Richard Michael Gibson: 3 books
The Secret Army
Chiang Kai-shek and the Drug Warlords of the Golden Triangle
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
The incredible story of how Chiang Kai-shek's defeated army came to dominate the Asian drug trade
After their defeat in China's civil war, remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's armies took refuge in Burma before being driven into Thailand and Laos. Based on recently declassified government documents,...
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy
A Framework for Policy Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
In addition to winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her path-breaking research on “economic governance, especially the commons,” Elinor (Lin) Ostrom also made important contributions to other fields of political economy and public policy. This four-volume compendium of papers...
Signs of Power
The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies.
By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this...