Showing results for "1993" in Politics & Social Sciences

Læseren kommer med ind bag nogle af de mest dramatiske sager i skandinavisk politihistorie, og får stiftet bekendtskab med det puslespil, det er at finde frem til gerningsmændene. Det er hæsblæsende læsning, og ofte overgår virkeligheden fantasien.

Negli anni della Guerra fredda il rapporto tra l’Italia e gli Stati Uniti assume una valenza decisiva, su ogni altra considerazione prevale l’interesse degli americani per la stabilità di un Paese alleato che riveste una funzione strategica nel quadro degli equilibri geopolitici internazionali. Poi, dopo l’Ottantanove l’approccio degli Usa si modifica, e con le prime avvisaglie di Mani pulite matura il convincimento che vada esaurendosi la spinta propulsiva delle forze politiche tradizionali.

A look back at one of the most dramatic NASCAR seasons 25 years later by The Motor Racing Network.

L’ultima strage di mafia compiuta in Italia è l’attentato di via Palestro, a Milano: la sera del 27 luglio 1993 l'esplosione di un'autobomba provocò la morte di cinque persone. A trent’anni di distanza, l'abbiamo ripercorsa attraverso i ricordi e le emozioni di chi, quella strage, l’ha vissuta in prima persona

Embark on a journey into a collection of true stories written by my grandmother, born in the remarkable year of 1893. She lived through a century of profound change, observing and documenting her experiences until the ripe old age of 100. These accounts offer a personal and evocative perspective of times gone by.

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Marje Prior has produced a series of 10 podcasts based on her oral history interviews with the peace workers for her book Shooting At the Moon. In May 1993, despite threats from the Khmer Rouge, over four million Cambodians (about 90% of eligible voters) participated in the UN held elections. The first since the devastating reign of Pol Pot and the occupation by the Vietnamese. A democratically elected government was installed which, despite some serious stumbles along the way, still holds to this day.

In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration - and long-overdue reassessment - of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture.

"The Longest Running Broadway Show on Radio" Taped in front of a live audience in New York City. With interviews, live acts & more with the biggest stars, producers, writers, composers, directors, film actors, cabaret, jazz artists On & Off-Broadway!

George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War...