A Brilliant Coup

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Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726741717
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book A Brilliant Coup written by Søren Jakobsen and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the morning in Copenhagen a petrol tanker, hijacked by a young girl, is set on fire, melting the high-voltage cables carrying electricity, blacking out Copenhagen and causing total chaos on the roads. The resultant confusion is used by a motorcycle gang who carry out seven bank robberies and escape with the money. The power failure also means that a passenger plane from the Soviet fails to make a stopover at Copenhagen Airport and flies directly to Heathrow, arriving an hour ahead of schedule... Meanwhile, on Heathrow conditions are also chaotic. A threat to bomb Terminal 2 makes it necessary for the police to X-ray passengers' luggage. This could be disastrous for one of the Russians on the place, a diamond courier from the Soviet Almaz concern... In Denmark, the police struggle to clear up the bank robberies without knowing that they are simply a part of the world's biggest diamond theft masterminded by the defectors... A Brilliant Coup indeed! Søren Jakobsen is an award-winning Danish journalist and author. Together with his colleague Jakob Andersen, Søren Jakobsen won the Cavling Prize in 1977 for a series of articles about the Defense Intelligence Service's illegal use of espionage. In 1981 he received the Poe Prize for his crime novel "A Brilliant Coup". In addition to his critically acclaimed detective stories, Søren Jakobsen has published the documentary books "Danish Dynasties" (2007) and "The LEGO Legacy" (2008).

The Good Coup

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Publisher : CCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 192691807X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Good Coup written by Marco Cáceres di Iorio and published by CCB Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honduras is known as the classic "Banana Republic" - a characterization of a politically backward country ruled by a tiny wealthy class. The phrase was coined by the North American writer O. Henry in his book, Cabbages and Kings. It conveys the image of a nation plagued by military coup d'états... historically undeniable in the case of Honduras. The controversial overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009 represents a watershed in Honduran history. Was President Zelaya an innocent victim of the military and judicial systems, or did government officials act wisely in rescuing Honduras from a president intent on remaining in power indefinitely and dismantling the country's democratic institutions? Although it awakened memories of past coups, it is unclear whether this was a traditional or a "hybrid coup", featuring some elements of what the world tends to associate with coups, but lacking others. The collection of short essays in this book offers personal insights on these questions and on a wide range of events, themes, and philosophical struggles that defined the political crisis in Honduras. About the Author: Marco Cáceres di Iorio is the editor of the online newspaper Honduras Weekly. He is also the cofounder of projecthonduras.com, an international network of volunteers involved in humanitarian development projects aimed at empowering the people of Honduras. He directs the annual Conference on Honduras in the town of Copán Ruinas in northwestern Honduras. He was born in Tegucigalpa.

"Good Coup" Gone Bad

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Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814459607
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book "Good Coup" Gone Bad written by Pavin Chachavalpongpun and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did the 2006 military coup show us? It demonstrated that the crux of the Thai crisis is far more serious and much wider in scope than had previously been thought. The monarchy is surely not a victim in the protracted conflict, but the root cause and continuing factor that has eroded Thai politics. The coup set in motion more prejudicial uses of the lèse-majesté law, and in the process, has led to more political prisoners. It has also shredded the military into several segments, turning generals into desperate royalists who continue to live off the monarchy in order to survive. Issues of violence in the Thai south and the Thai-Cambodian dispute became greatly intensified in the age of militarized politics. The coup also produced unique colour-coded politics and created crises of legitimacy. This book is a collection of essays that reflect developments in Thai politics in the post-coup period.

Pretext for Mass Murder

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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299220303
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Pretext for Mass Murder written by John Roosa and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early morning hours of October 1, 1965, a group calling itself the September 30th Movement kidnapped and executed six generals of the Indonesian army, including its highest commander. The group claimed that it was attempting to preempt a coup, but it was quickly defeated as the senior surviving general, Haji Mohammad Suharto, drove the movement’s partisans out of Jakarta. Riding the crest of mass violence, Suharto blamed the Communist Party of Indonesia for masterminding the movement and used the emergency as a pretext for gradually eroding President Sukarno’s powers and installing himself as a ruler. Imprisoning and killing hundreds of thousands of alleged communists over the next year, Suharto remade the events of October 1, 1965 into the central event of modern Indonesian history and the cornerstone of his thirty-two-year dictatorship. Despite its importance as a trigger for one of the twentieth century’s worst cases of mass violence, the September 30th Movement has remained shrouded in uncertainty. Who actually masterminded it? What did they hope to achieve? Why did they fail so miserably? And what was the movement’s connection to international Cold War politics? In Pretext for Mass Murder, John Roosa draws on a wealth of new primary source material to suggest a solution to the mystery behind the movement and the enabling myth of Suharto’s repressive regime. His book is a remarkable feat of historical investigation. Finalist, Social Sciences Book Award, the International Convention of Asian Scholars

Fanshen

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520210400
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Fanshen written by William Hinton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than thirty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential source for those fascinated with China's continual process of rural reform and social change. This edition will appeal to anyone interested in understanding China's complex social processes, and to those who wish to rediscover and re-experience this classic volume again. More than thirty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential source for those fascinated with China's continual process of rural reform and social change. This edition will appeal to anyone interested in understanding China's complex social processes, and to those who wish to rediscover and re-experience this classic volume again.

Chess Monthly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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The Fortnightly Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
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The Amazing City

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century

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Publisher : London : R. Bentley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Bentley's Miscellany

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
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Mortal Jigsaw Puzzle

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465395814
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

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Book Synopsis Mortal Jigsaw Puzzle by : Grieving Patriot

Download or read book Mortal Jigsaw Puzzle written by Grieving Patriot and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mortal Jigsaw puzzle follows the struggles of a heroic urban vice principal, as he attempts to control a large high school teetering on the verge of chaos. During the course of an infamous day known as Fat Lip Friday, the ghetto principal tries valiantly to keep control of his school in the midst of a full blown gang war. Immersed in an environment replete with urban music, violence, verbiage, and dress, the reader is bombarded with shocking images of life in the modern hood. As the visceral educational conflagration unfolds, the protagonist, Jose Perez, unexpectedly catches glimpses of a diabolical conspiracy of which street gangs are just a small part. Thanks to his keen senses, Mr. Perez slowly collects the pieces to a profoundly disturbing global puzzle comprised of codes, lyrics, art, and symbols of Egyptian, Masonic, and satanic origin. While attempting to place the gratuitous carnage and depravity of the inner city into perspective, Mr. Perez accidentally stumbles upon an interdisciplinary mind control plan which draws upon religion, politics, economics, psychology, marketing, history, and the occult. Alarmed by his findings, Mr. Perez warns his community of their pending doom, only to be hunted down by the very debt cattle whom he tries to save from oblivion. In the end, both his community and his nation are condemned to fall under this nefarious plot, as this educators quixotic mission abruptly ends with an ominous knock on his front door.

George Washington's War

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Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1909166820
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book George Washington's War written by Kenneth Baker and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Revolutionary War history told through eighteenth-century illustrations: “Utterly absorbing” (The Times, London). Americans are steeped in the history of the American Revolution, but often the fog of myth shrouds the reality. In these pages, the path to war is starkly documented by British caricatures of politicians and generals—for the most part favorable to the Colonists. For George III, Lord North, and Britain, the war was a disaster that need not have happened. The problems of coping with a country five thousand miles away with a tradition of representative government, a free press, and a spirit of independence were just too much. But they, together with Generals Howe, Burgoyne, Cornwallis, and others, were mercilessly lampooned. Washington, the hero, is spared, although there are surprising and dark elements to the American victory illustrated here. Using prints and caricatures from the period—some never before published—and drawing on his own experience in politics, Kenneth Baker provides vivid and memorable images that illustrate these extraordinary historical events.

The Senator; or, Clarendon's parliamentary chronicle

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Representing Conflicts in Games

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100082487X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Representing Conflicts in Games written by Björn Sjöblom and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems. Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and this edited volume highlights the intrinsic connection between games and conflict through a set of theoretical and empirical studies. It interrogates the nature and use of conflicts as a fundamental aspect of game design, and how a wide variety of conflicts can be represented in digital and analogue games. The book asks what we can learn from conflicts in games, how our understanding of conflicts change when we turn them into playful objects, and what types of conflicts are still not represented in games. It queries the way games make us think about armed conflict, and how games can help us understand such conflicts in new ways. Offering a deeper understanding of how games can serve political, pedagogical, or persuasive purposes, this volume will interest scholars and students working in fields such as game studies, media studies, and war studies.

A Tower for the Summer Heat

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231113854
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (138 download)

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Book Synopsis A Tower for the Summer Heat by : Yu Li

Download or read book A Tower for the Summer Heat written by Yu Li and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Yu, considered a master of comedy in Chinese literature, was a novelist, playwright, and essayist in the 17th century. In this collection, Patrick Hanan translates six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. "One of the funniest books ever written".--THE NEW YORKER.

Grenier's Rubber News

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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