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K. Fitzpatrick. New York University Press, New York, NY [u.a.], (2011)Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index; "Academic institutions are facing a crisis in scholarly publishing at multiple levels: presses are stressed as never before, library budgets are squeezed, faculty are having difficulty publishing their work, and promotion and tenure committees are facing a range of new ways of working without a clear sense of how to understand and evaluate them. Planned Obsolescence is both a provocation to think more broadly about the academy's future and an argument for reconceiving that future in more communally-oriented ways. Facing these issues head-on, Kathleen Fitzpatrick focuses on the technological changes--especially greater utilization of internet publication technologies, including digital archives, social networking tools, and multimedia--necessary to allow academic publishing to thrive into the future. But she goes further, insisting that the key issues that must be addressed are social and institutional in origin. Springing from original research as well as Fitzpatrick's own hands-on experiments in new modes of scholarly communication through MediaCommons, the digital scholarly network she co-founded, Planned Obsolescence explores these aspects of scholarly work, as well as issues surrounding the preservation of digital scholarship and the place of publishing within the structure of the contemporary university. Written in an approachable style designed to bring administrators and scholars into a conversation, Planned Obsolescence explores both symptom and cure to ensure that scholarly communication will remain relevant in the digital future. "--.
L. Freedman. Palgrave Macmillan, London, Fourth edition edition, (2019); Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Arrival of the Bomb -- Chapter 2: The Strategy of Hiroshima -- Chapter 3: Offence and Defence -- Chapter 4: Aggression and Retaliation -- Chapter 5: Strategy for an Atomic Monopoly -- Chapter 6: Strategy for an Atomic Stalemate -- Chapter 7: Massive Retaliation -- Chapter 8: Limited Objectives -- Chapter 9: Limited Means -- Chapter 10: The Importance of Being First -- Chapter 11: Sputnik and the Soviet Threat -- Chapter 12: Soviet Strategy After Stalin -- Chapter 13: The Technological Arms Race -- Chapter 14: New Sources of Strategy -- Chapter 15: The Strategy of Stable Conflict -- Chapter 16: Disarmament to Arms Control -- Chapter 17: Operational Nuclear Strategy -- Chapter 18: Khrushchev's Second-Best Deterrent -- Chapter 19: Defending Europe -- Chapter 20: No Cities -- Chapter 21: Assured Destruction -- Chapter 22: Britain's 'Independent' Nuclear Deterrent -- Chapter 23: France and the Credibility of Nuclear Guarantees -- Chapter 24: A NATO Nuclear Force -- Chapter 25: The Unthinkable Weapon -- Chapter 26: China's Paper Tiger -- Chapter 27: The Soviet Approach to Deterrence -- Chapter 28: The McNamara Legacy -- Chapter 29: SALT, Parity and the Critique of MAD -- Chapter 30: Actions and Reactions -- Chapter 31: Selective Options -- Chapter 32: ICBM Vulnerability -- Chapter 33: The Rise of Anti-Nuclear Protest -- Chapter 34: Strategic Defences -- Chapter 35: Soviet Doctrine from Brezhnev to Gorbachev -- Chapter 36: The End of the Cold War -- Chapter 37: Mutual Assured Safety -- Chapter 38: Elimination or Marginalization -- Chapter 39: The Second Nuclear Age -- Chapter 40: The Nuclear War on Terror -- Chapter 41: Proliferation: The Middle East and the Pacific -- Chapter 42: The Return of Great Power Politics -- Chapter 43: Primacy and Maximum Deterrence..
M. Schiffmann. Promedia, Wien, (2006)Dazu ersch. ein Hörbuch u.d.T.: Free Mumia Abu-JamalIMD-Felder maschinell generiert (GBV); Mumia Abu-Jamal (vgl. "Aus der Todeszelle", Bremen 2005, hier nicht besprochen), als Schwarzer in Philadelphia geboren, wo Rassentrennung südstaatengleich praktiziert wurde, schloss sich früh der Black-Panther-Bewegung an. 1981 wurde er wegen Polizistenmords verhaftet und auf Grund zweifelhafter Indizien zum Tod verurteilt. Seit 25 Jahren sitzt er in der Todeszelle und gilt längst als Symbol des Kampfes um Freiheit und Demokratie und als berühmtester Gefangener der Welt seit Nelson Mandela (vgl. a. J. Martschukat: "Die Geschichte der Todestrafe in Nordamerika", Seite 177, BA 8/02). Weltweit haben sich Bewegungen zu seiner Freilassung und zur Abschaffung der Todesstrafe gebildet (www.mumia.de / www.freemumia.com). Der Autor und Universitätsdozent konnte Kontakt zum Fotografen aufnehmen, der die 1. Bilder vom Tatort gemacht hatte, und liefert neue Beweise zugunsten des Angeklagten, zugleich befasst er sich mit dem anhaltenden Rassismus in den USA. Exakt recherchiert, Anmerkungen, Bibliografie, Schwarz-Weiß-Fotos, Vorlage für den Film "In Prison My Whole Life". Für möglichst viele Bibliotheken. (2 S).
R. Solnit. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1. Auflage edition, (2019)aa; Die Essays nehmen sich engagiert und kritisch der US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft unter D. Trump an. Gut lesbar und klug argumentierend werden soziale Missstände und Unrecht in aller Deutlichkeit benannt, ohne dabei in Polemik oder politische Resignation zu verfallen. Rezension Egal, ob es um Rassismus, Frauenfeindlichkeit, das Wahlsystem, die Waffenlobby, Polizeieinsätze, Gentrifizierung, die Überlieferung der eigenen Geschichte, die Klimapolitik oder D. Trump geht, um nur einige Themen der versammelten Essays zu nennen: R. Solnit (vgl. u.a.: "Die Mutter aller Fragen", 2018) schreibt aus einer feministisch-linksliberalen Grundhaltung heraus engagiert gegen unzählige Missstände und Fehlentwicklungen an, die die heutigen Vereinigten Staaten massgeblich prägen und tiefgreifend spalten. Die zwischen 2014 und 2018 verfassten Aufsätze zeichnen sich allesamt durch geschliffene Sprache, gute Lesbarkeit und kluge Betrachtungen aus. Auch wenn man nicht unbedingt sämtliche politischen Standpunkte der Autorin teilt, muss man die Sorgfalt und Gründlichkeit der Argumentation sowie den Willen zur umfassenden, gleichberechtigten Diskussion anerkennen. - Lehrreich, spannend, besonnen, ermutigend und hochaktuell, kann die Lektüre, die Aufklärung und politische Bildung im besten Sinne des Wortes bereithält, breit eingesetzt und empfohlen werden. (2).