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THE LANDER ELECTIONS IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF 1995 PROVED A FIRST TEST FOR THE PARTIES AND FOR THE PARTY SYSTEM AS IT HAD EMERGED FROM "SUPER-ELECTION-YEAR" 1994. THE FDP HAD RETAINED ITS REPRESENTATION IN THE HESSEN LEGISLATURE BUT FAILED BADLY IN THE NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN AND BREMEN ELECTIONS. BUNDNIS 90/DIE GRUNEN PROVED TO BE THE WINNERS IN ALL THREE ELECTIONS, CONTINUING A COALITION WITH THE SPD IN HESSEN AND FORCING THE CREATION OF SUCH A COALITION IN NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN. IN BREMEN, A NEW "PARTY" (ARBEIT FUR BREMEN) SEEMED TO HAVE IMITATED THE STATT-PARTEI SUCCESS IN HAMBURG IN 1993, AS A LOCAL BREAKAWAY PARTY WINNING SEATS AT ITS FIRST ELECTION. LOW TURNOUT REFLECTED THE SATIATION OF VOTERS WITH ELECTIONS THROUGH 1994-95.

THIS REVIEW ANALYZES THE FINDINGS OF THREE AUTHORS ON AMERICAN-SOVIET ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1958 TO 1979. IT EXAMINES THE METHODOLOGIES EMPLOYED BY THE AUTHORS IN ORDER TO DISCOVER ANY FLAWS OR BIASES IN THEIR APPROACHES TO THIS HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE. THE MAJOR INTENTIONS OF THIS REVIEW ARE TO ESTABLISH THAT THERE WERE DIVISIONS IN THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ON THE ISSUE OF ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND TO EXAMINE HOW THESE DIVISIONS AFFECTED SOVIET ARMS CONTROL POLICY. THE REVIEW ALSO ANALYZES HOW SOVIET BUREAUCRATIC ATTITUDES TOWARD ARMS CONTROL HAVE EVOLVED SINCE THE LATE 1950S, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLAINING SOVIET ARMS CONTROL BEHAVIOR IN THE 1980S.

"This book traces Lincoln's family history, his early years, and how they shaped--and may have shaped--his attitudes toward Native Americans"--

"Land of the kami" : the basics of Shintō and its ancient roots -- "Eight million kami" : Shintō mythology -- Shintō in Japanese history -- History and legends of famous shrines and their kami -- The material culture of Shintō -- Rituals and events in the lives of contemporary Japanese -- Contemporary Shintō and the future.

Abraham Lincoln looms large in American memory. He is admired for his many accomplishments, including his skills as an orator and writer, his Emancipation Proclamation, and his unswerving leadership during the strife-ridden years of the Civil War. Now, Michael S. Green unveils another side to the sixteenth president of the United States: that of the astute political operator. Lincoln and the Election of 1860 examines how, through a combination of political intrigue and deep commitment to the principle of freedom, Lincoln journeyed from Republican underdog to an improbable vic.

Politics and America in Crisis: The Coming of the Civil War examines the developments between 1846 and 1861 that pushed the nation to war to see what they reveal about the North, the South, the people leading them, and the issues separating them.