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I'd Just As Soon Kiss a Wookiee
"In a dedicated study of the Star Wars trilogies spanning from 1977 to 2019, Greg Carter contextualizes the popular franchise and its fandom through a critical mixed race studies framework. The project primarily examines the five-decade Star Wars phenomenon historically since, as Carter states, the films mirror the dominant beliefs in American society. Just as many have assumed the movies lack racial issues, some have claimed that the United States has reached a "post-racial" state where racial difference is irrelevant. I'd Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee applies theoretical frameworks posited by Stuart Hall and bell hooks to this analysis of Star Wars as a portrait of post-civil rights era race...
Vietnam 1946
"Vietnam 1946 is a masterful narrative of the immediate origins of the first Vietnam War. It is, by turns, vivid and shocking; it is always immensely revealing. Tønnesson brings forensic clarity to crucial events about which, even now, some sixty years later, fundamental misapprehensions exist. An outstanding work of scholarship of major international importance."—Martin Thomas, author of Empires of Intelligence "Tønnesson captures brilliantly the 1946 confrontation between two republics: France determined to redeem itself from Axis humiliation by regaining Indochina; Vietnam equally determined to retake independence after eighty years of colonial servitude. Tønnesson also demonstrates,...
The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Volume 2
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) moved on from the Thanos storyline, it became more political than ever—both on screen and off. Following up on their first volume about the politics of the MCU, editors Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren are back with a new volume of essays exploring the political worlds within and outside of the MCU, authored by leading experts on politics, philosophy, and popular culture. This second volume tackles the sprawling narratives in the MCU’s Phase 4, the movies, TV shows, and related content released in 2021 and 2022. During Phase 4, Marvel Studios released films at an unprecedented pace: seven in just two years, including titles like Black Widow, Shang...
Human Security Report 2005
See pages 40-42 for a discussion of the falling incidence of genocide since the end of the Cold War.
Contemporary Security Concerns of India
This book is an effort to examine the present security situation by identifying variant existing perception that leads to serious problems of vulnerability of a sovereign nation-India. The issues discussed here have vital implications over the region’s security that raises pertinent questions related to human security and human survival. As the book deals with different dimensions of issues, it gives a comprehensive understanding of the academicians and scholars working in their respective area of research. Besides this, presented articles seek to analyze the implications of the upcoming multifaceted threat perception in the society as well. This volume can be useful for the intellectuals, academicians, policy makers diplomats civil societies and others those who are interested in the subject of international relations and conflict and peace resolutions. This book is coming out in a very apt moment because it addresses certain existing issues related to security concerns relevant to the national security interest.
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Beyond Counter-insurgency
This volume offers new ways of understanding conflicts in Northeast India, and the means to resolve them. The essays discuss how democratic politics and the world of armed rebellions intersect in complex ways in this region.
Confronting the Weakest Link
Beginning with a penetrating analysis of party shortcomings in developing and post-communist countries, Thomas Carothers draws on extensive field research to diagnose chronic deficiencies in party aid, assess its overall impact, and offer practical ideas for doing better.
