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Guerras oscuras
by Nicolás BrentanoUn tenso thriller político inspirado en acontecimientos reales de la historia argentina reciente, principalmente la pista iraní en las causas que investigan los atentados contra la Amia y la embajada de Israel y las acusaciones de encubrimiento lanzadas contra figuras centrales de la política. Intrigas diplomáticas, oscuros crímenes sin resolver y una bella agente del Mossad con una pulsión tanática y sexual irrefrenables. Un diplomático argentino muerto en circunstancias sospechosas.Una agente secreta del Mossad siguiendo la pista iraní en Buenos Aires. Una presidenta asediada. Un escándalo internacional a punto de estallar. Un diplomático argentino aparece estrellado en la vereda de un pequeño restaurante en la capital belga. Su cuerpo recorrió quince pisos en caída libre. En principio, todos los testigos y los responsables de la investigación asumirán que se trató de un suicidio, salvo por un detalle: las ventanas del departamento desde el cual cayó la víctima fueron cerradas por dentro. A esta primera muerte rodeada de intriga le siguen otras, todas violentas, todas vinculadas en distinto grado con la investigación de las negociaciones entre Buenos Aires y Teherán. Todas asociadas, en última instancia, con el presunto intento de encubrimiento de la pista iraní en los atentados contra la AMIA y la embajada de Israel que tuvieron lugar en la capital argentina años atrás. Casi sin proponérselo, la bella agente del Mossad Samira Haidar y su amante, el asesor financiero Leandro Flemming, se encuentran de pronto atrapados en una intriga internacional -de Buenos Aires a Europa con escalas en Punta del Este y el Caribe-, en un juego de gato y ratón con El Director, oscuro agente y ejecutor de múltiples identidades, y en una pesquisa detrás de la verdad sobre el acuerdo entre los líderes de Argentina e Irán, donde toda semejanza con hechos y personajes reales es mucho más que pura coincidencia.
Guerrilla Auditors: The Politics of Transparency in Neoliberal Paraguay
by Kregg HetheringtonGuerrilla Auditors is an ethnographic account of the rise of information, transparency, and good governance in the post-Cold War era, and the effects of these concepts on Paraguay's transition to democracy. Kregg Hetherington shows that the ideal of transparent information, meant to depoliticize bureaucratic procedures, has become a battleground for a new kind of politics centered on legal interpretation and the manipulation of official documents. In late-twentieth-century Paraguay, peasant land politics moved unexpectedly from the roads and fields into the documentary recesses of state bureaucracy. When peasants, bureaucrats, and development experts encountered one another in state archives, conflicts ensued about how bureaucracy ought to function, what documents are for, and who gets to narrate the past and the future of the nation. Hetherington argues that Paraguay's neoliberal democracy is predicated, at least in part, on an exclusionary distinction between model citizens and peasants. Despite this, peasant activists have found ways to circumvent their exclusion and in so doing question the conceptual foundations of international development orthodoxy.
Guerrilla Discovery
by Ashley LipsonGuerrilla Discovery Most litigation and settlement outcomes are determined in quarrelsome discovery fights. Coercion and confrontation are usually necessary to obtain evidence on the hotly-contested issues. To help you win more of these important discovery skirmishes, Ashley Lipson's Guerrilla Discovery offers dozens of clever strategies, novel arguments, direct answers, cautionary instructions, helpful timelines, tactically-annotated rules, and innovative forms that will help you handle even the most defiant deponents. In addition, Guerrilla Discovery: * Offers answers and solid principles on how to propose and oppose virtually every form of evidence. * Provides instant access to cases, statutes and checklists that will help you lay solid foundations, make accurate objections, and effectively examine. * Divides the universe of evidence into four categories -- testimonial, documentary, real and demonstrative -- providing extreme detail in a concise, organized manner.
Guerrilla Ecologies: Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe (Routledge Studies in Environmental Justice)
by John MaerhoferThis book intervenes in contemporary debates about climate activism, militancy, and strategy that have been gathering force in radical ecological circles. It responds to some of the urgent questions about utilizing militancy as part of the overall effort to foster an ecosocialist society. Building upon the crucial work of scholars and activists from the 1970s to the present, such as Carolyn Merchant, Ursula Heise, Raj Patel, Joan Martinez Alier, Neil Smith, and Mark Dowie, this book discusses and regenerates key principles of guerrilla ecology. It presents a significant critique of green capital and its impact on the shape of environmental and climate justice movements. From car manufacturers dedicating profits to reforestation, to big oil conglomerates funneling money into universities that are developing techno-fixes which may stave off ecological disaster, green capital has become the mainstay of contemporary cultural, political, and economic reproduction – aiming to fuse profitability and sustainability. The book brings together discussion on key topics in a range of contexts including biopiracy and biocolonialism, indigenous resistance, extractivism, anti-imperialism, ecotage, and eco-militancy. It will attract scholarly readers from diverse spaces in the environmental humanities, environmental and climate justice, radical ecology, and philosophy.
Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly
by Guerrilla GirlsGuerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly is the first book to catalog the entire career of the Guerrilla Girls from 1985 to present.The Guerrilla girls are a collective of political feminist artists who expose discrimination and corruption in art, film, politics, and pop culture all around the world.This book explores all their provocative street campaigns, unforgettable media appearances, and large-scale exhibitions.• Captions by the Guerrilla Girls themselves contextualize the visuals.• Explores their well-researched, intersectional takedown of the patriarchyIn 1985, a group of masked feminist avengers—known as the Guerrilla Girls—papered downtown Manhattan with posters calling out the Museum of Modern Art for its lack of representation of female artists.They quickly became a global phenomenon, and the fearless activists have produced hundreds of posters, stickers, and billboards ever since.• More than a monograph, this book is a call to arms.• This career-spanning volume is published to coincide with their 35th anniversary.• Perfect for artists, art lovers, feminists, fans of the Guerrilla Girls, students, and activists• You'll love this book if you love books like Wall and Piece by Banksy, Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope by Artisan, and Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents by Nicholas Ganz
Guerrilla Kindness & Other Acts of Creative Resistance: Making A Better World Through Craftivism
by Sayraphim Lothian# 1 Best Seller in Crafts & Hobbies, Stenciling - Resistance CraftsCraftivism can be your voice of resistance: Craftivism is a non-threatening form of activism that gives people a voice when they feel voiceless and power where they feel powerless. It is an international movement for our time and noted Craftivism expert Sayraphim Lothian has put together the first-ever tutorial book on craftivism.In Guerilla Kindness: artist, scholar, activist, and YouTube art teacher Sayraphim Lothian gives you an introduction to the art of craftivism, and provides a brief history of creative resistance. This master craftivist shows you how to make and use various crafts for political and protest purposes including:EmbroideryCross stitchKnittingStencilingDecoupageStampingand much moreJoin us in the Craftivism movement: Craftivism is a growing worldwide movement in which hand crafted works are being used to highlight political issues, creatively engage in activism, and encourage change in the world. Craftivists employ their works to open a space for people to be introduced to issues and to broaden the discussion surrounding them. While it might seem that this most colorful movement began recently, creative resistance has been with us for centuries around the globe, and craftivism and makers stating their mind through the medium of art is here to stay.
Guerrilla Prince: the Untold Story of Fidel Castro
by Georgie Anne GeyerA flashy, gossipy journalistic biography for those as interested in Castro's paramours as his policies.
La guerrilla recurrente
by Carlos MontemayorLa guerrilla recurrente es una revisión de Carlos Montemayor en torno a la guerrilla, los movimientos sociales, el ejército y la forma en que el gobierno ha enfrentado a la movilización social, incluyendo los sucesos de 1968 y 1971. El eje medular del libro es la clandestinidad. La guerrilla recurrente compila una serie de ensayos en los que Carlos Montemayor plantea, de manera lúcida y esclarecedora, el carácter recurrente que determina la lógica del conflicto político, al tiempo que desentraña el contenido, las motivaciones y la evolución de la guerra. En el corazón de las luchas sociales, asegura el autor, hay similitudes que deben servir para la reconstrucción y la comprensión de los procesos históricos. Libro fundamental para entender el México actual, desde las luchas estudiantiles y las guerrillas campesinas -donde el EPR, al que Montemayor ha estudiado desde hace tiempo, juega un papel de primer orden- hasta la represión estatal, el narcotráfico y la evolución del ejército y de los órganos de seguridad nacional. La guerrilla recurrente retira el velo que cubre el discurso del poder y el de quienes se enfrentan a éste, desnudando y evaluando la compleja red de versiones políticas, económicas, religiosas y culturales que se contraponen entre sí y que pugnan por imponerse como verdad única. «Son los temas de los que me he ocupado durante largo tiempo: los movimientos armados campesinos y su interpretación militar o política; la seguridad nacional como actividad policial o como interpretación social para asegurar la continuidad del Estado; la guerra sucia en México; la masacre de Tlatelolco; el proceso de militarización en la lucha contra el crimen organizado desde una perspectiva nacional y hemisférica; la transformación de la organización y concepción militar posterior a la Guerra Fría, y la evolución del concepto terrorismo en los contextos del conflicto israelí y palestino y de la invasión estadunidense a Afganistán e Irak» Carlos Montemayor
Guerrilla Warfare: A Historical and Critical Study
by Walter LaqueurAs the author makes clear, every book has a history; Guerrilla Warfare is no exception. Together with its sequel Terrorism (and two companion readers) it was part of a wider study: to give a critical interpretation of guerrilla and terrorism theory and practice throughout history. It did not aim at providing a general theory of political violence, nor did it give instructions on how to conduct guerrilla warfare and terrorist operations. Its aim remains to bring about greater semantic and analytic clarity, and to do so at psychological as well as political levels.While the word guerrilla has been very popular, much less attention has been given to guerrilla warfare than to terrorism - even though the former has been politically more successful. The reasons for the lack of detailed attention are obvious: guerrilla operations take place far from big cities, in the countryside, in remote regions of a nation. In such areas there are no film cameras or recorders.In his probing new introduction, Laqueur points out that a review of strategies and the fate of guerrilla movements during the last two decades show certain common features. Both mainly concerned nationalists fighting for independence either against foreign occupants or against other ethnic groups within their own country. But despite the many attempts, only in two placesAfghanistan and Chechnya were the guerrillas successful.According to Laqueur historical experience demonstrates that guerrilla movements have prevailed over incumbents only in specific conditions. Due to a constellation of factors, ranging from modern means of observation to increase in firepower. The author suggests that we may witness a combination of political warfare, propaganda, guerrilla operations and terrorism. In such cases, this could be a potent strategy for unsponsored revolutionary change. But either as social history or military strategy this work remains a crucial work of our times.
Guerrilla Warfare
by Harry Pombo" Villegas Ernesto Che GuevaraFeaturing a new preface by his guerrilla compañero in Bolivia and Africa, Harry "Pombo" Villegas, this new, expanded and revised edition of a bestselling Che Guevara classic reviews a crucial period of Latin American political history.
Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World
by Jon Lee AndersonPrior to gaining international renown for his definitive biography of Che Guevara and his firsthand reports on the war in Iraq in the acclaimed THE FALL OF BAGHDAD, Jon Lee Anderson wrote GUERRILLAS, a daring on-the-ground account of five diverse insurgent movements around the world: the mujahedin of Afghanistan, the FMLN of El Salvador, the Karen of Burma, the Polisario of Western Sahara, and a group of young Palestines fighting against Israel in the Gaza Strip. Making the most of unprecedented, direct access to his subjects, Anderson combines powerful storytelling with a balanced, penetrating analysis of each situation. A work of phenomenal range, analytical acuity, and human empathy, GUERRILLAS amply demonstrates why Jon Lee Anderson is one of our most important chroniclers of societies in crisis.
Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa
by Siphokazi MagadlaGuerrillas and Combative Mothers is a narrative of women participating in the armed struggle against apartheid from 1961 to 1994 and their lives in a democratic South Africa. Focusing on their agency, commitment, beliefs and actions, it describes how women got politicised and the decisions and circumstances that led them to join the armed struggle in South Africa and exile. Siphokazi Magadla discusses the forms of military training they received, the combat activities and their transformation as women and soldiers. Magadla also talks about their participation in the South African National Defence Force-led demobilisation process and their contributions to the democratic revolution of the SANDF. By illuminating the different eras and arenas of their participation, this book shows the broadness of the armed struggle against apartheid as a historical truth and as a matter of gender equality and justice for an inclusive and more democratic future.
Las guerrillas en Colombia
by Dario Villamizar HerreraEste libro forma parte de la memoria histórica de las guerrillas en Colombia. Cuenta y analiza los casi setenta años de este conflicto político armado contemporáneo, aún en proceso de resolución Presenciamos hoy el final del ciclo guerrillero en América Latina y el Caribe. Conocer y entender ese pasado, nos ayuda a explicarnos el presente. <P><P>Este trabajo es el trabajo más completo sobre el surgimiento, desarrollo y proceso final de las organizaciones guerrilleras en Colombia entre 1950 y la actualidad. Registra la existencia de más de treinta grupos diferentes entre sí en cuanto a lineamientos y objetivos políticos e ideológicos, composición social, número de combatientes, presencia territorial, nexos con movimientos sociales, dimensiones y tiempo de persistencia en el accionar político-militar.
Guess Who: ONE ROOM. FIVE SUSPECTS. THREE HOURS TO FIND A KILLER.
by Chris McGeorgeONE ROOM. FIVE SUSPECTS. THREE HOURS TO FIND A KILLER.'An impressive debut' James Oswald**************GUESS WHO A waitress. A cleaner. An actress. A lawyer. A student. Everyone is a suspect.WHERE In a locked room - with no escape, and no idea how they got there. WHAT In the bathtub, the body of a man they all knew. Someone murdered him. Someone in this room. WHY They have three hours to find out. Or they all die. THE RULES ARE SIMPLE. THE GAME IS NOT Imagine Agatha Christie had created an interactive Escape the Room game, and GUESS WHO would be the result. For fans of the DI Helen Grace series by MJ Arlidge, The Lucky Ones by Mark Edwards, Ragdoll by Daniel Cole, and From the Dead by Mark Billingham.**************What readers are saying about this gripping thriller from the new king of the locked room mystery, Chris McGeorge:'Guess Who boils with claustrophobic intensity. Packed with gripping twists and turns, Guess Who is an inventive, entertaining locked room mystery that kept me utterly hooked.' Adam Hamdy, author of Pendulum'Aningenious twisty mystery in a totally unique setting.' Claire McGowan, author of The Lost'An impressive debut and a sign of great things to come.' James Oswald, author of Natural Causes'Chris McGeorge's Guess Who is a fresh take on the locked room murder mystery. The plotting is intricate, the characters well drawn, and the pace never lets up as it drives headlong to the surprising end.' David C. Taylor, Edgar-nominated, Nero Wolfe Award-winning author of Night Life'Guess Who is an incredibly satisfying, intelligent thriller running at break-neck pace right until it's closing pages. A marvellous debut.' Francesca Dorricott, author of After the Eclipse'To say that I found ithard to put down would be an understatement indeed. And when we got to the reveal, I was gobsmacked! Well done that author, take a bow. Not only is it a wholly satisfying, cracking read but, for a debut, it is also very brave and indeed impressive.' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'The story is incredibly well-written; it's one of those books that once started, can't be put down. The plot is solid and character development is good. A perfect, modern-day Agatha Christie-esque novel.' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'I must admit I am somewhat daunted at the prospect of writing a review for this book - it was so fantastic that I am not sure I can encapsulate just good it was in this review.' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars
Guess Who: ONE ROOM. FIVE SUSPECTS. THREE HOURS TO FIND A KILLER.
by Chris McGeorgeAt eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of his Maths teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide.Twenty-five years later...Morgan Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room, with five strangers waking up around him. In the bathroom - a corpse. One of the people in the room is the killer and Sheppard has three hours to solve the murder. If he doesn't find the killer, they all die. As everyone in the room panics, Sheppard starts to unravel an impossible case, where the real mystery might stretch all the way back to his childhood.Read by Tom Lawrence(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?: Multicultural Conservatism in America (American History and Culture #12)
by Angela D DillardThe first comparative analysis of minority conservatismIn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now? Angela Dillard offers the first comparative analysis of a conservatism which today cuts across the boundaries of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. To be an African-American and a conservative, or a Latino who is also a conservative and a homosexual, is to occupy an awkward and contested political position. Dillard explores the philosophies, politics, and motivation of minority conservatives such as Ward Connerly, Glenn Loury, Linda Chavez, Clarence Thomas, and Bruce Bawer, as well as their tepid reception by both the Left and Right. Welcomed cautiously by the conservative movement, they have also frequently been excoriated by those African Americans, Latinos, women, and homosexuals who view their conservatism as betrayal. Dillard's comprehensive study, among the first to take the history and political implications of multicultural conservatism seriously, is a vital source for understanding contemporary American conservatism in all its forms.
Guest Editor'S Introduction Es V40#1: J.KOZOL'S SAVAGE INEQUALAIT.
by Sue Books Amy McAninchFirst published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS
by Azadeh MoaveniA gripping account of thirteen women who joined, endured, and, in some cases, escaped life in the Islamic State—based on years of immersive reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Among the many books trying to understand the terrifying rise of ISIS, none has given voice to the women in the organization; but women were essential to the establishment of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s caliphate. Responding to promises of female empowerment and social justice, and calls to aid the plight of fellow Muslims in Syria, thousands of women emigrated from the United States and Europe, Russia and Central Asia, from across North Africa and the rest of the Middle East to join the Islamic State. These were the educated daughters of diplomats, trainee doctors, teenagers with straight-A averages, as well as working-class drifters and desolate housewives, and they set up makeshift clinics and schools for the Islamic homeland they envisioned. Guest House for Young Widows charts the different ways women were recruited, inspired, or compelled to join the militants. Emma from Hamburg, Sharmeena and three high school friends from London, Nour, a religious dropout from Tunis: all found rebellion or community in political Islam and fell prey to sophisticated propaganda that promised them a cosmopolitan adventure and a chance to forge an ideal Islamic community where they could live devoutly without fear of stigma or repression. It wasn’t long before the militants exposed themselves as little more than violent criminals, more obsessed with power than the tenets of Islam, and the women of ISIS were stripped of any agency, perpetually widowed and remarried, and ultimately trapped in a brutal, lawless society. The fall of the caliphate only brought new challenges to women no state wanted to reclaim. Moaveni’s exquisite sensitivity and rigorous reporting makes these forgotten women indelible and illuminates the turbulent politics that set them on their paths.Advance praise for Guest House for Young Widows“In this searing investigation, Moaveni explores the phenomenon of Muslim women—many of them educated, successful, and outwardly Westernized—choosing to travel to Syria in support of jihad. . . . In concise, visceral vignettes, Moaveni immerses her readers in a milieu saturated with the romantic appeal of violence. The result is a journalistic tour de force that lays bare the inner lives, motivations, and aspirations of her subjects.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Guest of Honor
by Deborah DavisIn this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which to examine race, politics, and the lives and legacies of two of America's most iconic figures. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive mansion with the First Family. The next morning, news that the president had dined with a black man--and former slave--sent shock waves through the nation. Although African Americans had helped build the White House and had worked for most of the presidents, not a single one had ever been invited to dine there. Fueled by inflammatory newspaper articles, political cartoons, and even vulgar songs, the scandal escalated and threatened to topple two of America's greatest men. In this smart, accessible narrative, one seemingly ordinary dinner becomes a window onto post-Civil War American history and politics, and onto the lives of two dynamic men whose experiences and philosophies connect in unexpected ways. Deborah Davis also introduces dozens of other fascinating figures who have previously occupied the margins and footnotes of history, creating a lively and vastly entertaining book that reconfirms her place as one of our most talented popular historians.
Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism
by Immanuel NessPolitical scientist Immanuel Ness thoroughly investigates the use of guest workers in the United States, the largest recipient of migrant labor in the world. Ness argues that the use of migrant labor is increasing in importance and represents despotic practices calculated by key U.S. business leaders in the global economy to lower labor costs and expand profits under the guise of filling a shortage of labor for substandard or scarce skilled jobs. Drawing on ethnographic field research, government data, and other sources, Ness shows how worker migration and guest worker programs weaken the power of labor in both sending and receiving countries. His in-depth case studies of the rapid expansion of technology and industrial workers from India and hospitality workers from Jamaica reveal how these programs expose guest workers to employers' abuses and class tensions in their home countries while decreasing jobs for American workers and undermining U.S. organized labor. Where other studies of labor migration focus on undocumented immigrant labor and contend immigrants fill jobs that others do not want, this is the first to truly advance understanding of the role of migrant labor in the transformation of the working class in the early twenty-first century. Questioning why global capitalists must rely on migrant workers for economic sustenance, Ness rejects the notion that temporary workers enthusiastically go to the United States for low-paying jobs. Instead, he asserts the motivations for improving living standards in the United States are greatly exaggerated by the media and details the ways organized labor ought to be protecting the interests of American and guest workers in the United States.
Guest Workers or Colonized Labor?: Mexican Labor Migration to the United States
by Gilbert G. GonzalezA decade of political infighting over comprehensive immigration reform appears at an end, after the 2012 election motivated the Republican Party to work with the Democratic Party's immigration reform agendas. However, a guest worker program within current reform proposals is generally overlooked by the public and by activist organizations. Also overlooked is significant corporate lobbying that affects legislation. This updated edition critically examines the new guest worker program included in the White House and Congressional bipartisan committee s immigration reform blueprints and puts the debate into historical and contemporary contexts. It describes how the influential U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO agreed on guidelines for a new guest worker program to be included in the plan. Gonzalez shows how guest worker programs stand within a history of utilizing controlled, cheap, disposable labor with lofty projections rarely upheld. For courses in a wide variety of disciplines, this timely text taps into trends toward teaching immigration politics and policy.Features of the New Edition"
Guests Come To Stay: The Effects Of European Labor Migration On Sending And Receiving Countries
by Rosemarie RogersThis book analyzes the impact of thirty years of labor migration from the Mediterranean region and from Finland to western and northern continental Europe. The authors consider the effects on the host countries of the role foreign migrants play in host countries economies, the formation of new ethnic communities, choices made concerning the educati
Guicciardini, Geopolitics and Geohistory: Understanding Inter-State Relations (Palgrave Studies in International Relations)
by William MallinsonThis book demonstrates that geohistory is a more effective concept than geopolitics in understanding inter-state relations, at a time of considerable confusion in world affairs, and that Francesco Guicciardini’s thoughts are an efficient medium to demonstrate not only the inadequacies of geopolitics, but that a geohistorical approach can be a more responsible way of understanding international affairs. The book introduces a fresh approach, based on the individual, on which corporate characteristics and behaviour depend, often in the shape of state interests, which are unable on their own to predict actions driven by human behaviour. The book shows how show mainstream international relations theories are stuck in paradigms, inadequate in explaining why world politics is moving in a direction that nobody could predict even a decade ago. It shows how ideology can blur clear understanding. In short, it represents a new and intellectually refreshing approach and method in understanding, and tackling, the vagaries of relations between states.
A Guide for the Idealist: Launching and Navigating Your Planning Career
by Richard WillsonA Guide for the Idealist is a must for young professionals seeking to put their idealism to work. Speaking to urban and regional planners and those in related fields, the book provides tools for the reader to make good choices, practice effectively, and find meaning in planning work. Built around concepts of idealism and realism, the book takes on the gap between the expectations and the constraints of practice. How to make an impact? How to decide when to compromise and when to fight for a core value? The book advises on career "launching" issues: doubt, decision-making, assessing types of work and work settings, and career planning. Then it explains principled adaptability as professional style. Subsequent chapters address early-practice issues: being right, avoiding wrong, navigating managers, organizations and teams, working with mentors, and understanding the career journey. Underpinning these dimensions is a call for planners to reflect on what they are doing as they are doing it. The advice provided is based on the experience of a planning professor who has also practiced planning throughout his career. The book includes personal anecdotes from the author and other planners about how they launched and managed their careers, and discussion/reflection questions for the reader to consider.