Transformative Leadership in African Contexts: Strategies for Social Change (HSRC Press)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

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Though it has been some six centuries since explorer Zheng He visited Africa, scholar Li Xinfeng finds connections between Zheng's voyages and China-Africa relations today. Li discusses Zheng's travels at length, ranging from details of his ships and crews to the nature of the relationships that he forged. As he considers the explorer's legacy in the current global environment, he adds to our understanding of both China's Africa policy and its maritime strategy. CONTENTS:&nbsp; <ul> <li>The Background to Zheng He's Four Voyages to Africa.</li> <li>An Analysis of the Voyages.</li> <li>The Far-Reaching Significance of Zheng He's Voyages.</li> <li>Advanced Shipbuilding Technology Employed in the Building of China's Treasure Ships.</li> <li>The Makeup of Zheng He's Divisions and Features of His Ships.</li> <li>Building a Replica of Zheng He's Ship and Traveling Zheng He's Path.</li> <li>Visiting the "Chinese Village" on Pate Island in Kenya.</li> <li>Double Dragon Jar Affirms China Connections.</li> <li>Influences of Zheng He's Fleet in Africa.</li> <li>The First Arrival of the Chinese Migrants to Africa in the Early Ming Dynasty.</li> <li>Zheng He's Voyages and China's Africa Policy Today.</li> </ul>

Zheng He's Voyages to Africa in the 15th Century: The Maritime Silk and Porcelain Road (HSRC)

History

Li, Xifeng

Africa

Politically this novel deals with the historical past. Egypt has become less of a socialist country than what it appears to be. Influence and wealth reside over qualifications. One of Mahfouz's most lyrical novels, this story is an insider's look at old Alexandria, offering the classic plot of intertwined characters living in a small hotel in post-revolutinary Egypt. A retired journalist and his woman friend, who manages the hotel, combine efforts to re-examine an Egypt which has just undergone the Socialist Revolution. 
"Like all novels worth their salt, "Miramar" allows us the rare privilege of entering a national psychology, in a way that a thousandjournalistic articles or television documentaries could not acheive; and perhaps more importantly, beyond, that, we can encounter in it a racila temperment that has been widely misunderstood in the West." -John Fowles

Miramar

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Black Shack Alley

This work of compelling lyrical unity tells the story of growing up black in the colonial world of Martinique.

Joseph Zobel

Literature & Fiction

Arms Control Toward the 21st Century

While the negotiating methods, regions of concern and weapons involved may be changing, the underlying principles of arms control remain as relevant as ever in the post-Cold War world. This text, intended to be of interest to upper-level undergraduates, provides a general treatment of arms control. The book first establishes the fundamentals of arms control, covering objectives, processes and how arms control fits into the larger security picture. Particular attention is given to how issues and processes have changed over time. The objectives and principles described in this section are used to assess the potential of arms control for enhancing national security into the 21st century. The second section examines the major arms control negotiations of the Cold War period (with an eye toward their significance for current efforts and challenges), explores efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear, chemical, biological and conventional weapons and their means of delivery, and considers regional arms control approaches and concerns.

Larsen, Jeffrey A.

Military

In 1939, the German army shocked and terrorized the world with Blitzkrieg, its form of mobilized warfare. How the Germans rebuilt their army after defeat in World War I - circumventing the prohibition of the treaty at Versailles - is one of the major questions in military history. Citino shows that German officers of the army of the Weimer Republic (the Reichswehr), men like General Hans von Seeckt, General Wilhelm Groener, and Colonel Oswald Lutz, initiated and carried out a thorough reform of the army's warfighting doctrine and capability that laid the groundwork for Hitler's seemingly effortless rearmament of Germany. Using largely unpublished materials from US and German archives, the author grounds his book in a study of key autumn manoeuvres of the German army in the thirties. His analysis traces the smooth and inexorable development of the Reichswehr into the Wehrmacht, quite likely the finest military machine in history.

The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-1939

Citino

Casper recounts his experiences as commander of the brigade and the United Nations Quick Reaction Force in Somalia, and as part of the Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti. He finds that the two campaigns changed not only US policy, but also the nature of US military involvement overseas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Falcon Brigade: Combat and Command in Somalia and Haiti

Casper

<li>English translation of the military manual that guided the German Army in World War II </li>
<li>This book was carried into battle by officers and NCOs and had been classified by the U.S. Army until the year 2000 </li>
<li>Topics include command, attack, defense, tanks, chemical warfare, logistics, and more Truppenführung ("unit command") served as the basic manual for the German Army from 1934 until the end of World War II and laid the doctrinal groundwork for blitzkrieg and the early victories of Hitler's armies. Reading it is as close to getting inside the minds behind the Third Reich's war machine as you are likely to get.
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On the German Art of War: Truppenführung (Art of War)

Europe

Cooke (emeritus, history, U. of Mississippi) presents a biography of the professional life of Colonel William Mitchell, famed for his early support of air power and his prediction before World War II that American air preparations were inadequate against a likely Japanese enemy. Mitchell was court-martialled in 1925 for his criticism of his superiors and subsequent writers have suggested that he was persecuted for his integrity. Cooke suggests that Mitchell, although a major contributor to American air power, was deeply flawed by arrogance and ego. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Billy Mitchell (The Art of War)

COOKE

Peacemaking in Rwanda: The Dynamics (View amazon detail page) ASIN:  158826291X

Peacemaking in Rwanda: The Dynamics

Bruce D. Jones

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