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Reconstructs the developments that let to Chicago's 1983 political season, the primary and general election campaigns and their results.

Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Oberdorfer covered most of the high-level exchanges of the last decade between the United States and the Soviet Union and interviewed the major participants. In this lengthy chronicle, he presents an insider's view of the summit meetings and behind-the-scenes maneuvers that drastically changed the relations between the two superpowers. Gorbachev is identified as the prime agent and apostle of change in his...

"More than ten years in the making, John Crewdson's Science Fictions is a brilliant work of investigative reporting that raises the curtain on a scientific scandal of major proportions. Science Fictions is the narrative of how one of this country's superstar scientists, Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute, falsely claimed to have been the first to isolate the AIDS virus, HIV, and to develop the HIV antibody test that saved the blood supply....

"Major study explores antecedents to privatization strategies in Mexico, and impact of those choices on economic development and political liberalization. Offers controversial interpretations of the consequences of privatization, while also providing many insights into the background and rationale for pursuing this strategy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Publisher description: This book presents a collection and analysis of original policy documents, translated into English, from a key period of Chinese development, providing both a current and a retrospective analysis of China's economic reform efforts. Topics dealt with include the evolution of Chinese economic strategy; economic planning and the spread of market mechanisms; technology transfer in industry; evolution of an agricultural system; the...

Examines attempts to stabilize the Mexican economy from the early 1980s to 1991. Includes some economic data from the 1950s. Presents case studies of the privatization of the national telephone monopoly and of the commercial banks.