The Taliban advocated an extremely conservative brand of Islam which forced women to stay at home and required all men to grow long beards. It carried out a number of public executions and floggings of those who opposed its rule.
FR, 1952-54, 9:147, 381, 384. n; Robert J. McMahon, "United States Cold War Strategy in South Asia: Making a Military Commitment to Pakistan, 1947-1954," Journal of American History 75 (December i988):8i2-4o; McMahon, The Cold War on ...
How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Strategy Robert Richardson Bowie, Richard H. Immerman ... Robert Blum memorandum for Townsend Hoopes, March 31, 1953, "Miscellaneous File Material— M-P (5)," ibid.; Blum memorandum for William ...
Discusses the political, cultural, and religious conflicts between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, and offers new strategies for achieving peace
A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning woman who founded Hull House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States, and who championed public health, women's sufferage, the international peace movement, and helped found the NAACP.
By showing that us-versus-them is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love over fear.
It is the story of one man’s effort to live as though we were all brothers and sisters.
Considerably expanded to include the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq and its aftermath, this new edition of Waging Peace provides a unique insight into the critical debate on the future of peace in the Middle East.
Scott Ritter, former Marine and UN weapons inspector, argues that there is a growing despondency amongst the anti-war movement. Ritter proposes the anti-war movement seek guidance from sources they normally...
Looking back on her life through the prism of an intellectual journey and personal memoir.
Outlines the efforts of the Army's seven-member Civil Affairs units to rebuild conquered territories and earn the trust of local people in the face of often dangerous odds, describing the author's experiences of working with a Civil Affairs ...
Waging Peace is a testament to the difference one person can make. Hartsough's stories inspire, educate and encourage readers to find ways to work for a more just and peaceful world.
This book examines the actions -- and sometimes the failure to act -- of the Security Council over the past seven decades.
This title provides a powerful combination of intellectual journey and personal memoir.
Waging Peace: A Handbook for the Struggle to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
The book provides an easy introduction to the Bahá'í Peace Program. The various sections of the book include quotes on: The Means to Eliminate War, the Need for Unity, On World Government, and on Those Who Work for Peace.