Otto Von Bismarck and the events of the 1860’s played a very significant role to the unification of Germany by 1871. Some historians dispute upon the concept that Bismarck was solely a “master planner”‚ arguing that he was in fact a pragmatist or an opportunist meaning that he took advantage of the situations around such as the conditions of the countries. Historian Mosse notes that due to the conditions of intentional opposing countries (such as; Russia‚ Britain‚ France and Austria) Bismarck was
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Mavericks at Work William C. Taylor & Polly Labarre Book Review Lau Wa Kwan‚ Edwin 11532323G MM511 Managing Organizations and People (2011/2012 Term 1) Introduction In the past 10-20 years‚ the environment changed vigorously due to globalization and rapid development of internet. If organizations just follow the old success formula‚ probably it will go out of business. In the book “Mavericks at Work”‚ William C. Taylor & Polly Labarre mentioned how “Mavericks” leaded their
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The Making of a Quagmire Book Review David Halberstam was a reporter assigned to the Vietnam conflict during 1962 and 1963. After graduating from Harvard University‚ David Halberstam went on to work for various newspapers. He went to work for the New York Times Washington bureau in 1960. In the fall of 1962‚ Halberstam was assigned to the Vietnam conflict. David Halberstam’s book is an attempt to put into retrospect the portrait of the American experience in Vietnam‚ to capture the details
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"Call of the Wild" Book Review By: Sheldon Shepard What if you were torn away from your home‚ your life‚ your family‚ and everything that was ever familiar to you‚ and got thrown into harsh‚ life threatening situations? Would you adapt in order to live and survive or would you be totally enveloped in the chaos and just give up‚ and become a name unmentioned? In Jack London’s book "Call of the Wild"‚ we are taught that anyone or thing can be taken from its surroundings and hurled into a world
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Book Review of: Tara Revisited Maria Kelly History 204.401 May 8‚ 2008 Throughout History‚ women have played various roles‚ but often time portrayed much differently. In Tara Revisited Catherine Clinton analyzes the women of the South during and after the Civil War and discusses the myths and realities. Often in literature and movies‚ there was an idealized picture of a gentle and romantic picture of Southern life‚ yet this was not the realistic picture.
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Book Review “Leading Change” by John Kotter 1996 Review by Chris Shea John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of leadership and change. He is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership‚ Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and a graduate of MIT and Harvard‚ Kotter’s vast experience and knowledge on successful change and leadership have
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premised on the fact that law has a critical function in all forms of social conduct. Though not the exact words of lecture McNeil‚ they were enough to help me to understand the importance of this course. Therefore upon her instructions to review the book “Slavery Law and Society”‚ I was most enthused‚ as I intended to read with an objective that would allow me to understand more about the laws of slavery and their impacts‚ the composition of society and to compare it with the society we have today
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Book Review written by Jaya Tripathi Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan Homeless Bird is the story of a young Indian village girl who overcomes adversity and extreme hardship to ultimately live a full and happy life on her own terms. I first heard about this book when a parent expressed his concern about the (in)appropriateness of its selection as required text for 5th graders in a public school in the United States. The book was chosen‚ he was told‚ to educate the students about India. So
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The Hunger Games: Book Review The Hunger Games is a novel aimed at young adults first released in September 2008. It was first published in the United States of America. Suzanne Collins was the author of this amazing novel. She came up with the idea while channel surfing and watching real war footage and reality TV. It also came because of her dad’s involvement in the Vietnam War. It was then published by the group Scholastic‚ who have published many famous books such as the highly successful Harry
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Book Review - Shanghai Gone This book is a harsh criticism China’s housing reform system for destroying its own people‚ written by the author who observes China from liberal’s point of view. The author‚ Qin Shao wrote for those people who want to learn about the large-scale housing revolution in China throughout crucial experiences that citizens have gone through. It criticize the demolition and relocation system‚ questioning the level of morals. In introduction‚ he gives concretely negative
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