Author: the United States Senate
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The Riegle Report concerns the 'Gulf War Syndrome' spectrum of illnesses which affected veterans of the Gulf wars. It looks at what chemical and biological weapons were exported to Iraq and whether such weapons may have been used either on or by American troops.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1910
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Biological weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Author: Rosalie G. Riegle
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826502806
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 625
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In this compelling collection of oral histories, more than seventy-five peacemakers describe how they say no to war-making in the strongest way possible--by engaging in civil disobedience and paying the consequences in jail or prison. These courageous resisters leave family and community and life on the outside in their efforts to direct U.S. policy away from its militarism. Many are Catholic Workers, devoting their lives to the works of mercy instead of the works of war. They are homemakers and carpenters and social workers and teachers who are often called "faith-based activists." They speak from the left of the political perspective, providing a counterpoint to the faith-based activism of the fundamentalist Right. In their own words, the narrators describe their motivations and their preparations for acts of resistance, the actions themselves, and their trials and subsequent jail time. We hear from those who do their time by caring for their families and managing communities while their partners are imprisoned. Spouses and children talk frankly of the strains on family ties that a life of working for peace in the world can cause. The voices range from a World War II conscientious objector to those protesting the recent war in Iraq. The book includes sections on resister families, the Berrigans and Jonah House, the Plowshares Communities, the Syracuse Peace Council, and Catholic Worker houses and communities. The introduction by Dan McKanan situates these activists in the long tradition of resistance to war and witness to peace.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Ethics
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Category : Bank failures
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Ethics
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Category : Misconduct in office
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Author: United States
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Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Author: Rosalie Riegle Troester
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781566390590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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This rich oral history weaves a tapestry of memories and experience from interviews, roundtable discussions, personal memoirs, and thorough research. In the sixtieth anniversary year of the Catholic Worker, Rosalie Riegle Troester reconfirms the diversity and commitment of a movement that applies basic Christianity to social problems. Founded in 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, the Catholic Worker has continued to apply the principles of voluntary poverty and nonviolence to changing social and political realities. Over 200 interviews with Workers from all over the United States reveal how people came to this movement, how they were changed by it, and how they faced contradictions between the Catholic Worker philosophy and the call of contemporary life. Vivid memoirs of Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and Ammon Hennacy are interwoven with accounts of involvement with labor unions, war resistance, and life on Catholic Worker farms. The author also addresses the Worker's relationship with the Catholic Church and with the movement's wrenching debates over abortion, homosexuality, and the role of women. Author note: Rosalie Riegle Troester is Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.
Author: Jeremy Salt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520255518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
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"Devastating in its portrayal of the depths to which the West (France, Britain, and the US especially) sank in conquering the Middle East. Starting off with Huntington's quote about 'Islam's bloody borders,' Salt argues that it was the West that made these borders bloody, though in the process it had no trouble finding native accomplices who helped, wittingly or not."—Mehran Kamrava, author of The Modern Middle East "This will be of much use to general readers who are ill-served by the preponderance of books in the marketplace that explain political events by recourse to stereotypical representations of 'Arabs' and 'Islam,' while neglecting important historical events that define current political and social reality in the region. None of the general history books on the Middle East offer comparable comprehensive details."—Joseph A. Massad, author of Desiring Arabs "This excellent book is comprehensive in scope, scholarly and yet highly readable. Focusing on the damaging role of western policy in the Middle East, well exemplified in the current debacle in Iraq. It will be essential reading for students and historians of the region."—Ghada Karmi, author of Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine "Salt makes it abundantly clear that when it comes to the Middle East, 'the West' talks idealistically and acts brutally. This excellent book should be required reading for future American policymakers thinking about invading another Arab or Islamic country."—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
