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In Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas, Carl J. Christensen Jr. and Pixie Christensen present sixty-fivecaptivating and historically significant structures in exquisitewatercolor illustrations accompanied by brief summaries andconvenient, handcrafted maps. Ranging from stately edifices ofbrick and stone located in urban centers to more humble woodframechapels in rural surroundings, the houses of faith shown inthese pages have one important trait in common: They have allserved as centers of cultural identity, spiritual comfort, and publicservice to the communities in which they arose.In their introduction, the Christensens write, “The journey behindLone Star Steeples crisscrossed the state along back roads, farm roads, and state highways. In these journeys and in the storiesthat were told, certain patterns began to emerge: the pride of thepeople in building their churches debt-free, the perseverance ofthe people who endured their beloved church being destroyed bynatural disaster once, twice, or even three times . . . the people’srecognition of the church as their cultural foundation, theirmoral foundation, their social center.” As the Christensensdemonstrate, Texas is home to a remarkable diversity ofpeople, and their places of worship reflect and celebrate thatdiversity.
Worse Than a Monolith
Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
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In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one's own advantage. However, most international security politics involve coercive diplomacy and negotiations short of all-out war. Worse Than a Monolith demonstrates that when states are engaged in coercive diplomacy--combining threats and assurances to influence the behavior of real or potential adversaries--divisions, rivalries, and lack of coordination within the opposing camp often make it more difficult to prevent the onset of conflict, to prevent existing conflicts from escalating, and to negotiate the end to those conflicts promptly. Focusing on relations between the Communist and anti-Communist alliances in Asia during the Cold War, Thomas Christensen explores how internal divisions and lack of cohesion in the two alliances complicated and undercut coercive diplomacy by sending confusing signals about strength, resolve, and intent. In the case of the Communist camp, internal mistrust and rivalries catalyzed the movement's aggressiveness in ways that we would not have expected from a more cohesive movement under Moscow's clear control.Reviewing newly available archival material, Christensen examines the instability in relations across the Asian Cold War divide, and sheds new light on the Korean and Vietnam wars. While recognizing clear differences between the Cold War and post-Cold War environments, he investigates how efforts to adjust burden-sharing roles among the United States and its Asian security partners have complicated U.S.-China security relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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