Michael Schaller

In this novel and intriguing book, Michael Schaller traces the origins of the Cold War in Asia to the postwar occupation of Japan by U.S. troops. Determined to secure Japan as a bulwark against both Soviet expansion and Asian revolution, the U.S. instituted ambitious social and economic reforms under the direction of the flamboyant Occupation Commander, General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur was later denounced by the Truman Administration as a "bunko artist" who had wrecked Japan's economy and opened it to Communist influence, and power was shifted to Japan's old elite. Cut off from its former trading partners, which were now all Communist-controlled, Japan, with U.S. backing, turned its attention to the rich but unstable Southeast Asian states. The stage was thus set for U.S. intervention in China, Korea, and Vietnam.

In this short biography, Michael Schaller, acclaimed historian of the American political right, offers readers a poignant account of Ronald Reagan's life and achievements, from his small-town upbringing in rural Illinois to his cinematic success in Hollywood, entry into politics as governor of California, and meteoric rise to the White House, where he served for eight years. The polarizing Great Communicator oversaw many developments that changed the face of American politics and life-the Iran-Contra Affair, the establishment of "Reaganomics," the largest military buildup in peacetime US history--and as such remains a figure about whom much is written and much has yet to be discovered. Schaller revisits each of these episodes during and leading up to the Reagan presidency, taking into account the latest scholarship and research. In doing so, he makes clear their significance at the time and in later years. While most presidential biographies approach 1,000 pages, this succinct narrative comes in at just over 100 pages, continuing the tradition of excellence in brevity established by James McPherson's New York Times bestseller Abraham Lincoln and Alan Brinkley's recent short biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Schaller's biography of Ronald Reagan will be available in time to commemorate the centennial of Reagan's birth, an opportune time to reflect on the accomplishments of America's fortieth president.

At the height of Ronald Reagan's popularity in July 1986, Time magazine wrote glowingly of how he had "found America's sweet spot." Reagan seemed a "magician who carries a bright, ideal America like a holograph in his mind and projects its image in the air." Not since the rhapsody about "Camelot" that surrounded John F. Kennedy in the wake of his assassination had a president been spoken of so reverently. Reagan pledged to bring Americans a "little good news" and during the next eight years, through recession and recovery, cold war and detente, success and scandal Reagan forged a powerful bond with the public. His popularity appeared so unrelated to actual achievements and so undiminished by failure that Colorado Representative Pat Schroeder dubbed him the "Teflon president." Providing a brief but comprehensive and non-polemical overview of what exactly took place during the Reagan years, Michael Schaller presents a lively account of the Reagan presidency, weighing thepresident's great personal and political popularity against the effects of his economic, social, diplomatic, and strategic decisions.Much more than an account of Reagan the man , Schaller offers us a fascinating evaluation of the Reagan phenomenon , providing an accessible introduction for Americans struggling to understand the illusory and actual impact of the Reagan administration on the 1980s and on years to come.

American Horizons is the only U.S. History survey text that presents the traditional narrative in a global context. The seven-author team uses the frequent movement of people, goods, and ideas into, out of, and within America's borders as a framework. This unique approach provides a fullyintegrated global perspective that seamlessly contextualizes American events within the wider world. The authors, all acclaimed scholars in their specialties, use their individual strengths to provide students with a balanced and inclusive account of U.S. history.Presented in two volumes for maximum flexibility, American Horizons illustrates the relevance of U.S. history to American students by centering on the matrix of issues that dominate their lives. These touchstone themes include population movements and growth, the evolving definition of citizenship,cultural change and continuity, people's relationship to and impact upon the environment, political and ideological contests and their consequences, and Americans' five centuries of engagement with regional, national, and global institutions, forces, and events. In addition, this beautifullydesigned, full-color book features hundreds of photos and images and more than one hundred maps.American Horizons contains ample pedagogy, * America in the World , visual guides to the key interactions between America and the world* Global Passages , which feature unique stories connecting America to the world* Visual Reviews providing post-reading summaries to help students to connect key themes or events within a chapter* Maps and Infographics that explore essential themes in new ways

From the Opium Wars of the 1840s, to the Red Scare of the 1940s, through the Tiananmen "massacre" of 1989, and the Wen Ho Lee "espionage case" of 2000, Chinese-American relations have swung like a pendulum throughout the years. I The United States and Into the Twenty-First Century--nowin its third edition and thoroughly revised and updated--looks at over a century of Chinese-American turmoil from a dual perspective, examining how two dramatically different cultures interacted and collided. Based on research by the author as well as by scholars in both countries, it examines theperiodic cooperation and hostility between both governments and people in the United States and China. The book places special emphasis on understanding China's unique role in the Cold War and its centrality to the American obsession with the Vietnam War. It explains the interactions betweendomestic policies in China and the United States and their international behavior. The discussion of the post-World War II period, which constitutes a major portion of this textbook, has been completely revised to incorporate a vast new body of primary materials and research monographs written byChinese and American scholars since 1990. Two entirely new chapters analyze Chinese-American relations during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations and examine the paradox of how, despite increasingly close social, political, and economic cooperation, fear of China has again become part ofthe American political debate.

American Horizons is the only U.S. History survey text that presents the traditional narrative in a global context. The seven-author team uses the frequent movement of people, goods, and ideas into, out of, and within America's borders as a framework. This unique approach provides a fully integrated global perspective that seamlessly contextualizes American events within the wider world. The authors, all acclaimed scholars in their specialties, use their individual strengths to provide students with a balanced and inclusive account of U.S. history.Presented in two volumes for maximum flexibility, American Horizons illustrates the relevance of U.S. history to American students by centering on the matrix of issues that dominate their lives. These touchstone themes include population movements and growth, the evolving definition of citizenship, cultural change and continuity, people's relationship to and impact upon the environment, political and ideological contests and their consequences, and Americans' five centuries of engagement with regional, national, and global institutions, forces, and events. In addition, this beautifully designed, full-color book features hundreds of photos and images and more than one hundred maps.American Horizons contains ample pedagogy, including:* America in the World, visual guides to the key interactions between America and the world * Global Passages, which feature unique stories connecting America to the world* Visual Reviews providing post-reading summaries to help students to connect key themes or events within a chapter* Maps and Infographics that explore essential themes in new waysThe concise version of American Horizons has:* 10% fewer words than the comprehensive* 35% fewer images than the comprehensive* More compact size and design than the comprehensive

Respected for its coverage of foreign policy and domestic politics, Present Tense also provides a thorough examination of social and cultural history. This edition includes a greater focus on the 1970s and 1980s, and increased coverage of recent immigration.

In an army which eschewed flamboyance, General Douglas MacArthur possessed a unique flair. With his chiseled face, corn-cob pipe, and a voice which "could trumpet and drum," he looked the part of a "heaven born general." He was arguably the best-known and most popular American militaryleader of the 20th century, and at least one observer--General George E. Stratemeyer, MacArthur's top air officer in Japan--thought him "the greatest man in history." Yet the men who served in the trenches of Bataan sneeringly called him "Dugout Doug," FDR privately termed MacArthur's defense ofCorregidor "criminal," and Truman called his vaunted "return" to the Philippines "a fiasco."In this eye-opening book, historian Michael Schaller offers an intimately detailed portrait of MacArthur, particularly the General's two decades in the Far East, demythologizing this "American Caesar" and providing an insightful analysis of American foreign policy in Asia during those years.Schaller's is far from a flattering portrait. He finds, for instance, that MacArthur's military record was less than not only did MacArthur leave direction of the army to subordinates (such as General Robert Eichelberger), but as a result of his failure to launch an air raid followingword of the attack on Pearl Harbor, nearly all B-17s in the Philippines--the strongest American air concentration outside of the States--were destroyed on the ground. Indeed, Schaller reveals that MacArthur's Pacific island campaign during World War II, often hailed as brilliant, was far morecostly and less decisive than previously assumed. Schaller is particulary deft at tracing MacArthur's futile attempts to become President and his destructive interference in foreign policy, such as his promise to local Dutch officials to restore their authority in the East Indies (even as FDR'sadministration pushed the Dutch to grant self-determination), his manipulation of policies in occupied Japan, and his constant attacks on Truman's policy in China, attacks which ruined any chance of improving relations with the largest nation in Asia. Finally, during the Korean War, Schaller arguesthat MacArthur willfully risked war with China and the Soviet Union to salvage his pride and humiliate his political enemies in Washington.Schaller's thought-provoking biography provides invaluable background to America's present relations with the Far East. It is as well an unforgettable portrait of a man driven by talent, opportunism, vision, egotism, and jealousy.

An entire generation has passed since the election that installed Ronald Reagan into the White House. This brisk narrative fills a significant gap in the literature on recent U.S. history, making use of diverse memoir material, journalistic accounts, biographies, and specialized policy studies, including those produced recently.Rather than focusing solely on the Reagan and Bush administrations or presidencies, Right Turn addresses the various policy, cultural, social, economic, and technological issues that made the 1980s and early 1990s such an interesting product of the events that proceeded it--and such a vital force in American life that followed. Beginning in the late 1970s and concluding in the early 1990s, this book examines how conservative ideas and organizations reemerged from the shadows of the Great Depression and the New Deal. It describes national politics and public policies implemented by conservative Republicans, the dramatic climax of the Cold War, and the ways in which economic, legal, social, and cultural developments affected ordinary Americans in all their diversity. Featuring numerous photographs throughout and detailed guides to specialized readings at the end of each chapter, Right Turn is ideal for history and political science courses that cover post-1945 America as well as the1980s and 1990s.

Michael Schaller and George Rising examine the past thirty years of American politics, a time of dramatic change in government, as well as the economic, political, social, and cultural forces that pushed a significant group of Democrats away from their party and made Republican candidates and ideas attractive to so many. While its focus is on national events, The Republican Ascendancy details the emergence of GOP control and the tensions among the distinct factions that compose, and in some ways compromise, the modern Republican party.

The relationship between the United States and Japan is torn by contrary impulses. We face each other across the Pacific as friends and allies, as the two most powerful economies in the world--and as suspicious rivals. Americans admire the industry of the Japanese, but we resent the huge trade deficit that has developed between us, due to what we consider to be unfair trade practices and "unlevel playing fields." Now, in Altered States , historian Michael Schaller strips away the stereotypes and misinformation clouding American perceptions of Japan, providing the historical background that helps us make sense of this important relationship.Here is an eye-opening history of U.S.-Japan relations from the end of World War II to the present, revealing its rich depths and startling complexities. Perhaps Schaller's most startling revelation is that modern Japan is what we made it--that most of what we criticize in Japan's behavior today stems directly from U.S. policy in the 1950s. Indeed, as the book shows, for seven years after the end of the war, our occupational forces exerted enormous influence over the shape and direction of Japan's economic future. Stunned by the Communist victory in China and the outbreak of war in Korea, and fearful that Japan might form ties with Mao's China, the U.S. encouraged the rapid development of the Japanese economy, protecting the huge industrial conglomerates and creating new bureaucracies to direct growth. Thus Japan's government-guided, export-driven economy was nurtured by our own policy. Moreover, the United States fretted about Japan's economic weakness--that they would becomedependent on us--and sought to expand Tokyo's access to markets in the very areas it had just tried to conquer, the old Co Prosperity Sphere. Schaller documents how, as the Cold War deepened throughout the 1950s, Washington showered money on what it saw as the keystone of the eastern shore of Asia, working assiduously to expand the Japanese economy and, in fact, worrying intensely over the American trade surplus. Fear of Japanese instability ran so deep that Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson approved secret financial help to Japanese conservative politicians, some of whom had been accused of war crimes against Americans. Then came the 1960s, and the surplus faded into a deficit. The book reveals how Washington's involvement in Vietnam provided the Japanese government with political cover for quietly pursuing a more independent course. Even in the 1970s, however, with America's one time ward turned into an economic powerhouse, the Nixon administration failed to pay muchattention to Tokyo. Schaller shows that Kissinger openly preferred the more charismatic company of Zhou Enlai to that of Japanese technocrats, while economics bored him. The United States almost missed the fact that Japan had developed into a country that could say no, and very loudly.Michael Schaller has won widespread acclaim for his earlier books on U. S. relations with Asia. His fearless judgments, his fluid pen, his depth of knowledge and research have all lifted him to the front rank of historians writing today. In Altered States , he illuminates the most important, and troubled, relationship in the world in a work certain to cement his reputation.

Torn between Japanese aggression and an increasingly bloody civil war, China presented a confusing and troubling picture to American policymakers between 1938 and the end of World War II. this book tells of the Americans who came to China, openly and in secret, during those years, and of their role in the ultimate U.S. decision to spurn Chinese Communist overtures of friendship and throw greater support to the sinking regime of Chiang Kai-shek.Michael Schaller's colorful account demonstrates that the sudden upsurge of U.S. interest in Chinese politics plunged the United States into a situation that few Americans understood. The U.S. mission in China, which began as an attempt to bolster Chiang's Kuomintang in its fight against the Japanese quickly became a tangle of conflicting personalities and unclear political motivations.Schaller shows that the diplomacy of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman both misperceived and failed to respond to the rapid shifts of power within China. Largely ignorant of the nature of Chinese politics, they saw the civil war as a contest between Soviet-inspired revolution and a more tolerable form of nationalism--an attitude that persisted despite Mao Tse-tung's gathering strength and the obvious disorganization and corruption of Chiang's regime. Competitive groups of American diplomatic and military officials--including General Joseph Stilwell, who called Chiang "a grasping, bigoted, ungrateful little rattlesnake"--sought to salvage American influence by forging tactical alliances with factions in the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party.An important part of the U.S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945 is the detailed account of American covert operations in wartime China. Schaller details American schemes to use China as a base for air attacks on Japan--long before Pearl Harbor and official U.S. entry into the Pacific War. He recounts elaborate American plans to assassinate Chiang and to establish a more congenial government in China. And Schaller tells the fascinating story of the shadowy Naval Group China (later known as SACO, the Sino-American Cooperative Organization), which provided covert assistance to Chiang while thwarting the efforts of other US. intelligence organizations to establish communications with Mao.Schaller shows that these "private" foreign policies had a distorted effect on the rivalry among Chinese to win Washington's favor and support. These covert operations led to increased U.S. support for Chiang--an ill-informed decision which forced the United States into a battle for the control of Asia that still continues.

This unique two-volume primary source collection, expertly edited by the authors of American Horizons , provides a diverse set of documents that situate U.S. history within a global context. Covering political, social, and cultural history, the nearly 200 selections--including many visualdocuments--will spark discussion in the classroom and give students a deeper understanding of America's history. Reading American Horizons includes solid pedagogy, like headnotes and discussion questions, to make the documents more accessible to students.Buy a Bundle to Save a Bundle!Reading American Horizons is just $10 when packaged with American Horizons . For more information on packaging options or package ISBNs, please contact your Oxford University Press representative or call 800.280.0280.

This text redresses several inadequacies typical of other 20th-century U.S. history texts with an introductory chapter that covers Reconstruction through the 1900s, providing valuable context and background for students. Coverage throughout the text is balanced chronologically, regionally, and culturally. The effects of multiculturalism and immigration on U.S. society, and the conflicting traditions of each, are discussed.

This unique two-volume primary source collection, expertly edited by the authors of American Horizons , provides a diverse set of documents that situate U.S. history within a global context. Covering political, social, and cultural history, the nearly 200 selections--including many visualdocuments--will spark discussion in the classroom and give students a deeper understanding of America's history. Reading American Horizons includes solid pedagogy, like headnotes and discussion questions, to make the documents more accessible to students.Buy a Bundle to Save a Bundle!Reading American Horizons is just $10 when packaged with American Horizons . For more information on packaging options or package ISBNs, please contact your Oxford University Press representative or call 800.280.0280.

Deutsch lernen mit Mag. Schaller (Level A1)" ist das in Lehrbuchform gegossene Ergebnis aus 15 Jahren Schulungserfahrung mit Sprachschülern unterschiedlichster Herkunft. Viele der Beispiele und Zusammenfassungen in diesem Crashkurs sind durch wertvolle Anregungen von ambitionierten Deutschanfängern entstanden. Diesen Inhalten eine Form zu geben und auch den Kriterien des „Gemeinsamen Europäischen Referenzrahmen für Sprachen" zu entsprechen, ist die primäre Intention, die hinter diesem Werk steckt. Auch für fortgeschrittene Deutschlerner zur Wiederholung von grundlegenden Inhalten geeignet!

Sensational? Revolutionary? Powerful! Take your chance to learn Basic German within 2 days. Find out how to memorize grammar structures with phrases rapidly and the 165 most frequent German words easily. Experience your learning power grow soon - in any language you want!

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich VWL - Gesundheitsökonomie, 2,0, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt; Würzburg (Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft), VWL-Seminar, Deutsch, [...] Bei 2,65 Millionen Menschen kann man voneinem Alkoholmissbrauch sprechen, was ungefähr vier Prozent der Gesamtbevölkerungausmacht. Jährlich sterben in Deutschland mehr als 40.000 Personen an den Folgen einesübermäßigen Alkoholkonsums, allein 17.000 davon an Leberzirrhose. (vgl. Singer; Teyssen[2002] S.5).Der volkswirtschaftliche Schaden, der durch den Alkohol-Missbrauch entsteht, beläuft sich lautBundesgesundheitsministerium jährlich auf ungefähr 20 Milliarden Euro. Der Missbrauch vonAlkohol hat nahezu auf das gesamte Krankheitsspektrum Auswirkungen. Bei 29 Prozent derMänner und 9 Prozent der Frauen, die in ein Allgemeinkrankenhaus eingewiesen werden, liegteine mit Alkoholmissbrauch in Verbindung zu bringende Erkrankung vor. (vgl. Singer; Teyssen[2002] S.5). Hierbei sind vor allem Erwachsene zwischen 35 und 55 Jahren betroffen.Aufgrund steigender Knappheit der finanziellen Ressourcen im Gesundheitswesen, gewinnenökonomische Studien zunehmenden an Bedeutung. Hierbei kommt es nicht nur ausschließlich aufdie Effektivität der medizinischen Maßnahme oder Therapie an, sondern vielmehr auf dasVerhältnis zwischen den eingesetzten Ressourcen und dem damit zu erzielendenGesundheitseffekt. Es ist jedoch umstritten, wie man diese Effekte genau bestimmen kann. Inerster Linie betrifft dies miteinander konkurrierende Maßnahmen zur Behandlung identischerErkrankungen, sowie den Vergleich zwischen verschiedenen Erkrankungen. Die Cost-Utility-Analyse (dt. Kosten-Nutzwert-Analyse) ist eine Bewertungsmöglichkeit, die die durch einemedizinische Maßnahme entstandenen Kosten in Relation zum Nutzen, z.B. ausgedrückt inLebensqualität, setzt. Im folgenden Abschnitt werde ich auf die ihr zugrunde liegende Theorie,auf die einzubeziehenden Kosten, auf die Ermittlung der Lebensqualität sowie auf dieEinordnung der Cost-Utility-Analyse im Kontext anderer gesundheitsökonomischer Analyseneingehen.Im 2. Kapitel wird die die Cost-Utility-Analyse erläutert und die in den darauf folgendenAbschnitten benötigten Definitionen festgelegt. Das 3. Kapitel befasst sich mit einem Überblicküber den Alkoholismus und dessen Folgen, insbesondere die Leberzirrhose und dieTherapiemöglichkeit mittels Lebertransplantation.Schließlich erfolgt eine Darstellung der Cost-Utility-Analyse anhand der Lebertransplantation,wobei die entstehenden Kosten, die Bestimmung der Lebensqualität, die Berechnung des Kosten-Nutzwert-Quotienten und dessen Aussagekraft genauer betrachtet werden.

This is volume 1 and 2 covering both "to 1877" and "since 1865"

"Wo ist denn Papa?" - Dem kleinen Jo wurde es nun das erste Mal an jenem Tag klar, dass Heiligabend war und sein Vater fehlte. Da waren Mama, Schwester Marie, Onkel Christian, Tante Beate und auch Oma und Opa - doch von Papa war keine Spur. "Vielleicht wird er noch kommen," antwortete Marie, obgleich sie irgendwie ahnte, dass dies nur ein frommer Wunsch bleiben würde... Einfühlsam erzählt der Autor von einem Weihnachten, an dem "alles etwas anders ist" als es am Anfang war. Eine fantasievolle Abenteuerreise mit einem überraschenden Ende, die Kraft und Hoffnung spenden soll - eine Geschichte wie Papa sie vielleicht erzählen würde.

Der Schlüssel eines erfolgreichen und glücklichen Lebens liegt in der souveränen und gelassenen Bewältigung alltäglicher Herausforderungen. In „Folge deiner eigenen Spur" präsentiert der erfahrene Psychologe ein motivierendes Modell und eine daraus abgeleitete zielgerichtete Methode der Selbsterfahrung sowie Selbstaktualisierung. Der Autor Mag. Michael Schaller deckt in lebensnahen Beispielen den Königsweg auf, der Ihnen zu mehr Erfolg in Beruf, Familie und weiteren Aspekten Ihres eigenen Lebens verhelfen soll. Mit Vorwort und Kommentar des Klinischen Psychologen Mag. Thomas Schaller www.ratgeberblogs.de/mag-thomas-schaller

"Learn English With Love" is a language course for students with little knowledge of the English language (level A 1 / A 2) and takes the reader into the world of growing love between a woman and a man. In 10 chapters with dialogues full of romance and positive spirit you learn essential basic English grammar. Exercises to the dialogues form the conclusion of the amusing chapters.

Ein Doppelpassspiel zwischen Fußballprofi und "GEMMA! DEUTSCH A1 - Österreich (Fußballedition)" ist ein dynamisches und handlungsorientiertes Lehrwerk für Deutschanfänger, das nicht nur Fußballexperten begeistert. Wichtige alltagsrelevante Phrasen, knappe Grammatik und einfache Texte machen GEMMA! DEUTSCH A1 zum runden Lerngenuss! Mit Illustrationen von Michelle Janko.

"Die Waldgeisterschaft im Fußball" ist ein bereits seit einigen Jahren an Schulen, im privaten Lernsetting und auf Freizeitcamps erprobtes Konzept. Aufbauend auf einem spannendem Lesetext finden motivierende Lese-, Konzentrations- und Rechtschreibübungen Einsatz. Schallers Werk richtet sich an Lehrer, Trainer und Eltern sowie an junge bzw. junggebliebene Leute, die der Amateurfußballmannschaft des 1. FC Haudrauf in einer lustigen Fantasiegeschichte auf dem Weg zum Finale gegen die Waldgeister folgen möchten. Methodische Empfehlungen sowie ein fundiertes Rahmenkonzept runden dabei die Idee eines motivierenden Lesestücks mit pädagogischen Anspruch ab. Dabei setzt der Autor innovative und etablierte Mittel ein, um Schüler mit Lese- und Rechtschreibdefiziten ab der dritten Schulstufe für das Lernen sowie Lesen zu begeistern. Die Illustrationen stammen von der jungen Salzburger Künstlerin Hannah Vulcana Kriechbaum.