Bιβλιοπωλείο

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Mark Wahlgren Summers

"For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently enslaved for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework of federalism and republican democracy. This book offers a fresh explanation for Reconstruction's demise and a case for its essential successes as well as its great failures. Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost"--

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Ilan Pappé

>This hugely successful, ground-breaking book is the first introductory textbook on the Modern Middle East to foreground the urban, rural, cultural and women’s histories of the region over its political and economic history. > >[...] This second edition has been brought right up to date with recent events, and includes a new chapter on the media revolution and the effect of media globalization on the Middle East, and a revised and expanded discussion on modern Iranian history. - publisher