A historical account of ideology in the Global South as the postwar laboratory of socialism, its legacy following the Cold War, and the continuing influence of socialist ideas worldwide. In the first decades after World War II, many newly independent Asian and African countries and established Latin American states pursued a socialist development model. Jeremy Friedman traces the socialist experiment over forty years through the experience of five countries: Indonesia, Chile, Tanzania, Angola, and Iran. These states sought paths to socialism without formal adherence to the Soviet bloc or the programs that Soviets, East Germans, Cubans, Chinese, and other outsiders tried to promote. Instead, they attempted to forge new models of socialist development through their own trial and error, together with the help of existing socialist countries, demonstrating the flexibility and adaptability of socialism. All five countries would become Cold War battlegrounds and regional models, as new policies in one shaped evolving conceptions of development in another. Lessons from the collapse of democracy in Indonesia were later applied in Chile, just as the challenge of political Islam in Indonesia informed the policies of the left in Iran. Efforts to build agrarian economies in West Africa influenced Tanzania's approach to socialism, which in turn influenced the trajectory of the Angolan model. Ripe for Revolution shows socialism as more adaptable and pragmatic than often supposed. When we view it through the prism of a Stalinist orthodoxy, we miss its real effects and legacies, both good and bad. To understand how socialism succeeds and fails, and to grasp its evolution and potential horizons, we must do more than read manifestos. We must attend to history.

Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World

History

Friedman, Jeremy

Russia

Harvard University Press

Everything a parent needs to know about caring for a baby. 
 The Baby Care Book is a clear, thoughtful and objective guide that helps parents raise a newborn. The subject of parenting is often confusing. The great value of this book is that it empowers parents with knowledge and allows them to make personal choices for each circumstance and situation. 
 Both authors are leading experts from the world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children. The Baby Care Book covers an extensive range of topics in clear, easy-to-understand language. Specially commissioned "real life" photographs throughout complement the text, providing additional instructions and information. 
 The chapters include:
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<li>Getting Ready to Have Your Baby</li> <li>Your Baby's First Few Days</li> <li>Feeding Your Baby</li> <li>Your Baby's First Month</li> <li>Helping Your Baby to Sleep</li> <li>Your Baby's Months 2 and 3</li> <li>Playing with Your Baby</li> <li>Your Baby's Months 4 to 6</li> <li>Safety and Childproofing</li> <li>Your Baby's Months 7 to 12.</li> </ul>
 Both parent and newborn will benefit from the expert guidance that The Baby Care Book provides.

The Baby Care Book: A Complete Guide from Birth to 12-Month Old

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Robert Rose

The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's Shadow Cold War delves deeper into the era to examine the competition between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China for the leadership of the world revolution. When a world of newly independent states emerged from decolonization desperately poor and politically disorganized, Moscow and Beijing turned their focus to attracting these new entities, setting the stage for Sino-Soviet competition. Based on archival research from ten countries, including new materials from Russia and China, many no longer accessible to researchers, this book examines how China sought to mobilize Asia, Africa, and Latin America to seize the revolutionary mantle from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union adapted to win it back, transforming the nature of socialist revolution in the process. This groundbreaking book is the first to explore the significance of this second Cold War that China and the Soviet Union fought in the shadow of the capitalist-communist clash.

Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World (The New Cold War History)

Asia

The University of North Carolina Press

Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World (New Cold War History)

Caring for Kids: The Complete Canadian Health Guide for Children

Saunders, Norman

Reference

Key Porter Books

The Ancient Pathways of Heaven: A Journey Into the Unseen Realm

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Scroll Publishing Company

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