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Showcasing New Books at AAS2024!
Watch this video for 2 new titles in the Sinophone Translation Series headed by Prof. Kyle Shernuk.
Video: Sinophone Translation Series
The Cambria Sinophone Translation Series is committed to bringing high-quality works from all areas of the Sinophone world into English translation.
Video: “Sinophone Utopias: Exploring Futures Beyond the China Dream” by Andrea Riemenschnitter, Jessica Imbach, and Justyna Jaguscik, eds.
Watch a video on Sinophone Utopias: Exploring Futures Beyond the China Dream by Andrea Riemenschnitter, Jessica Imbach, and Justyna Jaguscik, eds.
Why Marshall Poe Decided to Write a Book on the My Lai Massacre
“These considerations—anomalies, really—led me to take a deeper look at ‘the literature’ or, more specifically, at how these myths about My Lai gained currency.”
Book Excerpt: “Russia and the Changing Character of Conflict” by Tracey German
“Russia’s actions in and around Ukraine in 2014, as well as its activities in Syria and farther afield, sparked renewed debate about the character of war and armed conflict and whether it was undergoing a fundamental shift.”
Book Excerpt: “Cultural Exchanges and Colonial Legacies in Latin America: German Romanticism in Chile, 1800–1899” by Miguel Gaete
“Of the Romantics under consideration in this book, Philippi and Simon directly engaged with the German colony to such an extent that a significant part of the artworks they made in Chile responded to the specific needs and demands of their fellow citizens.”
Book Excerpt: “Planning War with a Nuclear China: US Military Strategy and Mainland Strikes” by John Speed Meyers
The following is an excerpt from Planning War with a Nuclear China: US Military Strategy and Mainland Strikes by John Speed Meyers. In response to the growth of the Chinese military and the perception of a military balance tilting in favor of China, American strategists have devised and compared a number of alternative military strategies. There are…
Book Excerpt: “Warrior Diplomats: Civil Affairs Forces on the Front Lines” edited by Arnel David, Sean Acosta, and Nicholas Krohley.
“As the United State rebalances and refocuses within a new strategic paradigm, it is vital that the US military rediscovers the value of Civil Affairs—and that Civil Affairs itself is ready to rise to the challenge.”
Book Excerpt: “The Next Major War: Can the US and its Allies Win Against China?” by Ross Babbage
“A key part of China’s approach involves seizing the initiative early, mobilizing a very wide range of instruments in multiple domains, and striving to undermine, cripple, and divide opponents and win a superior position before launching any kinetic operations.”
Book Excerpt: “Early Modern Bromance: Love, Friendship, and Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Italian Academies” by Aria Dal Molin
“In ways similar to the contemporary bromance, narratives of male friendship were pervasive in early modern Italy, in genres as diverse as lyric poetry, burlesque poetry, the short story, novella-inspired comic theater, the epic (Ariosto), and para-literary or semi-philosophical texts, such as the trattati d’amore (treatises on love) of the sixteenth century.”