Author: N. Gangulee Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000386635 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 222
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This book, first published in 1943, is a literary anthology purposefully presenting a picture of the Soviet Union to a new audience in the West. It collects together a rich variety of pre-revolutionary Russian literature as well as a host of Soviet literature. Together they reveal the dynamic character of Russian literature, and provide a useful contrast between the two styles of pre- and post-revolutionary writings.
Author: Antonio Tabucchi Publisher: New Directions Publishing ISBN: 081122452X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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New Directions is proud to be the publisher of the the distinguished Italian novelist Antonio Tabucchi, whose works include The Edge of the Horizon, a story of an “unimportant death,” now available for the first time in a paperback edition. Late on night, the body of a young man is delivered to the morgue of an Italian town. The next day's newspapers report that he was killed in a police raid, and that went by the obviously false name "Carlo Nobodi." Spino, the morgue attendant on duty at the time, becomes obsessed with tracing the identity of the corpse. "Why do you want to know about him?" asks a local priest. "Because he is dead and I'm alive," replies Spino. In this spare yet densely packed cautionary tale, Tabucchi reminds us that it is impossible to reach the edge of the horizon since it always recedes before us, but suggests that some people "carry the horizon with them in their eyes."
Author: Sitka Historical Society Publisher: ISBN: 9780615704197 Category : Alaska Languages : en Pages : 300
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In August 2010, more than 180 scholars and historians gathered in Sitka, Alaska to listen and debate a series of more than 70 papers at the 2010 International Conference on Russian America, a largely over-looked period in American history. Hosted by Sitka National Historical Park and jointly managed by Sitka Historical Society, the Conference gathered scholars from the United States, Canada, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Venezuela, the Tlingit Nation and other Native Tribes of Alaska. Forty-six of the professional papers were selected for the publication and provides new and/or revised data and interpretations of this period and era of history. Endnotes, References, and illustrations are included.
Author: David M. Edelstein Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 150171208X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 262
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How do established powers react to growing competitors? The United States currently faces a dilemma with regard to China and others over whether to embrace competition and thus substantial present-day costs or collaborate with its rivals to garner short-term gains while letting them become more powerful. This problem lends considerable urgency to the lessons to be learned from Over the Horizon. David M. Edelstein analyzes past rising powers in his search for answers that point the way forward for the United States as it strives to maintain control over its competitors. Edelstein focuses on the time horizons of political leaders and the effects of long-term uncertainty on decision-making. He notes how state leaders tend to procrastinate when dealing with long-term threats, hoping instead to profit from short-term cooperation, and are reluctant to act precipitously in an uncertain environment. To test his novel theory, Edelstein uses lessons learned from history’s great powers: late nineteenth-century Germany, the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, interwar Germany, and the Soviet Union at the origins of the Cold War. Over the Horizon demonstrates that cooperation between declining and rising powers is more common than we might think, although declining states may later regret having given upstarts time to mature into true threats.
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