Islands Under Siege

Islands Under Siege
Author: John Carter Freemuth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1991
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

A study of threats to national parks (noise and water pollution, smog, industrial spills and acid rain) from a political perspective. The focus is on two cases: the proposed mining of the tar sands of south- central Utah, near Canyonlands National Park, and poor air quality in several western parks caused by pollution. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Islands Under Siege

Islands Under Siege
Author: John C. Freemuth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1991-01-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780700606276

Increasingly national parts have come under environmental attack from sources outside the parks, beyond the jurisdiction of the Park Service. Freemuth outlines a diverse set of political strategies, evaluating each in terms of environmental effectiveness and political feasibility.

Sanibel Island Under Siege

Sanibel Island Under Siege
Author: Emmet Sparks
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2008
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 1602477604

An invasion of terror for the pristine island begins when Eleanor Pippin, who was collecting shells, makes a discovery that changes the lives of the island residents forever.

Under Siege

Under Siege
Author: Rashid Khalidi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-01-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0231535953

Under Siege is Rashid Khalidi's firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut. Utilizing unconventional sources and interviews with key officials and diplomats, Khalidi paints a detailed portrait of the siege and ensuing massacres, providing insight into the military pressure experienced by the P.L.O., the war's impact on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, and diplomatic efforts by the United States. A new preface by Khalidi considers developments across the Middle East in the thirty years since the conflict. The preface also cites recently declassified Israeli documents to offer surprising new revelations about the roles and responsibilities of both Israeli leaders and American diplomats in the tragic coda to the war, the Sabra and Shatila massacres.

Solidarity Under Siege

Solidarity Under Siege
Author: Jeffrey L. Gould
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108419194

Depicts the rise and fall of the militant labor movement in modern El Salvador.

Islands Under Fire

Islands Under Fire
Author: Kevin McCarey
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0757053971

A portrait of an often overlooked part of America—Puerto Rico and the Spanish Virgin Islands—this is the little-known story of how the U.S. government, in particular the Navy, almost destroyed a pristine coral reef to provide a target for gunners. The author’s true and humorous account of his role in this sometimes bizarre tale reveals how locals, politicos, and mariners came together to save a coral reef from certain destruction, and how the need to protect the fragile marine environment can bring meaning and direction to anyone’s life, young or old. The conservation efforts represent a perfect example of what highly motivated citizens and political leaders can achieve when taking action to protect what they love. The author, hired as captain of a small research vessel, led the underwater search for evidence of the coral reef damage that would be used to convince the U.S. government to stop its bombardment of the island. While he did not have a direct role in the legal activities of Washington, DC, his efforts to collect factual evidence that would be used by the lawyers proved to be of immeasurable importance. His role enabled the Culebrans, the residents of this tranquil island paradise, to gather proof of the destruction, which ultimately convinced everyone—including President Nixon—to stop the carnage. This triumphant tale serves as an inspiration for anyone wanting to make a difference in environmental conservation. Video link about the title https://vimeo.com/115834587

Charleston Under Siege

Charleston Under Siege
Author: Douglas W. Bostick
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014-07-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 161423034X

Charleston was the prize that the Union army and navy desperately sought to capture. Union General Halleck, in writing to General W.T. Sherman, declared, "Should you capture Charleston, I hope that by some accident the place may be destroyed." However, despite bringing to bear the full firepower of the U.S. Army and Navy, Charleston would not relent. The defense of Charleston employed every tool available to an outmanned Confederate army. Yet after 567 days of constant attack by infantry, gun batteries and the Union fleet, Charleston would not surrender. Only after the evacuation of the Confederate forces to reinforce General Joe Johnston in North Carolina did the Federal government gain control of the city. Join historian Doug Bostick as he tells the story of the siege of Charleston, the longest siege of the Civil War.

Island

Island
Author: Julian Hanna
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2024-09-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Darwin called the Galápagos archipelago “a little world within itself,” unaffected by humans and set on its own evolutionary path – strange, diverse, and unique. Islands are repositories of unique cultures and ways of living, seed banks built up in relative isolation. Island is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan. Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison – we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do? Island explores these and other questions and ideas, but is constructed above all from the stories and experiences gathered during a lifetime of island hopping. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

The Four Freedoms under Siege

The Four Freedoms under Siege
Author: Marcus Raskin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2006-11-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313059462

The authors address the hard questions of individual freedom versus national security that are on the minds of Americans of all political stripes. They bring together the pivotal events, leaders, policies, and fateful decisions—often path-breaking, more often ending in folly—that have subverted our constitutional government from its founding. You reach the inescapable conclusion, the authors write, that the United States is a warrior nation, has been addicted to war from the start, and is able to sustain its warfare habit only by mugging American taxpayers, and believing in its mission as God's chosen. FDR's Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s. Furthermore, the ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But since the late 1970s and early 1980s, these freedoms have been under assault, from presidential administrations of both parties, economic pressures, and finally, the alleged requirements of national security. After 9/11, this process accelerated even more rapidly.