Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and FinancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Small Business Investment Incentive Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and FinancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Plutoniun
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Defence of Conservatism
Author: A. M. LudoviciPublisher:
ISBN: 9780849000140
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Author: Nicholas GriffinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451642814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Combining the insight of Franklin Foer’s How Soccer Explains the World and the intrigue of Ben Affleck’s Argo, Ping Pong Diplomacy traces the story of how an aristocratic British spy used the game of table tennis to propel a Communist strategy that changed the shape of the world. THE SPRING OF 1971 heralded the greatest geopolitical realignment in a generation. After twenty-two years of antagonism, China and the United States suddenly moved toward a détente—achieved not by politicians but by Ping-Pong players. The Western press delighted in the absurdity of the moment and branded it “Ping-Pong Diplomacy.” But for the Chinese, Ping-Pong was always political, a strategic cog in Mao Zedong’s foreign policy. Nicholas Griffin proves that the organized game, from its first breath, was tied to Communism thanks to its founder, Ivor Montagu, son of a wealthy English baron and spy for the Soviet Union. Ping-Pong Diplomacy traces a crucial intersection of sports and society. Griffin tells the strange and tragic story of how the game was manipulated at the highest levels; how the Chinese government helped cover up the death of 36 million peasants by holding the World Table Tennis Championships during the Great Famine; how championship players were driven to their deaths during the Cultural Revolution; and, finally, how the survivors were reconvened in 1971 and ordered to reach out to their American counterparts. Through a cast of eccentric characters, from spies to hippies and Ping-Pong-obsessed generals to atom-bomb survivors, Griffin explores how a neglected sport was used to help realign the balance of worldwide power.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Botany of the Death Valley Expedition
Author: Frederick Vernon CovillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Appity Slap
Author: Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications
Author: Perry R. CookPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498765467
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Virtual environments such as games and animated and "real" movies require realistic sound effects that can be integrated by computer synthesis. The book emphasizes physical modeling of sound and focuses on real-world interactive sound effects. It is intended for game developers, graphics programmers, developers of virtual reality systems and traini
Report of the Botanist
Author: New York State MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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The Panamint Indians of California
Author: Frederick Vernon CovillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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