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What and how should individuals resist in political situations? Chris Henry brings together Althusser, Badiou and Deleuze in order to offer a new idea of political practice He develops a structural ontology that gives rise to non-idealist, non-dogmatic, yet ethical practices of resistance against the return of classical ontological dualities

A cultural history from renowned book historian David Finkelstein, who draws on a vast range of international sources to explore how printers interacted and shared trade and cultural identities across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long 19th century.

The declaration of the People's Republic of China in October 1949 presented American foreign policy officials with two dilemmas: how to deal with the communist government on the mainland and what to do about Chiang Kai-shek's holdout Nationalist regime on Taiwan. By early 1950 these questions were pressing hard upon U.S. civilian and military planners and policy makers, for it appeared that the Red Army was preparing to invade the island. Most observers believed that nothing short of American military intervention would preclude a communist victory on Taiwan. How U.S. officials grappled with t

Lulled by a serene exterior and enchanted by exquisite scenery, visitors to New Zealand continue to look upon it as "God's own country." Roughly the size of Japan or the state of Colorado and populated by ten million cows, seventy million sheep, and a mere three million people, how could it be otherwise? Even the venerable James Reston has swallowed the line that New Zealanders are free of the problems that vex the rest of the world. "Otherwise, all is as silent here as the sheep in the fields," he wrote after a visit to the Antipodes several years ago, "and this may be their most serious dilemma. For they make no trouble and therefore make no news." No news, perhaps, but like most places throughout the world, New Zealand has its troubles.For the past decade New Zealand has been having increasingly serious economic difficulties; and since the country is generally twelve to eighteen months behind major international economic movements, predictions are that conditions will continue to deteriorate, at least through 1983.

Cover Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction by David Finkelstein -- 1. Social Trends in China: Implications for the People's Liberation Army -- 2. The Impact of Social Changes on the PLA: A Chinese Military Perspective -- 3. The New Military Elite: Generational Profile and Contradictory Trends -- 4. The Fourth-Generation Leaders and the New Military Elite -- 5. The PLA and the Provinces: Military District and Local Issues -- 6. The Political Implications of PLA Professionalism

The Indo-Pacific will loom large in the future of the US Army. The region is increasingly important to myriad US national interests and is a major playing field for great-power competition. As it deepens its Pacific orientation, the Army has a rich institutional and operational legacy to draw upon, as well as encouraging recent initiatives that auger well for its ability to support the Joint Force in this critical part of the world.