Prelude to Catastrophe

Prelude to Catastrophe
Author: Robert Shogan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1566638313

Looks at the relationship Franklin D. Roosevelt had with a variety of influential Jews and examines their actions and inactions regarding the Jewish Holocaust in Euorpe during World War II.

Covering Catastrophe

Covering Catastrophe
Author: Allison Gilbert
Publisher: Bonus Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781566251808

Tells what it was like for TV and radio journalists to report the terrifying story of their lives.

Utter Incompetents

Utter Incompetents
Author: Thomas Oliphant
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-08-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312385668

Bestselling author, syndicated political columnist, and PBS commentator Oliphant explains how some of the smartest, most experienced, and politically savvy people in Washington ran the Bush administration into the ground.

Invading Paradise

Invading Paradise
Author: Andrew Brink
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2003-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1465317627

Invading Paradise: Esopus Settlers at War with Natives, 1659, 1663 reopens and redirects debate about causes of the two Esopus Wars in what are now Kingston and Hurley, New York. Historical studies are found inadequate to explain the conflict and its genocidal outcome. If causality is ever to be reliably decided, the principal actors in this colonial drama need study. Records of aboriginals are understandably scant, while those of settlers are full enough to give impressions of their motivations and attitudes to the frontier. This study is the first to introduce as individuals the main European immigrants involved in the wars. Were they prepared for what confronted them upon acquiring native agricultural lands? Readers are invited to consider exactly what happened to bring on violence.

The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor
Author: Mary E. Stuckey
Publisher: MSU Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1628951656

No modern president has had as much influence on American national politics as Franklin D. Roosevelt. During FDR’s administration, power shifted from states and localities to the federal government; within the federal government it shifted from Congress to the president; and internationally, it moved from Europe to the United States. All of these changes required significant effort on the part of the president, who triumphed over fierce opposition and succeeded in remaking the American political system in ways that continue to shape our politics today. Using the metaphor of the good neighbor, Mary E. Stuckey examines the persuasive work that took place to authorize these changes. Through the metaphor, FDR’s administration can be better understood: his emphasis on communal values; the importance of national mobilization in domestic as well as foreign affairs in defense of those values; his use of what he considered a particularly democratic approach to public communication; his treatment of friends and his delineation of enemies; and finally, the ways in which he used this rhetoric to broaden his neighborhood from the limits of the United States to encompass the entire world, laying the groundwork for American ideological dominance in the post–World War II era.

Catastrophe Modeling

Catastrophe Modeling
Author: Patricia Grossi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2006-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0387231293

Based on the research that has been conducted at Wharton Risk Management Center over the past five years on catastrophic risk. Covers a hot topic in the light of recent terroristic activities and nature catastrophes. Develops risk management strategies for reducing and spreading the losses from future disasters. Provides glossary of definitions and terms used throughout the book.

The Soviet Invasion of Finland, 1939-40

The Soviet Invasion of Finland, 1939-40
Author: Carl Van Dyke
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 0714647535

This book uses Russian archival and previously classified secondary sources to document the experience of the Red Army in the conflict with Finland, and examines the diplomatic, organisational and social aspects of Soviet's 'strategic culture'

Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918

Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918
Author: George H. Cassar
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2011-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0857283928

'Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918' refutes the traditional view that Lloyd George was the person most responsible for winning the Great War. Cassar's careful analysis shows that while his work on the home front was on the whole good, he was an abysmal failure as a strategist and nearly cost Britain the war.

The Bolsheviks in Russian Society

The Bolsheviks in Russian Society
Author: Vladimir Brovkin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300146349

Was the Bolshevik success in Russia during the revolution and civil war years a legitimate expression of the will of the people? Or did Russian workers, peasants, bourgeoisie, and upper-class groups pose numerous challenges to Bolshevik authority, challenges that were put down through unyielding repression? In this book distinguished scholars from East and West draw on recently opened archives to challenge the commonly held view that the Bolsheviks enjoyed widespread support and that their early history was simply a march toward inevitable victory. They show instead that during this period Russian society was at war with itself and with the Bolsheviks. Authors discuss such previously neglected subjects as government policies toward women and toward religious institutions, the protests of workers and peasants, and the anti-Bolshevik movements and parties. In particular, they investigate the actions of other political parties and White leaders, the peasant rebellions and workers' strikes, Bolshevik operations against the church, attitudes toward peasant and working-class women, and new data on Lenin (the last in a chapter by Richard Pipes). Describing not one civil war but several social, political, and military confrontations going on simultaneously, they portray a Russia in turmoil and an outcome that was by no means inevitable.

A First-Class Catastrophe

A First-Class Catastrophe
Author: Diana B. Henriques
Publisher: Henry Holt
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1627791647

"The definitive account of the crash of 1987, a cautionary tale of how the U.S. financial system nearly collapsed ... Monday, October 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in Wall Street history. The market fell 22.6 percent--almost twice as bad as the worst day of 1929--equal to a loss of nearly 5,000 points today. But Black Monday was more than just a one-day market crash; it was seven years in the making and threatened the entire U.S. financial system. Drawing on superlative archival research and dozens of original interviews, the award-winning financial journalist Diana B. Henriques weaves a tale of ignored warnings, market delusions, and destructive decisions, a drama that stretches from New York and Washington to Chicago and California. Among the central characters are pension fund managers, bank presidents, government regulators, exchange executives, and a pair of university professors whose bright idea for reducing risk backfires with devastating consequences. As the story hurtles toward a terrible reckoning, the players struggle to avoid a national panic, and unexpected heroes step in to avert total disaster. For thirty years, investors, bankers, and regulators have failed to heed the lessons of Black Monday. But with uncanny precision, all the key fault lines of the devastating crisis of 2008--breakneck automation, poorly understood financial products fueled by vast amounts of borrowed money, fragmented regulation, gigantic herdlike investors--were first exposed as hazards in 1987. A First-Class Catastrophe offers a new way of looking not only at the past but at our financial future as well."--Dust jacket.