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Author : Wick Allison
Release : 1998
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Condemned to Repeat it by : Wick Allison
Download or read book Condemned to Repeat it written by Wick Allison. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fifty crucial lessons from history that are not only fascinating in their own right but are constant reminders about how the world often opereates."--Jacket.
Author : Fiona Terry
Release : 2013-04-12
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 647/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Condemned to Repeat? by : Fiona Terry
Download or read book Condemned to Repeat? written by Fiona Terry. This book was released on 2013-04-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering. In Condemned to Repeat?, Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organizations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the choice to give aid. The author makes the controversial claim that aid agencies act as though the initial decision to supply aid satisfies any need for ethical discussion and are often blind to the moral quandaries of aid. Terry focuses on four historically relevant cases: Rwandan camps in Zaire, Afghan camps in Pakistan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan camps in Honduras, and Cambodian camps in Thailand. Terry was the head of the French section of Medecins sans frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) when it withdrew from the Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire because aid intended for refugees actually strengthened those responsible for perpetrating genocide. This book contains documents from the former Rwandan army and government that were found in the refugee camps after they were attacked in late 1996. This material illustrates how combatants manipulate humanitarian action to their benefit. Condemned to Repeat? makes clear that the paradox of aid demands immediate attention by organizations and governments around the world. The author stresses that, if international agencies are to meet the needs of populations in crisis, their organizational behavior must adjust to the wider political and socioeconomic contexts in which aid occurs.
Author : Janice Elva MacDonald
Release : 2013
Genre : Canadian fiction
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Book Rating : 153/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Condemned to Repeat by : Janice Elva MacDonald
Download or read book Condemned to Repeat written by Janice Elva MacDonald. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Randy Craig lands a contract working at Alberta's historic Rutherford House she never expected to stumble upon an unsolved mystery in the Alberta Archives. As she digs deeper bodies start to pile up, making her think someone doesn't want her to uncover the truth.
Author : George Santayana
Release : 2014-07-11
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 328/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress, critical edition, Volume 7 by : George Santayana
Download or read book The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress, critical edition, Volume 7 written by George Santayana. This book was released on 2014-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third of five books in one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Santayana's Life of Reason, published in five books from 1905 to 1906, ranks as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Acknowledging the natural material bases of human life, Santayana traces the development of the human capacity for appreciating and cultivating the ideal. It is a capacity he exhibits as he articulates a continuity running through animal impulse, practical intelligence, and ideal harmony in reason, society, art, religion, and science. The work is an exquisitely rendered vision of human life lived sanely. In this third book, Santayana offers a naturalistic interpretation of religion. He believes that religion is ignoble if regarded as a truthful depiction of real beings and events; but regarded as poetry, it might be the greatest source of wisdom. Santayana analyzes four characteristic religious concerns: piety, spirituality, charity, and immortality. He is at his most profound in his discussion of immortality, arguing for an ideal immortality that does not eradicate the fear of death but offers a way for mortal man to share in immortal things and live in a manner that will bestow on his successors the imprint of his soul. This critical edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes notes, textual commentary, lists of variants and emendations, bibliography, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Art, and Reason in Science.
Author : Will Durant
Release : 2012-08-21
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 193/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Lessons of History by : Will Durant
Download or read book The Lessons of History written by Will Durant. This book was released on 2012-08-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ideas, and accomplishments with cycles of war and conquest, the Durants reveal the towering themes of history and give meaning to our own.
