Among historians of the US Marine Corps, Major-General Merritt A. ('Red Mike') Edson's Río Coco Patrol is well known.1His expedition up Nicaragua's Coco River in 1928 represented a significant step forward in what the US military would later call 'riverine' operations. The mission also made the career of a young officer who would lead one of the Raider Battalions in the Second World War and receive the Medal of Honor for his participation in the campaign to capture Guadalcanal.
Der langjährige Kolumnist bei der "New York Times" will in dieser fiktiven Doppelbiografie über die glücklichen und lebensklugen Kunstfiguren Harold und Erica zeigen, dass sie ihren Erfolg nicht außergewöhnlichen körperlichen oder geistigen Fähigkeiten verdanken, sondern unbewussten Denkprozessen. (Freya Rickert)
International audience ; Differences about fresh water rarely if ever lead to war between neighbouring nations. However, lack of agreement about equitable water use will sooner or later disrupt water management systems. Similarly, unless fresh water is managed sustainably by both nations, their social and economic development will lag, with ultimate effects on any peace agreement. This Viewpoint describes an existing proposal for joint approaches by Israel and Palestine to managing their transboundary water, as well as current unilateral actions by the two governments that work against equitable and sustainable water management.
International audience ; Differences about fresh water rarely if ever lead to war between neighbouring nations. However, lack of agreement about equitable water use will sooner or later disrupt water management systems. Similarly, unless fresh water is managed sustainably by both nations, their social and economic development will lag, with ultimate effects on any peace agreement. This Viewpoint describes an existing proposal for joint approaches by Israel and Palestine to managing their transboundary water, as well as current unilateral actions by the two governments that work against equitable and sustainable water management.
International audience ; Differences about fresh water rarely if ever lead to war between neighbouring nations. However, lack of agreement about equitable water use will sooner or later disrupt water management systems. Similarly, unless fresh water is managed sustainably by both nations, their social and economic development will lag, with ultimate effects on any peace agreement. This Viewpoint describes an existing proposal for joint approaches by Israel and Palestine to managing their transboundary water, as well as current unilateral actions by the two governments that work against equitable and sustainable water management.
International audience ; Differences about fresh water rarely if ever lead to war between neighbouring nations. However, lack of agreement about equitable water use will sooner or later disrupt water management systems. Similarly, unless fresh water is managed sustainably by both nations, their social and economic development will lag, with ultimate effects on any peace agreement. This Viewpoint describes an existing proposal for joint approaches by Israel and Palestine to managing their transboundary water, as well as current unilateral actions by the two governments that work against equitable and sustainable water management.
International audience ; Differences about fresh water rarely if ever lead to war between neighbouring nations. However, lack of agreement about equitable water use will sooner or later disrupt water management systems. Similarly, unless fresh water is managed sustainably by both nations, their social and economic development will lag, with ultimate effects on any peace agreement. This Viewpoint describes an existing proposal for joint approaches by Israel and Palestine to managing their transboundary water, as well as current unilateral actions by the two governments that work against equitable and sustainable water management.
This paper discusses the use of documentary films and photographs of Aboriginal people from the Ngaanyatjarra region of Western Australia in the late 1950s during a heated public debate about remote Aboriginal health and welfare. The recruitment of images of people in situations of physical distress to illustrate arguments about political and bureaucratic neglect was controversial, sparking accusations of propaganda and disagreement about the norms of Aboriginal well-being. Some of the images produced, most notably those of Western Australian politician William Grayden, had a significant impact on audiences at the time. Grayden's film, shown in a Perth cinema under the title Their Darkest Hour and sometimes referred to as Manslaughter, is celebrated in recent histories of Aboriginal activism and extracts from it have been used by a new generation of activist filmmakers and artists. The perspectives of the Aboriginal people who appear in Grayden's images are, however, a notable absence in these accounts. When considered alongside other historical sources, local Aboriginal voices reveal a significant visual distortion of the quality of people's lives and the substance of their histories as they are remembered today. The following research draws on a range of historical and ethnographic information including patrol officer field reports, government correspondence, and interviews with local Aboriginal people and other participants in these events. The perspectives of many Ngaanyatjarra people � a few of whom appear in Grayden's film and most of whom also have close family who appear in it � were gathered in 2008 and 2009 during a 're-documentation' project of historical films and photographs conducted by Pamela McGrath. 1 Supporting ethnographic observations and opinion offered by David Brooks has been gathered during his time working as an anthropologist for Ngaanyatjarra Council, a career that spans over two decades. 2 We begin with a brief account of the 'Warburton controversy' of 50 years ago, providing a description of Their Darkest Hour and its circulation and reception. We then analyse what the film and associated texts suggested about the quality of remote Aboriginal lives, discuss how they are received and valued by yarnangu 3 families today, and examine why their ongoing use by others is at times highly problematic.
