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This sixth volume continues the journal's tradition of providing a wide range of scholarly studies, covering topics as diverse as Carolingian war-horse breeding, late-medieval Spanish methods of war-finance, the interface betweenmilitary action and politics at the end of the Hundred Years War, and the tactical methods of Cuman warriors. A key feature of the journal is its commitment to fostering debate on the most significant issues in medieval military history, and that tradition too continues with the new volume, with a study of the relationships between communal horsemen and footsoldiers in High Medieval Italy having significant implications for the dispute over the importance of infantry before the 14th century.
Military history, Medieval. --- Military art and science --- History --- Medieval warfare --- Medieval military history --- Carolingian War-Horse Breeding. --- Communal Horsemen. --- Cuman Warriors. --- Footsoldiers. --- Hundred Years War. --- Medieval Warfare. --- Military Action. --- Politics. --- Spanish War-Finance. --- Western Way of War. --- Military history, Medieval
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In her acclaimed book Soldiers in a Narrow Land, Mary Helen Spooner took us inside the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Carrying Chile's story up to the present, she now offers this vivid account of how Chile rebuilt its democracy after 17 years of military rule-with the former dictator watching, and waiting, from the sidelines. Spooner discusses the major players, events, and institutions in Chile's recent political history, delving into such topics as the environmental situation, the economy, and the election of Michelle Bachelet. Throughout, she examines Pinochet's continuing influence on public life as she tells how he grudgingly ceded power, successfully fought investigations into his human rights record and finances, kept command of the army for eight years after leaving the presidency, was detained on human rights charges, and died without being convicted of any of the many serious crimes of which he was accused. Chile has now become one of South America's greatest economic and political successes, but as we find in The General's Slow Retreat, it remains a country burdened with a painful past.
Chile -- Politics and government -- 1988-. --- Chile - Politics and government - 1988-. --- Democratization - Chile. --- Democratization -- Chile. --- Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. --- Democratization --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Government - Central & South America --- Ugarte, Augusto Pinochet --- Pinochet, Augusto --- Pinochet U., A. --- Pinuoqi --- Chile --- Politics and government --- Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto --- army. --- biographical. --- campaign. --- chile. --- crime. --- democracy. --- dictator. --- elections. --- exile. --- female politicians. --- free speech. --- government. --- history. --- human rights. --- independence. --- justice. --- latin america. --- martial law. --- michelle bachelet. --- military action. --- military coup. --- nonfiction. --- pinochet. --- political history. --- political power. --- politics. --- power. --- president. --- rebellion. --- resistance. --- revolution. --- trial. --- war crimes.
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How psychology explains why a leader is willing to use military force to protect or salvage reputationIn Who Fights for Reputation, Keren Yarhi-Milo provides an original framework, based on insights from psychology, to explain why some political leaders are more willing to use military force to defend their reputation than others. Rather than focusing on a leader's background, beliefs, bargaining skills, or biases, Yarhi-Milo draws a systematic link between a trait called self-monitoring and foreign policy behavior. She examines self-monitoring among national leaders and advisers and shows that while high self-monitors modify their behavior strategically to cultivate image-enhancing status, low self-monitors are less likely to change their behavior in response to reputation concerns.Exploring self-monitoring through case studies of foreign policy crises during the terms of U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, and Clinton, Yarhi-Milo disproves the notion that hawks are always more likely than doves to fight for reputation. Instead, Yarhi-Milo demonstrates that a decision maker's propensity for impression management is directly associated with the use of force to restore a reputation for resolve on the international stage.Who Fights for Reputation offers a brand-new understanding of the pivotal influence that psychological factors have on political leadership, military engagement, and the protection of public prestige.
Heads of state --- International relations --- Decision making --- 1900-1999 --- United States --- United States. --- Foreign relations --- Amazon Mechanical Turk. --- American adults. --- American presidents. --- Bill Clinton. --- Cyrus Vance. --- Israeli Jewish adults. --- Jimmy Carter. --- Ronald Reagan. --- US presidents. --- US reputation. --- Zbigniew Brzezinski. --- case studies. --- crisis decision making. --- decision making. --- dispositional theory. --- foreign policy behavior. --- foreign policy. --- hawkishness. --- high self-monitors. --- international conflict. --- international crises. --- international politics. --- international relations. --- international reputation. --- leaders. --- low self-monitors. --- militarized interstate disputes. --- military action. --- military assertiveness. --- military engagement. --- military force. --- military instruments. --- military solution. --- military spending. --- national leaders. --- policy recommendations. --- political leadership. --- presidential historians. --- presidents. --- psychological dispositions. --- public prestige. --- reputation believer. --- reputation believers. --- reputation critic. --- reputation critics. --- reputation crusader. --- reputation crusaders. --- reputation for resolve. --- reputation skeptics. --- reputation. --- self-monitoring. --- state leaders. --- use of force. --- world politics.
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The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class-not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged majority-defend their comfortable status at a cost. Middle-class voting against regulation and increased taxation that would remedy pressing social ills has created a culture of immediate gratification, leading to complacency and hampering long-term progress. Only economic disaster, military action, or the eruption of an angry underclass seem capable of changing the status quo. A groundbreaking critique, The Culture of Contentment shows how the complacent majority captures the political process and determines economic policy.
Free enterprise --- Poor --- Social values. --- Since 1980 --- United States --- United States. --- Economic policy --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Foreign relations --- Adam Smith. --- Communism. --- Contented Electoral Majority. --- Contented Majority. --- Democratic Party. --- Eastern Europe. --- Franklin D. Roosevelt. --- New Deal. --- Republican Party. --- Ronald Reagan. --- Western Europe. --- acquisitions. --- arms buildup. --- bureaucracy. --- bureaucratic syndrome. --- capitalism. --- common purpose. --- communism. --- complacency. --- consumers. --- contentment. --- corporations. --- costs. --- crime. --- defense spending. --- democracy. --- depression. --- economic accommodation. --- economic advantage. --- economic discomfort. --- economic life. --- economic policies. --- economic power. --- economic well-being. --- economically advantaged. --- economics. --- effective demand. --- electoral politics. --- external authority. --- financial devastation. --- fiscal policy. --- foreign policy. --- functional underclass. --- government. --- have nots. --- haves. --- immediate gratification. --- immigrants. --- incomes. --- industrial economy. --- inflation. --- inner cities. --- international relations. --- laissez faire. --- loan scandal. --- macroeconomic policy. --- macroeconomic regulation. --- media. --- mergers. --- middle-class voting. --- military action. --- military power. --- military spending. --- military. --- monetarism. --- monetary policy. --- money. --- organization power. --- political behavior. --- political economy. --- politics of contentment. --- politics. --- poor. --- private sector. --- public budget. --- public expenditures. --- public services. --- purchasing power. --- recession. --- recreation. --- regulation. --- resentment. --- savings scandal. --- security. --- self-regard. --- social advantage. --- social disorder. --- social exclusion. --- social unrest. --- socially advantaged. --- supply-side economics. --- tax policy. --- tax reductions. --- taxation. --- the poor. --- thought. --- time. --- underclass revolt. --- underclass. --- urban slums. --- violence. --- war. --- wealth. --- welfare state. --- well-being.
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