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"L'expédition de 1830 n'était pas la première intervention française contre Alger. Durant toute la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle, des attaques récurrentes de la marine royale ont tenté de punir la ville blanche de sa course en Méditerranée. D'abord en attaquant systématiquement les navires barbaresques afin de faire le plus possible d'esclaves "turcs" sur les galères marseillaises. Ensuite, en tentant - vainement - de s'installer sur la côte, à Gigeri (aujourd'hui Jijel). Enfin, en cherchant à impressionner le dey par des bombardements qui, en 1682 et 1683 puis en 1688, ont pilonné la ville et le port. Sans réussir à détruire Alger, ni même à arrêter la course barbaresque en Méditerranée occidentale, même si après 1690, les raïs ne prennent pratiquement plus d'esclaves chrétiens. Le récit de cette guerre franco-algérienne, déformé par la propagande de l'époque et occulté par l'expédition de 1830, est resté largement méconnu. Il est resitué ici dans le contexte économique et politique du moment, montrant qu'avant de s'y installer au XIXe siècle, la France cherchait depuis longtemps à être maîtresse d'Alger."--Back cover

This edited collection examines the effects of the Great War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in East Asia. Contributors to this collection highlight how Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian groups and individuals actively sought to envision a global order in which the center of gravity lay in the Western Pacific, not the Northern Atlantic

En las próximas décadas, el mundo entero sufrirá cambios drásticos en una segunda revolución política, social y económica, comparable con la Revolución industrial de los siglos xix y xx, solo que mucho más extensa, más profunda y, sobre todo, más rápida. Ello es consecuencia de cambios demográficos y tecnológicos de alcance histórico-universal, con el ascenso de China, India y otras grandes potencias emergentes. ¿Cuál es el papel que en ese nuevo orden mundial va a desempeñar Occidente y, en concreto, Europa? ¿Estamos preparados para afrontar los desafíos que nos retan? Y el más importante: mantener sociedades que respeten las libertades políticas, económicas y, sobre todo, de pensamiento, que tanta prosperidad y bienestar han aportado en las últimas décadas, libertades que hoy se ven amenazadas, tanto dentro como fuera del viejo Occidente. «Nuestro futuro se va a jugar, se está jugando ya, entre águilas y dragones, entre un Occidente debilitado pero todavía orgulloso y soberbio, y un Oriente que se sabe más y más poderoso y que no acabamos de entender. Pues los pilares sobre los que se ha construido el mundo occidental están siendo barridos por la historia.»

Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I . The Rise And Fall -- One. Operation Bootstrap -- Two. Operation Bootstrap and the Statehood Surge -- Three. The Demise of Section 936 -- Four. The Turning Point -- Five. The Breakdown of the Public Corporations -- Six . The Demise of the Government Development Bank -- Seven. "That Is Nuts": Puerto Rico's Labor Policy -- Eight. Will Puerto Rico Become a State? -- Nine. The Future of Puerto Rico -- Part II . The His Torical Context -- Ten. A "Troubled" Relationship -- Eleven. A Century of Miscommunication and Misunderstanding -- Epilogue. The Pandemic, the "Curse," the "Fix" -- Notes -- Index.

"In the 1970s human rights advocates and U.S. government officials created a uniquely anti-interventionist, self-critical human rights agenda in Latin America and beyond. This book exposes the strained yet transformative relationship between these ambivalent allies"--

Ch. 1. Fortune, Fantasy and Faith -- Ch. 2. Under American Eyes -- Ch. 3. Fighting for Freedom -- Ch. 4. Between East and West Asia -- Ch. 5. Allies and Aid -- Ch. 6. New Frontier in South Asia -- Ch. 7. The Dangerous Decade -- Ch. 8. Sowing in the Wind -- Ch. 9. In the Unipolar World -- Ch. 10. The New Century.

The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam -- The D'Arcy Oil Concession -- Hussein-McMahon Correspondence -- Sykes-Picot Agreement -- Balfour Declaration -- Charter of the Arab League -- CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran -- Baghdad Pact -- Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal -- The Eisenhower Doctrine -- Sayyid Qutb on Jihad -- Muhammad Qutb on the Origins of Islam -- Ayatollah Khomeini on "The Great Satan" -- Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan -- Memos Concerning a Meeting between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein -- President George H.W. Bush on the Cessation of the Persian Gulf War -- The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis -- From the "Clash of Civilizations" -- Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans -- News Account of the USS Cole Bombing -- Memo on the Urgent Need to Address the al-Qaeda Threat -- Destruction of the Buddhist Statues at Bamiyan -- President George W. Bush's Statement to the Nation on 9/11 -- Osama bin Laden's Video Statement -- Excerpts from Knights under the Prophet's Banner -- On Counterterrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Public Statement on the Release of the 9/11 Commission Report -- NATO Press Conference with Donald Rumsfeld -- Colin Powell on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Hans Blix on U.N. Weapons Inspection Efforts in Iraq -- George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq -- From The Crisis of Islam -- "Mission to Niger" and the Valerie Plame Affair -- Intelligence Report on Iraq's Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction -- From the Fay Report on the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal -- Declaration of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the Execution of Nicholas Berg -- Manning-Lamo Chat Logs -- President Obama's Remarks on the Killing of Osama bin Laden -- Snowden E-mail -- U.N. Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 -- Islamic State--Proclamation of the Caliphate -- Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan before the U.N. General Assembly -- Hassan Rouhani's Address before the U.N. General Assembly -- Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech before the U.N. General Assembly -- Donald Trump's Call for a "Muslim Ban" -- Time Line of 9/11.

This book examines attempts to influence the outcome of the negotiations between Iran and the United States over Iran's nuclear capabilities. In particular, it focuses on struggles within the United States around public and congressional opinion with regard to the accord. Trying to prevent a successful outcome to the talks became a cottage industry in Washington, with the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson being just one of those who were pouring millions of dollars into the effort. On the pro-diplomacy side, there were a wide range of religious, peace, and arms control groups with some financial support coming from the Ploughshares Fund trying to create the space for a negotiated agreement. The tactics of both sides of the debate are described and analyzed to show how a contentious foreign policy issue can become not just a decision for high-level government decision makers, but a wide-ranging fight that involves scores of nongovernmental organizations, the media, and thousands of activists.

"Despite a U.S. focus on securing an international deal to curb Iran's nuclear development for the last several years, the United States lacks a strategy to combat the full range of Iranian activities that threaten the interests of the United States and its allies but fall short of conventional warfare. In this report, CSIS's International Security Program sets forth analysis of Iran's strategy, motivations, military, and paramilitary capabilities and evaluates the effects of Iranian behavior on key U.S. partners. The study leverages the expertise of contributing authors at CSIS, the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Naval Analyses, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Harvard University, and the University of Hawaii to inform its analysis. The study proposes a framework for deterring Iran, including practical recommendations for the U.S. administration and Congress that would enhance the security of the United States and its allies and partners"--Publisher's web site