Congo: the prize of predation

Article Abstract:

The war against Mobutu (1996-97) and the more recent war (1998) in the Democratic republic of the Cong with particular attention to greed and grievance as motivating factors in these two wars is analyzed. A model was used to show that once a war has commenced, the abundance of natural resources and the ruler's kleptocratic tendencies determine conflict intensity.

Congo, Models, Evaluation, Military aspects, Wars, War, Congo (Kinshasa)

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AT&T at Starting Gate: Raring to Go in Free Market

Article Abstract:

AT&T, now in the free market, is rapidly expanding its retail base. The company now counts about 450 stores and 6000 phone booths (operating in other stores). Leasing and servicing phones still is AT&T's main business even though the base of some eighty-five million leased phones is decreasing.

Marketing, Telephone companies, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Companies, Retailing, Telephone Company, Telephones, Company-Owned Stores

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Shinano!

Article Abstract:

The US submarine Archer-Fish spotted the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano on a off the Japanese coast in Nov 1944. The Archer-Fish tracked and pursued the Shinano, the largest carrier in the world, and sank it.

Personal narratives, History, World War II, 1939-1945, Naval warfare, Naval battles, Archer-Fish (Submarine), Shinano (Ship)

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