Criminal Law Materials

Criminal Law Materials
Author: Judge Advocate General's School (United States. Army)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1977
Genre: Criminal law
ISBN:

Judge Advocates in Combat

Judge Advocates in Combat
Author: Frederic L. Borch
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2001
Genre: Judge advocates
ISBN: 9780160876615

A narrative history, includes actions in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, and Haiti, as well as eleven non-combat deployments such as resettlement operations, disaster relief, and civil disturbance operations. Presents the thesis that the role of the military lawyer in military operations has gradually evolved into an "operational law" (OPLAW), which has enhanced mission success.

Chime

Chime
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN:

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Author: Robert C. Provine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2195
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1351544292

This volume explores not only the close ties that link the cultures and musics of East and Northeast Asia, but also the distinctive features that separate them.

Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan

Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan
Author: Nancy Guy
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2005
Genre: Operas, Chinese
ISBN: 0252029739

Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan tells the peculiar story of an art caught in a sea of ideological ebbs and flows. Nancy Guy demonstrates the potential significance of the political environment for an art form's development, ranging from determining the smallest performative details (such as how a melody can or cannot be composed) to whether a tradition ultimately thrives or withers away.When Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government and military retreated to Taiwan in 1949, they brought along numerous Peking opera performers. Expecting that this symbolically important art would strengthen regime legitimacy and authority, they generously supported Peking opera's perpetuation in exile. Valuing mainland Chinese culture above Taiwanese culture, the Nationalists generously supported Peking opera to the virtual exclusion of local performing traditions, despite their wider popularity. Later, as Taiwan turned toward democracy, the island's own "indigenous" products became more highly valued and Peking opera found itself on a tenuous footing. Finally, in 1995, all of its opera troupes and schools (formerly supported by the Ministry of Defense) were dismantled.Nancy Guy investigates the mechanisms through which Peking Opera was perpetuated, controlled, and ultimately disempowered, and explores the artistic and political consequences of the state's involvement as its primary patron. Her study provides a unique perspective on the interplay between ideology and power within Taiwan's dynamic society.Nancy Guy is an associate professor of music at the University of California, San Diego.