Esiste un'altra storia del socialismo reale? Oppure si tratta soltanto di un'epoca vergognosa dalla quale prendere le distanze? Sappiamo che il crollo del Muro di Berlino ha sancito la fine di un'epoca; sull'eredità di quelle macerie, però, c'è ancora molto da indagare. Si dimentica spesso che non è esistito solo un socialismo reale, ma tanti socialismi: tra questi, l'Albania attraversò il suo periodo con esiti più o meno soddisfacenti. Questo volume tenta, per la prima volta, di tracciare e restituire alla storia del realismo in Albania un nuovo percorso di studio, una nuova lettura che richiede un approccio diverso rispetto a quello tradizionale, se si considera che soltanto nel secondo dopoguerra il Paese vide uno sviluppo sociale, artistico e culturale mai conosciuto prima. Un volume prezioso grazie al quale la storia dell'arte riesce a dipingere un periodo unico e forse irripetibile di un paese ancora pressoché sconosciuto.

Italia, anni 60. Dall'Inghilterra patria dei Beatles arriva un complesso che sarà destinato ad avere un clamoroso successo nel nostro paese, diventando un punto di riferimento per i giovani capelloni beat e facendo innamorare tutte le ragazze. I Rokes si impongono quasi subito sia per il loro aspetto estetico e i loro capelli, e sia per la musica che esce dai loro 45 giri, fresca, innovativa e travolgente. Questo corposo libro in grande formato e a colori ripercorre attraverso una straordinaria raccolta di materiale d'archivio la loro storia dal 1964 al 1970: gli anni del Piper Club, dei Musicarelli, dei Juke Box, del Cantagiro... e dei Rokes.

The late Sarkesian (political science, Loyola U. Chicago), Williams, and Cimbala examine the US national security establishment, the National Security Council and the Department of Defense, and the formal policy process. They consider the impact of four power clusters: the policy triad (the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, and the national security advisor), the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president's advisers, and the secretary of Homeland Security. They examine the international security context, factors that affect US policy, and the presidential mandate; how the US responds to conflict; nuclear weapons and arms control; the impact of the US political system; the military and intelligence establishments; the role of Congress, the public, the media, political parties, and interest groups; civil-military relations; long-range issues of national security; and making the system work. This edition has been revised and updated to reflect the challenges faced by the Obama administration, such as the budget-constrained environment, the wider range of national security issues, and the evolving nature of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

'A visual and narrative iconography of the Black female revolutionary across a variety of media texts and historical contexts'--

''Revolution'' is a word that causes fear in some, exhilaration in others, and confusion in most. Originally used to describe a restoration, it eventually came to mean a sweeping, sudden attack on an existing order. Human history has borne witness to a variety of national and social revolutions population revolution, revolution of ideas, technological revolution, and revolution in education. Simultaneously, there has been a proliferation of literature on revolution, armed struggle, and violence aimed at unseating policies and leadership of governments and societies.

Revolutionary struggles are more than simply armed internal conflict; they involve the essence of the political system. The desire to make such phenomena understandable often leads to oversimplification. Attempts to encompass their multi-dimensional nature, on the other hand, can become immersed in complexities, ambiguities, and misinterpretations. The perspective of this classic volume, available in paperback for the first time, is that revolution is here to stay. Guerrilla warfare, according to Sarkesian, is a particularly useful strategy for the weak, the frustrated, the alienated, and seekers of power against existing regimes. The collected works in this volume examine thesocial roots of revolution, development of strategy and tactics, practice in city and countryside, dilemmas of attackers and defenders. The actors and thinkers collected and analyzed here range from leading political analysts, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and officials as well as practitioners of guerrilla warfare. This core text with primary sources in the area of war, revolution, and insurgence develops an understanding of revolution, traces the growth of guerilla doctrine, and studies the specifics of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary guerilla warfare.