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Reservelazarett Pasewalk, 28 Tage im Herbst 1918, der letzte und wichtigste unerforschte Abschnitt in der Geschichte Adolf Hitlers. In drei dieser 28 Tage vollzog sich bei Hitler die schwerste seelische Transformation, die jemals bei einer Person des öffentlichen Lebens beobachtet worden ist: Vom abgestumpften Befehlsempfänger des Ersten Weltkrieges zum Hass und Rache speienden politischen Agitator. Hitler verließ am 14. Oktober mit einer Senfgasvergiftung der Augen die Front und wurde im Reservelazarett Pasewalk als ¿Psychopath mit hysterischen Symptomen¿ psychiatrisch behandelt. Knapp einen Monat später, am 10. November 1918, verfiel er bei Bekanntwerden der deutschen Kapitulation in eine tiefe Depression mit hysterischer Erblindung. Marine-Stabsarzt Professor Edmund Forster heilte den Gefreiten mit einer genial angewandten Hypnose von seiner Blindheit, suggerierte ihm Omnipotenzgefühl und Sendungsbewusstsein und wurde so zum ahnungslosen Erfüllungsgehilfen für alles, was danach an Schrecklichem geschah. Diese Arbeit beruht auf neuesten Erkenntnissen und stellt der psychiatrischen Medizin Fragen, die ihr bisher noch nicht gestellt wurden.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction: Looking for Home in All the Wrong Places -- Japanese, Brazilians, Nikkei: A Short History of Identity Building and Homemaking -- Speaking in the Tongue of the Antipode: Japanese Brazilian Fantasy on the Origin of Language -- Identity Transformations among Okinawans and Their Descendants in Brazil -- Interlude. Circle K Rules -- Searching for Home,Wealth, Pride, and ''Class'': Japanese Brazilians in the ''Land of Yen'' -- Urashima Taro's Ambiguating Practices: The Significance of Overseas Voting Rights for Elderly Japanese Migrants to Brazil -- Homeland-less Abroad: Transnational Liminality, Social Alienation, and Personal Malaise -- Feminization of Japanese Brazilian Labor Migration to Japan -- Do Japanese Brazilians Exist? -- Contributors -- Index

British politics has been crucially shaped by England's role as pioneer of capitalism, by the experience of Empire, and by the particular form of its union with Scotland, Ireland and Wales. With the decline of Empire the attempt to bridge Europe and America has become ever more central to Britain's identity, political economy and ideology. In this major new book, Andrew Gamble assesses the major transformations of British politics under Thatcher and Blair and the stark choices for the future at the start of the 21st century. Winner of the W. J. M. Mackenzie Prize for best book published in political science in 2003

This book is dedicated to cultural and political figures, institutions and ideas in a period of transition in Muslim societies in Southeast Asia. Malaysia and Indonesia. It also tackles some of the flavors of civilizing processes in Singapore and surrounding areas. The focus is on how Islam was re-created as an intellectual and sociopolitical tradition in Southeast Asia in the nineteen-nineties. Subjects of this inquiry include scholars who study Islam both as a textual and local tradition, students who take the heartlands of Islam as imaginative landscapes for cultural transformation, and politicians and institutions which have been concerned with transmitting the idea of "Islamization."

Harlem brings to mind a kaleidoscope of images--the jazz clubs and cultural ferment of the 1920s and 1930s, the urban decay of the 1960s and 1970s, and the revitalization of the past twenty years. Integral to the ongoing transformation of Harlem has been the return of the African-American middle class to what had become an overwhelmingly poor area. In this lively book, Monique M. Taylor explores the stresses created by this influx, the surprising ways class differences manifest themselves and are managed, and what we can learn from examining a community in which race and class are so closely in

The U.S. Army perceives a gap between its current light and heavy forces: light forces deploy rapidly, but lack staying power; heavy forces have immense power, but take too long to deploy. To close this gap and also to experiment with new tactics, General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff, has begun a transformation process that will field medium-weight brigade combat teams beginning in 2003. The Army goal is to make these brigades light enough to deploy anywhere in the world in 4 days. Initially, these brigades will supplement the light and heavy forces. Over the next 20 to 30 years

Machine generated contents note: 1. Operation Allied Force: "The Most Precise Application of Air Power -- in History" William M. Arkin 1 -- 2. Kosovo and the New American Way of War Eliot A. Cohe 38 -- 3. First War of the Global Era: Kosovo and U.S. Grand Strategy -- James Kurth 63 -- 4. Iubris and Nemesis: Kosovo and the Pattern of Western Military -- Ascendancy and Defeat Anatol Liefen 97 -- 5. Kosovo and the Moral Burdens of Power Alherto R. Co11 124 -- 6. Neglected Trinity: Kosovo and the Crisis in U.S. Civil-Military -- Relations Andrew Bacevich 155 -- 7. Revolution Deferred: Kosovo and the Transformation of War -- Michael G. Vickers 189 -- Index 211

This exploratory study focuses on how the work lives and and circumstances of Mbugwe women agro-pastoralists have been affected by changes taking place at the macro social level, and on women as active agents in the transformation of social relations taking place at the local level. The central thesis of this study is that rural life entails resistance and struggle for space and power within specific farm sectors. The study depicts the intricacy and range of women's experiences, their resilience of spirit despite harsh conditions, and their capacities for courage, intellect, humour, resistance and survival. (DÜI-Sbd)

Klaus Gallo examines the early nineteenth century relationship between Great Britain and the Rio de la Plata, a period that represents a crucial point in the transformation of this area of South America into the independent state of Argentina. He highlights the initial ambiguities of British aims, with the government entertaining both conquest and military aid, Gallo shows how the relationship survived this confusion and became much stronger once the Spanish colony gained independence in 1810. He unravels the tangled foreign policy implications for Britain, particularly in terms of its alliance with Spain, that ultimately led to its recognition of Argentina as a sovereign state.

China's coastal region between Shanghai and Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic regions in the world, having undergone a transformation widely attributed to economic reform. This insightful account shows that rapid economic growth in China has a history and a geography, and demonstrates how regional restructuring is far from an economic "miracle." Instead of a linear historical approach, the analysis shows how history matters in contextualized geographies, in regional places and their transnational connections. The book situates the analysis in the contemporary globalization debates and the most current ideas in human geography to develop a cultural economy perspective that anticipates the "new regionalism."

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Interviews -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Reemergence of Civil Society as a Concept of Democratic Politics -- Chapter Two: Civil Society, Public Spheres, and Democratic Deliberation -- Chapter Three: Political Dissidence and Civil Society in Pre-1989 East Germany -- Chapter Four: Institutionalizing Civil Society During the GDR's Democratic Transition -- Chapter Five: Citizen Movement or Political Party? Alliance 90 (1990-93) -- Chapter Six: Integrating Citizen Movement Politics: Democratic Possibilities and Practical Limitations -- Chapter Seven: What Happened to the Citizen Movements? Political Transformations and Democratic Legacies -- Chapter Eight: Civil Society Politics Between Ideal and Reality -- Notes -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Case Studies -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- I. Opening Considerations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- II. The 1980s: The Post-Totalitarian Party/Police-State? -- 3. Anatomy of the Police-State -- 4. State Crime and Cover-up Operations -- 5. The Role of the Secret Services in the Solidarity Revolution -- III. After Communism: The Posthumous Life of the Police-State -- 6. The Capital Conversion Process -- 7. Transforming the Police-State -- 8. Privatizing the Police-State -- 9. The Failure to Prosecute Communist Crimes -- IV. Conclusion -- 10. The Globalization of the Post-Communist Transformation -- 11. Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Cover -- Romanian Policy towards Germany, 1936-40 -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations of Primary Sources -- Introduction -- 1 Victor Antonescu and Romania's Foreign Policy Readjustment, September 1936 to December 1937 -- 2 'Friendly with the Whole World': The Goga-Cuza Government and the Comnen Foreign Ministry, December 1937 to December 1938 -- 3 Grigore Gafencu: The Persistence of 'Equilibrium' between the Great Powers, December 1938 to March 1939 -- 4 From 'Equilibrium' to 'Hand in Hand with Germany', April to October 1939 -- 5 Germany's Transformation to a 'Fairy Godmother', Autumn 1939 to June 19401 -- 6 Carol and the Axis, June to September 1940 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Naumkin, V.: Faktoren für Instabilität im postsowjetischen Raum. - S. 8-11. Seifert, A. C.: Systemtransformation und Konfliktprävention. Die Zeit ist reif für einen Strategiewechsel. - S. 12-20. ... Perepjolkin, L.: Die sozialpolitische und ökonomische Transformation und ihr Einfluss auf die postsowjetischen Gesellschaften. - S. 37-46. ... Grabowski, W.: Der neue Präsident Russlands und die sozial-wirtschaftliche Seite von Konfliktprävention. - S. 56-60. Linke, P.: Zurück in die Zukunft? Krieg als Privatangelegenheit oder das Ende der Moderne in den internationalen Beziehungen. - S. 61-67. Balke, F.: Einige Aspekte der Rolle der OSZE bei der Konfliktprävention. - S. 68-74. Kisiriev, E.: Typologie der Konflikte in Dagestan. Retrospektive Analyse und Betrachtung der konfliktträchtigen Faktoren der jüngsten Zeit. - S. 75-81. Chabutdinov, A.: Die ethnopolitische und ökonomische Situation in Tatarstan. - S. 82-87. Savva, M.: Die Besonderheiten der ethnisch-politischen Situation in der Region Krasnodar. - S. 88-92

Intro -- Contents -- Preface Political and Social Protest in Egypt -- 2 Protest against a Hybrid State Words without Meaning? -- 3 Exploding into the Seventies Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm, Sheikh Imam, and the Aesthetics of a New Youth Politics -- 4 Kefaya at a Turning Point -- 5 Judges as Reform Advocates A Lost Battle? -- 6 When " Enough" is not Enough Resistance during Accumulation by Dispossession -- 7 Worker Protests under Economic Liberalization in Egypt -- 8 A Feminist Movement in Egypt? -- 9 The Radical Turn of Coptic Activism Path to Democracy or to Sectarian Politics? -- 10 The Muslim Brotherhood Contradictions and Transformations -- About the Contributors.