The Dream That Failed
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The Dream That Failed
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Author : Walter Laqueur
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-02-15
The Dream That Failed written by Walter Laqueur and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-15 with History categories.
Walter Laqueur as been hailed as "one of our most distinguished scholars of modern European history" in the New York Times Book Review. Robert Byrnes, writing in the Journal of Modern History, called him "one of the most remarkable men in the Western world working in the field." Over a span of three decades, in books ranging from Russia and Germany to the recent Black Hundred, he has won a reputation as a major writer and a provocative thinker. Now he turns his attention to the greatest enigma of our time: the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. In The Dream that Failed, Laqueur offers an authoritative assessment of the Soviet era--from the triumph of Lenin to the fall of Gorbachev. In the last three years, decades of conventional wisdom about the U.S.S.R. have been swept away, while a flood of evidence from Russian archives demands new thinking about old assumptions. Laqueur rises to the challenge with a critical inquiry conducted on a grand scale. He shows why the Bolsheviks won the struggle for power in 1917; how they captured the commitment of a young generation of Russians; why the idealism faded as Soviet power grew; how the system ultimately collapsed; and why Western experts have been so wrong about the Communist state. Always thoughtful and incisive, Laqueur reflects on the early enthusiasm of foreign observers and Bolshevik revolutionaries--then takes a piercing look at the totalitarian nature of the Soviet Union. We see how Communist society stagnated during the 1960s and '70s, as the economy wobbled to the brink; we also see how Western observers, from academic experts to CIA analysts, made wildly optimistic estimates of Moscow's economic and political strength. Just weeks before the U.S.S.R. disappeared from the earth, scholars were confidently predicting the survival of the Soviet Union. But in underscoring the rot and repression, he also notes that the Communist state did not necessarily have to fall when it did, and he examines the many factors behind the collapse (the pressure from Reagan's Star Wars arms program, for instance, and ethnic nationalism). Some of these same problems, he finds, continue to shape the future of Russia and the other successor states. Only now, in the rubble of this lost empire, are we coming to grips with just how wrong our assumptions about the U.S.S.R. had been. In The Dream That Failed, an internationally renowned historian provides a new understanding of the Soviet experience, from the rise of Communism to its sudden fall. The result of years of research and reflection, it sheds fresh light on a central episode in our turbulent century.
Dream Big And Dare To Fail Journal
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Author : Renee Kratz
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-03-05
Dream Big And Dare To Fail Journal written by Renee Kratz and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-05 with Family & Relationships categories.
This is a Journal for you to list your dreams and desires and dare yourself to fail. Every failure you have in life is a stepping stone towards realizing your hopes and dreams for the future. Go on dig in and make those dreams BIG!! 100 lined pages, 6x9" . Plenty of space to write all your thoughts.
The Demise Of A Church
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Author : Robert C. Alter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Demise Of A Church written by Robert C. Alter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Missions categories.
Kill The Dream Killer Procrastination
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Author : JOHN KOMBE
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date :
Kill The Dream Killer Procrastination written by JOHN KOMBE and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Failure Of The American Dream In The Works Of F Scott Fitzgerald
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Author : Tobias Bumm
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-11
The Failure Of The American Dream In The Works Of F Scott Fitzgerald written by Tobias Bumm and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with categories.
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Stuttgart, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction [...] I rather want to take it up here again, since it is the melting pot of all of Fitzgerald's work as an author. After that I will proceed with his first successful novel 'This Side Of Paradise', a piece of work that made him an instant success in the U.S.A. in the 1920s and that got him a lot of critical acclaim all over the nation. [...] What these three novels have in common is that on their outset, the protagonists seem to have a great future ahead of them or at least think they do. It is not before a certain point of the books that the readers realize that the characters' version and vision of the American Dream or of their lives and what they think it should be like, has to fail in the end. How do they want to achieve wealth and a better status in society has to be explored and explained. Another point will be, how their strife is conducted and why it finally has to fail and why they cannot succeed in what they do and what kinds of obstacles society puts in their way. I will take a close look at the protagonists' zeals and at their struggle to achieve what they want and at their failure to do so. The examination will mostly take place from a literary standpoint. Since this is a thesis in American literature, I will focus on how the respective piece of literature is made and not so much on the historical context. The latter one will only be used to make certain passages of the respective novel clear and lucid. The main spot is focussed on F. Scott Fitzgerald's construction of the American Dream and its final failure in his works. In order to make my points clear, I will mostly use the method of Deconstruction, i.e., I will stay very closely to the respective text and interpret it. This method is very suitable for me to state my case on certain parts of the text to make clear in what way the prot
Between The World And Me
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Author : Ta-Nehisi Coates
language : en
Publisher: One World
Release Date : 2015-07-14
Between The World And Me written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and has been published by One World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
A Troubled Dream
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Author : Carl Leon Bankston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
A Troubled Dream written by Carl Leon Bankston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Education categories.
It appears that coercive desegregation efforts may have actually caused school systems to re-segregate, by driving out large numbers of middle-class white students. Using extensive interviews and a wealth of statistical information, the authors examine the failed desegregation efforts in Louisiana as a case study to show how desegregation has followed the same unsuccessful pattern across the United States. Strong supporters of the dream of integration, they show that the practical difficulty with desegregation is that academic environments are created by all the students in a school from the backgrounds that all the students bring with them.
The Dream Master
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Author : Jon DeLeon
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-10
The Dream Master written by Jon DeLeon and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10 with categories.
Imagine you spent your whole life trying to find your calling, your passion. When you found it, you pursued it without complete commitment, and you FAILED. What would you do next? This is where we find Philip Fail, a man at the end of his rope. His dream is failing and he's about to take his loving family down with it. In this moment of desperation, Philip gets a chance to interview a man with a secret. This man tells Philip a story that reveals the answer to a question that has burned in his heart, and changes everything. In The Dream Master: A Unique Fiction, we get to listen to this story, be a fly on the wall, as Philip and us are lead down a twisting path to a moment of illumination. This is a tale like no other, taken from the actual dreams of Author Jon DeLeon. "You may ask what about this is true and what is not. To the best of my ability, I have relayed the dream I had as a child. The story around the revelation of the dream and its meaning is meant as a tool to help you grasp and hopefully accept the truth. We are all dreaming, when we are awake and when we sleep. That is a gift. Always remember, you are in a dream, your dream. You have control. If you ever doubt that, or are lost, know that all you have to do--if you need help--is ask." - Author, Jon DeLeon
The British Dream
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Author : David Goodhart
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-04-01
The British Dream written by David Goodhart and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with History categories.
One of Britain's most influential centre-left thinkers examines UK immigration policy and argues that there have been unforeseen consequences which urgently need to be addressed. In The British Dream, David Goodhart tells the story of post-war immigration and charts a course for its future. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with people from all over the country and a wealth of statistical evidence, he paints a striking picture of how Britain has been transformed by immigration and examines the progress of its ethnic minorities - projected to be around 25 per cent of the population by the early 2020s. Britain today is a more open society for minorities than ever before, but it is also a more fragmented one. Goodhart argues that an overzealous multiculturalism has exacerbated this problem by reinforcing difference instead of promoting a common life. The multi-ethnic success of Team GB at the 2012 Olympics and a taste for chicken tikka masala are not, he suggests, sufficient to forge common bonds; Britain needs a political culture of integration. Goodhart concludes that if Britain is to avoid a narrowing of the public realm and sharply segregated cities, as in many parts of the US, its politicians and opinion leaders must do two things. Firstly, as advocated by the centre right, they need to bring immigration down to more moderate and sustainable levels. Secondly, as advocated by the centre left, they need to shape a progressive national story about openness and opportunity - one that captures how people of different traditions are coming together to make the British dream.
Dream Watchman
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Author : Tina Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Release Date : 2017-05-25
Dream Watchman written by Tina Roberts and has been published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-25 with categories.
Emily Rollins and the Sword of Raywood returns in the Dream Watchman sequel Rise of the Three-Headed Dragon. Her mission; to unlock the power of Blue Hydra Dragon Inspiration before the hope chest key falls into the hands of wicked Dream Watchman. A race against time sweeps Emily to the Jeweled City by the Black Sea. She faces detrimental events spiraling into dream worlds that threaten her through paranormal experiences. A pack of vicious wolves seeks to destroy her life and will stop at nothing until Emily falls. She must not plunge into the pit of captivity, but make her way back to friends waiting on the other side of dreams. Join her candid fight for survival to stop the floodgates of evil from pouring darkness onto the world. Emily must reach the dragon first, before its power is unleashed to the Dream Watchman. If she is defeated, evil will prevail and she may never be able to return to the world she knows as home.