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简介：The Soviet government's attitude to religion in theory and practice is shown in this wide-ranging collection of annotated texts from the newly-opened archives. Included are documents from the KGB, the Central Committee, the Council for Religious Affairs and numerous other official bodies. For the first time in English we see the bureaucrats' own view of how religious believers should be controlled, following the story from the persecutions of the early Soviet years to the openness instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev.

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简介： From Publishers Weekly In a succinct， probing analysis of U.S.-Soviet relations， a companion volume to an upcoming PBS-TV series， Bialer ( The Soviet Paradox )， director of the Research Institute for International Change at Columbia University， and Mandelbaum ( The Fate of Nations )， fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations， trace the post-WW I and WW II roots of animosity fed by misunderstandings， failed policies and a common sense of national mission， and discuss the external and domestic influences on both nations that promote their new rapport. Most promising， the authors show， are the radical changes in priorities and attitudes of Reagan and Gorbachev， the latter's reforms spurred by economic necessity and demands of certain groups that challenge him to liberalize without losing control. Despite the differences in their social， economic and political systems， human rights positions and conflicting geopolitical interests， but because of the nuclear threat， the rivals are being forced to coexist， note the authors. They predict that conflicts between the two nations may moderate and even permit cooperation on issues of mutual concern， like nuclear proliferation， terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal YA-- A companion to the public television series of the same name， this book analyzes the relationship--past， present， and future--between the U. S. and the USSR. A basic knowledge of history is presupposed as two experts discuss the fundamental ideological differences between the two countries and how they have been expressed in rivalries over the arms race， human rights， and attempts to influence governments in the rest of the world. Especially valuable is their understanding of Gorbachev's reforms and their predictions of how these may affect relationships with USSR satelites， western Europe， and the U.S. No forecasts are made regarding U.S. initiatives， only U.S. response. A useful second source for research on historic foreign policy， this is a valuable first source for its political analysis.- Sally Bates， Houston Public LibraryCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Chronicles the history of 14 lost European kingdoms and what their stories can teach the modern world, providing sweeping narrative accounts of the rise and fall of such forgotten civilizations as Aragon, Etruria and the Kingdom of the Two Burgandies. By the London University Professor Emeritus author of God's Playground.   Publisher Summary 2 Chronicles the history of fourteen lost European kingdoms and what their stories can teach the modern world, providing narrative accounts of the rise and fall of nations ranging from Tolosa to the Soviet Union.   Publisher Summary 3 An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance. There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names may be unfamiliar-Aragon, Etruria, the Kingdom of the Two Burgundies-their stories should change our mental map of the past. We come across forgotten characters and famous ones-King Arthur and Macbeth, Napoleon and Queen Victoria, right up to Stalin and Gorbachev-and discover how faulty memory can be, and how much we can glean from these lost empires. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind.This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdomswill appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from readers of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.  

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简介：* Who built Stonehenge? * Why did the pharaohs build the pyramids? * Did Richard III kill the princes in the tower? * Could the Titanic have been saved? * Did Hitler murder his niece? PRAISE FOR UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF HISTORY "Like a sleuth, Aron pieces together the possible answers . . . It's an engaging way to learn more about history and the new evidence that sheds light on long-standing theories." --Daily Press "Aron has produced a fascinating and judicious description of historical mysteries from the Neanderthals to Gorbachev. His entertaining account of historical controversies will leave every reader the wiser about the past." --Jack F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union "With unerring good sense and in well-paced prose, Paul Aron solves as best he can the major who-done-its, did-it-happens, and did-it-have-to-happens of world history. Unsolved Mysteries of History should keep readers engaged well into the night."-- Adam Potkay, author, A Passion for Happiness

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简介：Muhammad -- Isaac Newton -- Jesus Christ -- Buddha -- Confucius -- St. Paul -- Ts'ai Lun -- Johann Gutenberg -- Christopher Columbus -- Albert Einstein -- Louis Pasteur -- Galileo Galilei -- Aristotle -- Euclid -- Moses -- Charles Darwin -- Shih Huang Ti -- Augustus Caesar -- Nicolaus Copernicus -- Antoine Laurent Lavoisier -- Constantine the Great -- James Watt -- Michael Faraday -- James Clerk Maxwell -- Martin Luther -- George Washington -- Karl Marx -- Orville Wright and Wilber Wright -- Genghis Khan -- Adam Smith. Edward de Vere (better known as "William Shakespeare") -- John Dalton -- Alexander the Great -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- Thomas Edison -- Antony van Leeuwenhoek -- William T.G. Morton -- Guglielmo Marconi -- Adolf Hitler -- Plato -- Oliver Cromwell -- Alexander Graham Bell -- Alexander Fleming -- John Locke -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Werner Heisenberg -- Louis Daguerre -- Simon Bolivar -- Rene Descartes -- Michelangelo -- Pope Urban II -- "Umar ibn al-Khattab -- Asoka -- St. Augustine -- William Harvey. Ernest Rutherford -- John Calvin -- Gregor Mendel -- Max Planck -- Joseph Lister -- Nikolaus August Otto -- Francisco Pizarro -- Hernando Cortes -- Thomas Jefferson -- Queen Isabella I -- Joseph Stalin -- Julius Caesar -- William the Conqueror -- Sigmund Freud -- Edward Jenner -- William Conrad Rontgen -- Johann Sebastian Bach -- Lao Tzu -- Voltaire -- Johannes Kepler -- Enrico Fermi -- Leonhard Euler -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- Thomas Malthus -- John F. Kennedy -- Gregory Pincus -- Mani -- Lenin. Sui Wen Ti -- Vasco da Gama -- Cyrus the Great -- Peter the Great -- Mao Zedong -- Francis Bacon -- Henry Ford -- Mencius -- Zoroaster -- Queen Elizabeth I -- Mikhail Gorbachev -- Menes -- Charlemagne -- Homer -- Justinian I -- Mahavira -- Honorable mentions and interesting misses : St. Thomas Aquinas -- Archimedes -- Charles Babbage -- Cheops -- Marie Curie -- Benjamin Franklin -- Mohandas Gandhi -- Abraham Lincoln -- Ferdinander

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简介：　　Are we what we eat? 　　 To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. 　　 Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from the California subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. He hangs out with the teenagers who make the restaurants run and communes with those unlucky enough to hold America's most dangerous job -- meatpacker. He travels to Las Vegas for a giddily surreal franchisers' convention where Mikhail Gorbachev delivers the keynote address. He even ventures to England and Germany to clock the rate at which those countries are becoming fast food nations. 　　 Along the way, Schlosser unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate. He also uncovers the fast food chains' efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities. Schlosser then turns a critical eye toward the hot topic of globalization -- a phenomenon launched by fast food. 　　 FAST FOOD NATION is a groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats.　　

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简介：In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. Isaacson also describes the joys of the "so-called writing life" and the challenges he sees for journalism in the digital age.

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简介："Former President Bush and his national security advisor, Brent Scowcroft, tell the story of tumultuous years. Here are behind-the-scenes accounts of critical meetings in the White House and of summit conferences in Europe and the United States, interspersed with excerpts from Mr. Bush’s diary. We are given fresh and intriguing views of world leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, and Francois Mitterrand - and witness the importance of personal relationships in diplomacy. There is the dramatic description of how President Bush put together the alliance against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War. There are the intensive diplomatic exchanges with Beijing following the events of Tiananmen Square, and the intricate negotiations leading up to German reunification. And there is the sometimes poignant, sometimes grim portrayal of Gorbachev’s final years in power."--BOOK JACKET.

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简介：An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. This stimulating coursebook covers Paper 2, Topic 5, The Cold War, in the 20th Century World History syllabus for the IB History programme. The book is divided into thematic sections, following the IB syllabus structure and is written in clear, accessible English. It covers the following areas for detailed study: Wartime conferences: Yalta and Potsdam; US policies and developments in Europe: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO; Soviet policies: Sovietisation of Eastern and Central Europe, COMECON, Warsaw Pact; Sino-Soviet relations; US-Chinese relations; Germany; and Castro, Gorbachev, Kennedy, Mao, Reagan, Stalin, Truman.

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简介：Ob'edinenie Germanii oznamenovalo okonchanie "kholodnoj vojny" i kardinal'no izmenilo oblik Evropy. Eto sobytie ostaetsya vazhnym dejstvuyuschim faktorom sovremennoj mezhdunarodnoj politiki, imeet ogromnoe znachenie dlya razvitiya otnoshenij Germanii i Rossii. Voshedshie v sbornik dokumenty raskryvayut rol', kotoruyu sygral v protsesse obreteniy...   more 籥 germanskogo edinstva General'nyj sekretar' TsK KPSS, zatem Prezident SSSR M.S.Gorbachev. Bol'shinstvo dokumentov, sredi kotorykh zapisi peregovorov Gorbacheva s nemetskimi politikami, liderami mirovykh derzhav, pis'ma, sluzhebnye zapiski sotrudnikov Gorbacheva, zapisi obsuzhdeniya germanskogo voprosa na zasedaniyakh Politbyuro TsK KPSS, publikuyutsya vpervye. Sbornik dokumentov podgotovlen sotrudnikami "Gorbachev-Fonda" - A.S.Chernyaevym, rabotavshim v 1986-1991 gg. pomoschnikom General'nogo sekretarya TsK KPSS, i izvestnym germanistom professorom A.A.Galkinym. Sbornik snabzhen predisloviem, primechaniyami i podrobnym imennym ukazatelem.   ?less

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 To explain the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Fowkes (history, U. of North London) embarks on a historical examination of the relationship between the central authorities of the Soviet Union and the largely non-Russian periphery. He draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate both the view from below, the view of the Soviet Empire's subjects, and the view from their communist rulers. The paradoxical efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev are addressed in detail. Also discussed is the Stalin era and its lasting impact, the evolution of Soviet nationality policy, and the failure of the August Coup. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.   Publisher Summary 2 This book tells the dramatic story of the unexpected disintegration of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate the growth of national awareness among the many subject peoples, partly promoted by the actions of the communists themselves. He concludes that, the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the state he initially controlled, undermined and eventually destroyed the mechanisms that held the non-Russians in check.   Publisher Summary 3 This book tells the dramatic story of the unexpected disintegration of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate the growth of national awareness among the many subject peoples, partly promoted by the actions of the communists themselves. He concludes that, the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the state he initially controlled, undermined and eventually destroyed the mechanisms that held the non-Russians in check.  

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简介：Since Gorbachev assumed power in 1985, Soviet attitudes toward the developing world have changed dramatically. This book explores the shape and scope of the "new thinking" in Moscow's foreign policy. The authors assess Gorbachev's economic and strategic priorities in the diplomatic arena and their impact on the Third World in the context of the fixed limits to change imposed by the legacy of the past. Each regional chapter reviews past Soviet policy, examines the rationale for Gorbachev's present initiatives, and weighs future trends - including implications for US-Soviet relations.

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简介：Continuing the methodology of earlier editions, Kort (social science, Boston U.) examines Russian history before the Bolshevik Revolution, the development of Stalinist totalitarianism, reforms under Khrushchev, Brezhvenv, and the end of the "great experiment" with Gorbachev. This most recent edition also includes a chapter on Yeltsin and the economic and political transitions which now grip the country. Paper edition (unseen) $22.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.