Archives for: October 2011
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970–October 1971
October 12th, 2011Link: http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v13
This volume continues the practice established in the previous Foreign Relations volume on U.S.-Soviet relations and focuses on the relationship in the global context, highlighting the conflicts and collaboration between the two superpowers on foreign policy issues from October 1970 to October 1971. Beginning with the confrontation over the construction of a Soviet military base in Cuba, the volume documents the development of the Nixon administration’s policy of détente and the crucial role of the private channel between Henry Kissinger, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The backchannel was key to making progress on the most problematic issues in U.S.-Soviet relations: Berlin, the war in Indochina, strategic arms limitation talks, Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union, and trade. It also allowed the two nations to avoid conflict and to cooperate on managing crises around the world, such as the Middle East dispute and the Indo-Pakistani conflict."
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011
October 12th, 2011Link: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012007.pdf
"This is the 2011 edition of a biennial series of compendia describing key education outcomes and contexts of education in the Group of Eight (G-8) countries—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The report is organized into five topical areas: population and school enrollment, academic performance, contexts for learning, expenditures for education, and educational attainment and income."
Healthy People 2010
October 12th, 2011Link: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2010/hp2010_final_review.htm
From the press release - "Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a progress assessment of the nation’s health goals over the last decade. The report entitled, “Healthy People 2010 Final Review,” determined that Americans had met — or were moving toward meeting — 71 percent of the program’s 2010 targets, including those associated with reducing deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke."
