“…Following World War II, German antifascists and nationalists in Buenos Aires believed theater was crucial to their highly politicized efforts at community-building, and each population devoted considerable resources to competing against its rival onstage. …”

“…The Edition of the Minutes of the Cabinet Meetings Figl I constitutes an important contribution to research on the early years of Austria's Second Republic and the reconstruction and renewal of the state and its political components after World War II. The minutes of the cabinet meetings have to be regarded as central source materials on this early and complex phase of the Second Republic. …”

“…Since World War II OECD countries have increasingly used taxation to achieve a variety of economic policy objectives of which stimulating economic activity and employment are usually the most important. …”

“…This compelling book describes how everyday people courageously survived under repressive Communist regimes until the voices and actions of rebellious individuals resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe.Part of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, Daily Life behind the Iron Curtain enables today's generations to understand what it was like for those living in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, particularly the period from 1961 to 1989, the era during which these people-East Germans in particular-lived in the imposing shadow of the Berlin Wall.An introductory chapter discusses the Russian Revolution, the end of World War II, and the establishment of the Socialist state, clarifying the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall. …”

“…"Offering a global account of the ‘long’ World War II, this book challenges conventional narratives that picture a clearly defined war period (1939-1945) followed by a distinct postwar era dominated by the encroaching cold war. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reports on Graduate Education -- Obtaining Improved Data on Graduate Education -- Financial Support for Graduate Students -- Completion of Graduate School -- Graduate Education and Career Skills -- ISSUES IN THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LABOR MARKET -- Obtaining Improved Data on Science and Engineering Careers -- Creating and Refining the Science and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) -- Transition to Employment for New Ph.D.s -- Career Paths of Scientists and Engineers -- Nonacademic Careers -- Work Arrangements, Field, and Occupation -- International Flows of Scientists and Engineers -- DATA USERS AND EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS -- 5-Research and Development Statistics: Funding, Performance, and Innovation -- THE CHANGING ORGANIZATION OF R&amp -- D -- R&amp -- D in the Post-World War II Era -- U.S. R&amp -- D Since 1980 -- Industrial R&amp -- D and Innovation -- Federal R&amp -- D Expenditures -- Academically-Performed R&amp -- D -- DATA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION POLICY -- Industrial R&amp -- D Statistics -- Improving Data on R&amp -- D by Industry Group -- R&amp -- D and Innovation -- Partnerships -- Allocating Federal Funds for Research and Development -- Priority Setting in Federal Science and Technology -- Interdisciplinary Research -- Federal Funding of Academic Facilities -- 6-Recommendations -- ENSURING RELEVANCE AND ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES -- Appropriateness of Concepts and their Measurement -- Data Analysis -- Data Comparability and Linkages -- Data Currency -- SRS as a Statistical Agency -- IMPROVING DATA RELEVANCE -- Graduate School and the Transition to Employment -- Graduate Education -- Transition to Employment -- The Labor Market for Scientists and Engineers -- Career Paths of Scientists and Engineers -- International Flows of Scientists and Engineers -- R&amp -- D Funding and Performance -- Industrial R&amp -- D Statistics…”

“…Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. …”

“…An examination of a number of leadership attacks from World War II to the 21st century. It offers insights into the comparative efficacy of various forms of leadership attacks, their potential coercive and deterrent value, and the possible unintended consequences of their ill-considered use…”

“…How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? …”

“…Initially inspired by ceramics processing, the methodology comprising the production of a powder and its transformation to a compact solid product has attracted attention since the end of World War II. At present, many technologies are availabe for powder production (e.g., gas atomization of the melt, chemical reduction, milling, and mechanical alloying) and its consolidation (e.g., pressing and sintering, hot isostatic pressing, and spark plasma sintering). …”

“…Fifty years after it was launched, the Marshall Plan remains a major event of post World War II history. But what did it actually do for European reconstruction? …”

“…A decade later, as she sails away from what has become her home in Kobe, Japan, Ingelore records her memories of life in Berlin, the long train journey through Russia, and her time in Japan during World War II.Each leg of the journey presents its own nightmare: passports are stolen, identities are uncovered, a mudslide tears through the Rothschild’s home, and the atomic bombs are dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. …”

“…In the following weeks and months, they would be joined by some 10,000 of the more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, incarcerated as "domestic enemy aliens" during World War II. Heart Mountain became a town with workplaces, social groups, and political alliances-in short, networks. …”

“…Mannironi, in the post-World War II period, would be one of the most active members of the Commission of 75 in the Constituent Assembly, later a Christian Democratic parliamentarian for five terms in the House and Senate, undersecretary of key ministries, and finally a minister. …”

“…Archival documents and testimonies from historians, scientists and World War II specialists reveal new evidence showing the true extent of his addiction."…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Definitions and Terminology -- The Nordic Backdrop -- The Beginnings -- Post-World War II Nordic Contexts -- Late Modern Developments -- Contemporary Numbers -- This Book -- The Contributions to This Volume -- References -- Part 1: Historical Perspectives on the Early Pentecostal Movement -- Chapter 2: Paving the Way for Pentecostalism: A Historical Exploration of Post-Reformation Revivals in Norway -- The Monarch's Religious Power: The Protestant Reformation -- Popular Pietism: Hauge and Norwegian Mainstream Religion -- The Dismantling of Religious Monopoly and the Rise of the Inner Mission -- Migrants and Missionaries -- Missionaries to Norway and a Discussion of Labels -- The First Wave: Methodists and Baptists -- The Second Wave: Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses -- The Third Wave: Pentecostals -- Thomas Ball Barratt -- Recruits, Community, and American Dreams -- Concluding Remarks and Later Developments -- References -- Chapter 3: The Norwegian Pentecostal Foreign Mission: A Survey of Mission History with an Emphasis on Organization, Expansion, and Gender -- Win the World1 -- The Initial Phase -- The Norwegian Mission Context -- Tension Between Spiritual Idealism and Practical Circumstances -- The Pioneers -- A Controversial Issue: How to Organize the Mission -- Development of a Lasting Organizational Structure -- Summary of the Missionary Expansion -- The Evidence of Faith World Evangelism -- A Woman-Dominated Mission? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Wilson -- Social history, public sphere, and national narratives : the social origins of Valencian regional imaginary in nineteenth-century Spain / Mónica Burguera -- The influence of politics on the shaping of the memory of states in western Europe (France) / Paule René-Bazin -- The role of the Swiss Federal Archives during recent politico-historical events and crises / Christoph Graf -- Television archives and the making of collective memory : Nazism and World War II in three television blockbusters of German Public Television / Wulf Kansteiner -- Revolution in the archives of memory : the founding of the National Diet Library in Occupied Japan / Leslie Pincus -- The new masters of memory : libraries, archives, and museums in postcommunist Bosnia-Herzegovina / Robert J. …”

“…Why did the United States prefer bilateral alliances to multilateral ones in Asia after World War II? Why did China become "nice"--no more military coercion--in dealing with the pro-independence Taiwan President Chen Shuibian after 2000? …”
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“…It examines Arendt's philosophical inquiries post-World War II, focusing on the relationship between thought and action and the reconstruction of political philosophy. …”