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- Why Taiwan Matters : A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future. by Brown, Kerry.;
There's little doubt that Taiwan is ripe for Chinese takeover - and if China blockades the island and mounts an amphibious invasion, it's likely the U.S. would intervene, leading to all-out war. Then what? In 'Why Taiwan Matters', Kerry Brown begins to answer this question by chronicling Taiwan's history to help us understand how we arrived at this dangerous moment. It is an indispensable book that everyone will need as we confront the possibility of a Chinese takeover of Taiwan, an act of aggression that would make the war in Ukraine look small in comparison.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: HISTORY / Asia / China; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian;
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- The New India : Modi, Nationalism, and the Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy. by Bhatia, Rahul.;
In 'The New India', journalist Rahul Bhatia investigates the slow burn of democracy in India, connecting past and present to offer the first thorough account of how the country is sliding towards autocracy. He describes the religious, societal, and technological changes that have brought India to a point at which a nationalist mindset that despises democracy and human rights is spreading fast, all in an effort to bind the multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural country into a single identity.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian;
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- In Putin's footsteps : searching for the soul of an empire across Russia's eleven time zones / by Khrushcheva, Nina L.,1962-author.; Tayler, Jeffrey,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Putin's Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler's unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia's dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades. With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev's great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1983, Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler offer a poignant exploration of the largest country on earth through their recreation of Vladimir Putin's fabled New Year's Eve speech planned across all eleven time zones. After taking over from Yeltsin in 1999, and then being elected president in a landslide, Putin traveled to almost two dozen countries and a quarter of Russia's eighty-nine regions to connect with ordinary Russians. His travels inspired the idea of a rousing New Year's Eve address delivered every hour at midnight throughout Russia's eleven time zones. The idea was beautiful, but quickly abandoned as an impossible feat. He correctly intuited, however, that the success of his presidency would rest on how the country's outback citizens viewed their place on the world stage. Today more than ever, Putin is even more determined to present Russia as a formidable nation. We need to understand why Russia has for centuries been an adversary of the West. Its size, nuclear arsenal, arms industry, and scientific community (including cyber-experts), guarantees its influence"--- Subjects: Khrushcheva, Nina L., 1962-; Tayler, Jeffrey; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Regionalism;
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