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Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life

Cover -- SIEGES -- Contents -- Illustrations and Maps -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAPS -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1 Sieges: Overview and Method -- SELECTED HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- Sieges in the Gunpowder Era -- Sieges in Modern Warfare -- WRITING ABOUT SIEGES -- TOWARD A COMPARATIVE METHOD -- Chapter 2 Jerusalem, 1099 -- THE FIRST CRUSADE BEGINS -- THE CRUSADER ARMY -- LEADERSHIP OF THE FIRST CRUSADE -- THE CAMPAIGN -- Nicaea and Dorylaeum -- Antioch -- THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM -- CATEGORIES OF COMBAT -- The Will to Combat -- Cavalry versus Cavalry -- Artillery versus Artillery -- Infantry versus Infantry -- AFTERMATH -- Chapter 3 Malta, 1565 -- PRELUDE TO SIEGE -- PREPARATIONS FOR SIEGE -- THE ARMIES -- The Defenders -- The Moslem Army -- DEFENSIVE LEADERSHIP AND CHANGES IN MILITARY ORGANIZATION -- LEADERSHIP AMONG THE MOSLEM BESIEGERS -- THE SIEGE OF MALTA -- The Assault on Fort St. Elmo -- The Assault on Senglea -- CATEGORIES OF COMBAT -- The Will to Combat -- Artillery versus Infantry -- Infantry versus Infantry -- Wounded and Prisoners -- AFTERMATH -- Chapter 4 Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855 -- ON TO THE CRIMEA -- THE BRITISH ARMY: AN ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCH -- THE LEADERS OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE -- THE CAMPAIGN UNFOLDS -- The Battle of the Alma -- Balaclava and Inkerman -- THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL -- Limited Attack, 6 to 9 June 1855 -- The Assault of 18 June 1855 -- The September Attack -- CATEGORIES OF COMBAT -- Artillery versus Artillery -- Artillery versus Infantry -- Infantry versus Infantry -- Prisoners and the Wounded -- The Will to Combat -- AFTERMATH -- Chapter 5 Kut-al-Amara, December 1915 to April 1916 -- CONFUSED GOALS -- BRITISH LEADERSHIP IN MESOPOTAMIA -- THE BRITISH ARMY IN MESOPOTAMIA -- THE CAMPAIGN -- On to Ctesiphon -- The Retreat to Kut-al-Amara -- THE SIEGE OF KUT-AL-AMARA.

I. Einleitung und Plan der Studie -- II. Der theoretische Rahmen -- 1. Einige Theorien der sozialen Kontrolle -- 2. Die theoretische Neuorientierung -- 3. Das Problem -- III. Der Wandel der Rolle des Malers im England des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts -- 1. Die Veränderungen in der Schirmherrschaft über die Kunst -- 2. Die zunehmende wirtschaftliche Unabhängigkeit der Maler -- 3. Das Hervortreten eines mittelständischen Kunstpublikums -- 4. Der Stilwandel in der Malerei -- 5. Die Entwicklung der Kunstkritik -- 6. Theoretische Überlegungen -- IV. Die soziale Rolle des Malers in der modernen Gesellschaft -- 1. Der Maler und der Verlust der Gemeinschaft -- V. Die soziale Rolle des Malers in der modernen Gesellschaft (Fortsetzung) -- 1. Der Symbolwandel -- 2. Der Maler als Kritiker der Gesellschaft -- 3. Instanzen der sozialen Kontrolle und ihr Einfluß auf den zeitgenössischen Maler -- VI. Malerei und soziale Institutionen.

Historical data are analyzed concerning the exhibition of late 19th & early 20th cent art held in 1913 in the armory of the 69th Regiment of the New York Nat'l Guard, generally known as the Armory Show & considered of considerable influence. In particular, the responses& nature of the public who went to see it are examined. 3 forms of negative response are distinguished: (a) the argument that the paintings & sculpture were bad art; (b) reating it as a huge joke; & (c) moral indignation. Nonetheless, those who organized the show considered it a huge success, many paintings were sold, & some art critics found much that was good. The show helped form the core of many fine collections of modern art in the US. The art public is seen as 'a more-or-less informal type of structure.' 3 factors are found which contribute to the diffuse or amorphous character of art publics: impersonal COMM; their initially heterogeneous & unselected composition; & the fact that they do not represent one 'community of interest' but many such 'communities.' The development of a general community of interest is impeded by the lack of a fluent COMM process. A typology of art publics is established which allows for 3 value dimensions: intrinsic, intrinsic-extrinsic, & extrinsic. 6 attitude dimensions are discerned: positive: art-for-art's sake; educ'al; recreational. Negative: pseudo-critical; didactic; status-seekers. This typology agrees in only few areas with that by B. Rosenberg & N. Fliegel (THE VANGUARD ARTIST: PORTRAIT OF A SELF PORTRAIT, Chicago, 1965), which is considered inadequate. It is concluded that these categories are of value in understanding historical situations, but it is doubtful whether they can be made operational for the analysis of contemporary situations. They may be helpful in formulating hyp's. 5 preliminary hyp's are suggested. It is found that the term 'the art public' is an oversimplification & has little bearing upon soc reality. A less organic view of art & society & more specific empirical res are recommended. A Select Bibliog on the sociol of art is presented, divided into: general; the plastic arts; music; literature; & theatre & films. M. Maxfield.

Before: Mississippi at a crossroads -- A risky bus ride -- The past is "not even past" -- Freedom Street -- Battleground for America -- "It is sure enough changing" -- The sickness and the scars -- July 16: Another so-called "Freedom Day" -- "Walk together, children" -- A blot on the country -- The flowering of Freedom Summer -- "The stuff democracy is made of" -- Beauty for ashes -- After: ordinary people made a difference.

Nearly fifty years following the Indonesian annexation of East Timor, this tiny, former Portuguese colony remains in the international spotlight. 'Forgotten Island' takes us back to the genisis of the Australian-Indonesian relationship, seeking to answer the question as to why liberal Australia, led by an erudite social democrat in Gough Whitlam, looked away and even became culpably involved in Indonesia's 1975 invasion of Timor, contrary to the principles Australia and Whitlam espoused. (back cover)

This is the only book to offer a detailed chronology of modern Soviet naval operations set within the framework of long-range Soviet foreign and domestic policy. This context is important because it puts the navy in its proper place as a significant cog in the gigantic machinery of Soviet "grand strategy." Commander Watson argues that the Soviet Navy's physical configuration, strategy, and operations reflect a long-term "upgrading" pattern, designed to create an equal-partner status in the total balance of Soviet military forces. Changes in the navy's activities are not merely pragmatic reactions to momentary crises or shifts in world power trends. TTie navy has played an integral part in implementing the four strategic long-range goals of Soviet policy: defense of the Soviet Union, enhancement of its international position, establishment and maintenance of Soviet military superiority internationally, and the promotion of other Communist revolutions. Commander Watson discusses in detail Soviet naval operations in ail of the world's oceans. He provides new insight into the dimensions of Soviet naval presence and port visit activity, using vast amounts of statistical material gathered from his original research. The text is supplemented by maps, photographs, and extensive tabular documentation.

Bruce W. Watson, Bruce George, Peter Psouras, B. L. Cyr (Herausgeber): Erfahrungen des Golfkrieges. Übersetzt von Thomas A. Schmidt. Verlag Karl-Heinz Dissberger, Düsseldorf 1991. 196 Seiten, 44,- DM