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Author: Bill Burke Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 140
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In addition to publishing the reprint of Bill Burke's iconic "I Want To Take Picture," Twin Palms Publishers is pleased to be distributing first edition copies of "Mine Fields," Burke's follow-up to "I Want To Take Picture," published by Nexus Press in 1995. "Mine Fields (a sequel to Bill Burke's justly famous "I Want To Take Picture"), is Burke's scrapbook of his life and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photopgraphs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between gloeious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide." --Nexus Press
Author: Bill Burke Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 140
Book Description
In addition to publishing the reprint of Bill Burke's iconic "I Want To Take Picture," Twin Palms Publishers is pleased to be distributing first edition copies of "Mine Fields," Burke's follow-up to "I Want To Take Picture," published by Nexus Press in 1995. "Mine Fields (a sequel to Bill Burke's justly famous "I Want To Take Picture"), is Burke's scrapbook of his life and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photopgraphs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between gloeious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide." --Nexus Press
Author: Ian Mansfield Publisher: Big Sky Publishing ISBN: 9781925275520 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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Ian Mansfield was serving in the Australian Army when he was selected to command a team of Australian combat engineers to go to Pakistan to train Afghan refugees in mine-clearance procedures. With millions of refugees expected to return to Afghanistan, the United Nations saw a humanitarian crisis looming and requested help from Western countries to tackle the landmine problem. In September 1991, Ian, along with his wife and two young children, left Australia on a one-year assignment ... and didn't return home for 20 years. This highly personal account recalls Ian's pioneering efforts to set up a civilian program in Afghanistan to clear landmines for humanitarian purposes, and then his decision to leave the Australian Army and join the United Nations. He continued to work in the mine-action sector, setting up programs in Laos and Bosnia, and then working at the policy level at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Stepping into a Minefield highlights the dangers and the tragedies involved in landmine clearance, but also reveals the great humanity, dedication and humor of the thousands of brave men and women clearing landmines today. It also outlines the political, cultural and security 'minefields' that Ian had to navigate along the way, which were often more difficult to deal with than the real minefields.
Author: Irene L. Gendzier Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231140119 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 532
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A wide-reaching analysis of post-World War II U.S. policy in Lebanon posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously believed. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's collaborative intervention with the Lebanese ruling elite, Gendzier aptly demonstrates how oil, power, and politics drove U.S. policy as well as influenced the development of the state and region of Lebanon.
Author: Andy Maslen Publisher: ISBN: 9781983115264 Category : Languages : en Pages : 140
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In the minefield, death is only a step away Gabriel Wolfe and his partner, Eli Schochat have flown to Cambodia to assassinate an ex-Khmer Rouge warlord. By a freakish stroke of good fortune, Win Yah dodges the bullet that would have exploded his skull.Wounded by a mine, Eli is captured, brutally beaten and taken into the forest to be executed. Gabriel must find her, evade recapture by the warlord's heavily-armed gang, and get her to safety. Only then can he return to finish what Eli started.This 25,000 word novella from best-selling thriller author Andy Maslen kicks off with high-powered action and doesn't let up until the final page. Mines litter the forest - and the plot - causing trouble for everyone who wanders off the path.How you're helping Cambodia's poorest children get a decent start in lifeAndy wrote Minefield after visiting a rural school in northern Cambodia, whose grounds were carved out of a minefield. He is donating all royalties from the book to the Ponheary Ly Foundation (PLF).The PLF was set up by Ponheary Ly, herself a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. It gives vulnerable children an education, as well as a full belly and a real chance of making the most of their potential.
Author: Leon V. Sigal Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135447845 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 307
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Against all odds, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines helped to enact a global treaty banning antipersonnel mines in 1997. For that achievement it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In this volume, Leon Sigal shows how a handful of NGOs with almost no mass base got more than 100 countries to outlaw a weapon that their armies had long used. It is a story of intrigue and misperception, of clashing norms and interests, of contentious bureaucratic and domestic politics. It is also a story of effective leadership, of sustained commitment to a cause, of alliances between campaigners and government officials, of a US senator who championed the ban, and of the skilful use of the news media. Despite this monumental effort, the campaign failed to get the United States to sign the treaty. Drawing on extensive internal documents and interviews with US officials and ban campaigners, Sigal tells the story of the in-fighting inside the Clinton administration, in the Pentagon, and within the ban campaign itself that led to this major setback for an otherwise unprecedented, successful global effort. Negotiating Minefields will be of interest to students and scholars of military and strategic studies and politics and international relations.
Author: Matthew Breay Bolton Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 0755618491 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 249
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Thousands of people around the world are maimed and killed by landmines and unexploded ammunition every year. International law classifies landmines as 'evil in themselves', but minefields are expressions of 'political minefields' that create them and allow them to persist. In this travelogue through Iraq, Laos, Cambodia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sudan, South Sudan and New York City, we follow Matthew Bolton's quest for solutions to the landmine crisis and emerging autonomous weapons. Throughout his journey we meet deminers, paramilitaries, journalists, mercenaries, diplomats, aid workers, and campaigners working in and around the minefields. It is a must-read for those working to alleviate the devastation of war.
Author: Sofia Ek Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781543181357 Category : Libya Languages : en Pages : 308
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Libya lived under the absolute rule of Muammar Gaddafi for more than four decades. He was the state, and to not worship him was to live in fear. Sofia, a naive but ambitious Swedish girl whose mission is to present Libya to the Western world of big business via the pages of the Wall Street Journal's magazine SmartMoney, finds herself facing one setback after another as she learns to navigate Gaddafi's Libya, where nothing is what it appears to be. She discovers that she is watched at every turn. A love affair proves to be both thrilling and dangerous, as Sofia gradually realizes that the country's most powerful men have ways to control even people's personal lives. Moving with determination through the corridors of power, consumed by her desire to succeed and to be part of something bigger than herself, Sofia remains blissfully unaware of the minefield she has walked into.
Author: Roberta J. Apfel Publisher: ISBN: 9780300065701 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 244
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The Holocaust, civil war in Bosnia, drug wars in the cities, random violence in schools, streets, and homes - such events and their aftermath pose special problems for mental health professionals, educators, and others who must help children make sense of acts that endanger them physically and psychically. In this book, edited by Drs. Roberta J. Apfel and Bennett Simon, mental health professionals share their knowledge, experiences, and hopefulness in working with children exposed to war and violence. The result is a moving history of young lives affected by war, persecution, and communal violence, and an invaluable resource for anyone working with children subjected to such traumas. The contributors to this book - who include psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, all with direct experience working with children who are victims of war and violence - address the ethics involved in working with children in war zones, children's development under circumstances of war or violence, post-traumatic stress disorder and other stress reactions, refugee children, "survivor guilt," interventions and treatments, and the emotional health of the caretakers. The book includes case studies on children of war in Kuwait, on a program involving children of Holocaust survivors and children of Nazi perpetrators, and on the Child Development-Community Policing Program in New Haven.
Author: Justin Everett Publisher: Wac Clearinghouse ISBN: 9781607326519 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 0
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"The authors assess the state of independent writing programs at a variety of institutions a decade and a half after a similar survey. The focus is on practical issues confronting administrators as they may contemplate their own independence or practices in the wake of obtaining that independence"--Provided by publisher.
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Author: Sofia Ek
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