This book looks beyond the familiar episodes of the American Revolution to the connections and conflicts that were shaping the rest of North America at the time.
He is Italy's richest man, with a vast media empire, and his sprawling business history and connections present conflicts of interest that hover like question marks over much of what his government does.
Brandusa Niro, the editor in chief of The Daily, a publication that follows the comings and goings of the front row and delights in its own grudge match with WWD, said the "summer of 2010 post-apocalyptic mood in media" is a subject she plans to devote an entire issue to during Fashion Week, tracking the intricate connections and conflicts caused by the shuffling.
Arje Shaw's play "The Gathering" examines Ronald Reagan's strange visit to the SS cemetery at Bitburg in connection with conflicts between a Jewish survivor and his Reaganite son.
Alexandra Pardal, an activist for Global Witness, an organization that investigates connections between conflict, corruption, and natural-resource exploitation, characterizes the Central African Republic as a "phantom state," with no control over much of its territory.
"Driftwood" both typifies and expands Dwan's core inspiration: his dramatization of a thick tangle of social connections and conflicting lines of power and passion that seemingly bring the town itself to life along with its individual characters.
These tensions enter the artwork through the artist's struggle with sociohistorically laden materials, and they call forth conflicting interpretations, many of which misread either the work-internal tensions or their connection to conflicts in society as a whole.
The diamond industry has come under scrutiny during the last few years for its connection to "conflict diamonds," stones that are mined in rebel-held areas in Africa and sold to finance civil wars.
These findings were detailed in my report "Energy and Water: Connection and Conflict".
In elaborating on his disdain for the hush money paid out, Petty went on to take a shot at all religion, and its perceived connection to conflict, according to Chris Willman with Yahoo Music.
