Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century by Margaret O’MaraRequirements: .ePUB reader, 19,7 MBOverview: Serious and silly, unifying and polarizing, presidential elections have become events that Americans love and hate. Today’s elections cost billions of dollars and consume the nation’s attention for months, filling television airwaves and online media with endless advertising and […]
The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now by Henry ShueRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 2.2 MBOverview: An eminent philosopher explains why we owe it to future generations to take immediate action on global warming Climate change is the supreme challenge of our time. Yet despite growing international recognition […]
1980: America’s Pivotal Year by Jim CullenRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.64 MBOverview: 1980 was a turning point in American history. When the year began, it was still very much the 1970s, with Jimmy Carter in the White House, a sluggish economy marked by high inflation, and the disco still riding the airwaves. When it ended, Ronald […]
Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century by Margaret O’Mara Requirements: .ePUB reader, 22 MBOverview: Serious and silly, unifying and polarizing, presidential elections have become events that Americans love and hate. Today’s elections cost billions of dollars and consume the nation’s attention for months, filling television airwaves and online media with endless advertising […]
Syria: The Tragedy of a Pivotal State by Rajendra M. AbhyankarRequirements: .ePUB reader, 4.4 MbOverview: The book focuses, through multiple levels of international reality, on the pervasive and widespread effect of the Syrian civil war on the unravelling of established norms—both global or national— which have determined international relations during the last seven decades. It […]