An Impossible Dream
Title | An Impossible Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Guillaume Serina |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 233 |
Release | 2019-07-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1643131753 |
When Reagan and Gorbachev sat down in Reykjavik in 1986, George Shultz said that it was “the poker game with the highest stakes ever played.” It was the last time the world had a chance to do away entirely with nuclear weapons. This is the behind-the-scenes story of this remarkable summit conference. An Impossible Dream is the first exploration of recently-available archives of both sides—top-secret archives of the Kremlin, the personal papers of Gorbachev, as well as Reagan's archives. These chronicles, personal diaries and previously classified memoranda are deeply enriched by the personal reminiscences of many of the key players at this era. But above all, the stage is set with a personal and exclusive preface from Gorbachev himself. An Impossible Dream is the deeply important examination of the present and the future. The hazards of the nuclear age are legion, from aging weapons to new software that is vulnerable to terrorist attacks. With elements of the Trump administration considering a unilateral abrogation of the intermediate range nuclear missile (INF) treaty, the roots of which were laid at Reykjavik. Serina lays out this pivotal moment in history clearly and dramatically in this landmark work, as the world stands poised on the edge of a potential new arms race.
Achieving the Impossible Dream
Title | Achieving the Impossible Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Mitchell Takeshi Maki |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | 348 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Japanese Americans |
ISBN | 9780252067648 |
The Redress Movement refers to efforts to obtain the restitution of civil rights, an apology, and/or monetary compensation from the U.S. government during the six decades that followed the World War II mass removal and confinement of Japanese Americans. Early campaigns emphasized the violation of constitutional rights, lost property, and the repeal of anti-Japanese legislation. 1960s activists linked the wartime detention camps to contemporary racist and colonial policies. In the late 1970s three organizations pursued redress in court and in Congress, culminating in the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing a national apology and individual payments of $20,000 to surviving detainees.
The Impossible Dream
Title | The Impossible Dream PDF eBook |
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Release | 2015-03-21 |
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ISBN | 9780990980414 |
Zen Pencils-Volume Two
Title | Zen Pencils-Volume Two PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Aung Than |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | 175 |
Release | 2015-10-13 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1449475132 |
The second volume of Zen Pencils comics takes more of your favorite inspirational quotes and poetry and transforms them into heartwarming cartoon stories. Featuring quotes of revered minds including Isaac Asimov, Maya Angelou, Kahlil Gibran, Robert F. Kennedy, and William Shakespeare plus celebrities such as Amy Poehler, Jim Henson, and Kevin Smith, wise words are given a new lease on life through the medium of comics. This collection also includes a pull-out poster and an all-new 16-page story from creator Gavin Aung Than.
The Impossible Dream
Title | The Impossible Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Reynolds |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2011-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783283011994 |
Man of La Mancha
Title | Man of La Mancha PDF eBook |
Author | Dale Wasserman |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 97 |
Release | 1966-10-12 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0394406192 |
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, 1966 "To me the most interesting aspect of the success of Man of La Mancha is the fact that it plows squarely upstream against the prevailing current of philosophy in the theater. That current is best identified by its catch-labels--Theater of the Absurd, Black Comedy, the Theater of Cruelty--which is to say the theater of alienation, of moral anarchy and despair. To the practitioners of those philosophies Man of La Mancha must seem hopelessly naive in its espousal of illusion as man's strongest spiritual need, the most meaningful function of his imagination. But I've no unhappiness about that. "Facts are the enemy of truth," says Cervantes-Don Quixote. And that is precisely what I felt and meant."--Dale Wasserman, from the Preface.
Tom Bradley, the Impossible Dream
Title | Tom Bradley, the Impossible Dream PDF eBook |
Author | James Gregory Payne |
Publisher | Roundtable Publishing |
Total Pages | 394 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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