<p>Discusses the origins, context, strategies, topics, and audience of American black rhetoric so that we might better understand this important contemporary phenomenon. Divided into six chapters: Toward a Revolutionary Rhetoric; Strategies of the Revolutionists; Topics of Revolutionary Rhetoric; Nature of the Black Audience; Origins of Revolutionary Themes; Samples of Revolutionary Rhetoric.</p>

Rhetoric of Black Revolution

Reference

Smith, Arthur L.

Words, Language & Grammar

Allyn and Bacon, Inc.

After more than 50 years, some of the secrets behind the post-war kidnappings in Berlin remain classified. Following Second World War, West Berlin residents found themselves as prime targets for kidnapping by communist agents. Lurid press accounts of these abductions left Berliners frightened and intimidated. The central connection of American intelligence agencies (CIC, CIA) to most of these cases, however, was not well known at the time. Delving into these various kidnapping cases, Smith discovers a distinct profile for the abductees. Almost all were former residents of East Germany and, as such, had an intelligence value for the Americans. This connection in turn made them prime targets for Soviet and East German intelligence units.Examination of the climate of fear in West Berlin reveals the complexity of politics in the early Cold War. Many targeted individuals had Nazi pasts―a factor that the Americans took great pains to conceal. At one point, the United States even risked a diplomatic rupture with West Germany when American authorities went so far as to block prosecutions of a German citizen in German courts for aiding in the kidnapping of a number of West Berliners. Exactly why Washington was so willing to go to extreme lengths in this case remains unknown, but Smith's research sheds new light on the clash between East and West in one troubled city.

Kidnap City: Cold War Berlin (Contributions to the Study of World History)

History

Americas

Praeger

<p>Something From Nothing explores the remarkable rise of Newfield Exploration, an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company, from a nine-million-dollar startup to a thriving nine-billion-dollar conglomerate and explains the vital role its founder, Joe B. Foster, played. Before founding Newfield, for thirty-one years Foster held various positions in exploration, production, and strategic planning at Tenneco Oil. As president of Tenneco's E&amp;P division, he spearheaded its development into one of the most successful exploration companies in the Gulf of Mexico. When Joe Foster learned that Tenneco planned to sell its oil properties, he could have cashed out his substantial severance package and taken up golf. Instead, he founded Newfield Exploration, acquiring leases and reserves at a time when activity in the Gulf was languishing.</p>

Something from Nothing: Joe B. Foster and the People Who Built Newfield Exploration

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Bright Sky Press

The Deutschtum of Nazi Germany and the United States (International Scholars Forum, 15)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Springer

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