In 1806 an anonymous Greek book called for a republican government, patterned upon that of the young United States, to be established in Greece, then long the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The "Americanization" of Greece presupposed independence. The book's author, Count John Capo d'Istria, was carried away by his own version of the "American ......
A Face-To-Face Encounter With Radical Islamist Terrorism
Delivered From the Mouth of the Dragon: A Face To Face Encounter With Islamist Terrorism combines a critical analysis of Nigeria's nationality problem and a brutal personal account of how the author was placed under a fatwa for speaking out against Islamization. This well formed study argues that the precarious state of political affairs in ......
Employed by the European Community in Yugoslavia the author was tasked to report on the breaking of the arms embargo. Danger lurked as he conducted a beach and airport reconnaissance and interviewed war criminals. Closing in on the embargo busting he was ordered to falsify his daily reports in order to hide the evidence. He refused and resigned.
Trumplandia: Populist Nationalism in America is a collection of essays about the transformation of America, which has turned from a united nation to one more divided than ever under the presidency of Donald Trump. Some pundits predict that if things don't change another civil war could occur. Have we reached a point of no return? Author and ......
In this exciting new book, Taiwanese scholar Catherine Kai-Ping Lin examines Taiwan's diplomatic history since the 1970s through the lens of sports in the development of nationalism in foreign relations. Since 1971, when Taiwan lost its United Nations seat to the communist People's Republic of China, the country has gradually shifted its foreign ......
Essays on Jews and Judaism in a Changing World, 1789-1939
The period 1789-1939 was a time of dramatic, global social, political and economic transformation, with considerable ramifications for Jews and Judaism. From the dissolution of corporate status and new-found standing as individual citizens; from diverse, religious approaches to the interplay of Judaism and modernity, to competing notions of Jewish ......
Studies in Arab Neo-Colonialism in Black Africa, 1952-1993
In this engaging study of African diplomacy, Nigerian scholar Nwankwo Nwaeziegwe revisits the issue of cooperation between Arab nationalist governments and the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa. The book clinically explores the proper bases, character, and implications of Arab-Sub-Saharan relations through the lens of Arab nationalist diplomatic ......
A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language and Nationalism in Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Taking a sociolinguistics-in-action approach, Language Matters explores the language situations in Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, three geographic areas that experienced the effect of linguistic imperialism in a historically similar timeframe and manner, but with very different results. English has all but replaced the native language of ......
Is political Islam the heir of radical Arab nationalism? If political Islam succeeds, will it face the same challenges faced by radical Arab nationalism? Will it be able to implement modernity? This book assesses the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destruction.
