Political Science - General

During WW II the Command and General Staff Colleges primary mission was to train large numbers of captains and majors to be staff officers in battalions, brigades, divisions, and corps. To that end, the Army provided copies of documents produced by field units to...

During WW II the Command and General Staff Colleges primary mission was to train large numbers of captains and majors to be staff officers in battalions, brigades, divisions, and corps. To that end, the Army provided copies of documents produced by field units to...

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the: (1) existence of a viable U.S. industrial base to meet future defense needs; and (2) access to critical items and capabilities produced or controlled by foreign countries. GAO found that: (1) the Department of Defense's (DOD)...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

There are stories of biological evolution, and then there are stories of soul evolution. Set in the Southwest, this is a story of soul evolution-the story of a soldier who came back from Vietnam and knew he had to adapt to a rapidly changing...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

​This book focuses on the experience of leaving unusual or extreme situations: from military careers to religious communities, subcultures, criminal groups and political leadership. It explores how people become disillusioned with and disengaged from these social worlds, challenging their sense of self-identity and cultural...

This is an historical and sociological analysis of the crisis engulfing the modern West - the enthronement of a violent cult of "Wokeness" as the new state religion in violation of the Western tradition of separation of church and state, and of the First...

Author: Catharine MacaulayISBN-10: 1009307487ISBN-13: 9781009307482Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2023Pages: 329Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d

The United Arab Emirates has emerged in a few decades to sell itself as an enlightened, modern, liberal beacon in the midst of a dark and chaotic Arab world. As the first country in the region to implement a "Vision" (Abu Dhabi Vision 2030),...

Escaping The Killings and Unplanned Journey to the U.S. By: Gemeda Boru Escaping The Killings and Unplanned Journey to the U.S. encompasses author Gemeda Boru's life experience, his family's life experience, and the experience of his community under the authoritarian system in Ethiopia. The...

Seeking Justice is a photodocumentary book of the Smiley Culture Protest of April 16th 2011 by award winning photojournalist and author Delroy Constantine-Simms. The 500 timeless Black and white images in Seeking Justice were acquired by following activists and organizers throughout the protest. Seeking...

Isaac Daniel Stewart: Utah in AmericaVal D. RustIsaac Daniel Stewart: Utah in America is the biography of a man who lived during the time the state of Utah was reassessing its place in the United States. During the 1950s-1970s, state leaders rejected intrusion on...

From independence on August 15, 1960, to the present day, the Republic of Congo, formerly Middle Congo, has undertaken many social, economic, and political transformations due to the leadership qualities of all presidents. Despite internal and external constraints, each president has expressed the will...

Many Turkish cities have witnessed increasing micro and macro-spatial dimensions in urban social movements, shaping urban space over recent decades. Typical Turkish urban social movements have generally shared the same goals, been based on actors' lower-class backgrounds and locally-rooted associations, and have employed similar...

About the Book/AuthorThis is the tragic yet inspirational true story of a kid from the right side of the tracks that lost his way to alcohol, drugs, and violence and ended up getting convicted of murder. He is doing a life without parole sentence...

This book is about the complexity and power of landscape. The authors - geographers, anthropologists and archaeologists - explore landscape as something subjective that alters through time and space and that is created by people through their experience and contact with the world around...

Growing Up America brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following the Second World War. Growing Up America places young people--and their representations--at the center of key political trends, illuminating the...

Atlanta stands out among southern cities for many reasons, not least of which is the role African Americans have played in local politics. Black Power in Dixie offers the first comprehensive study of black politics in the city.From Reconstruction to recent times, the middle-class...

We are living in unprecedented times. The rights and freedoms American citizens have enjoyed for generations are under attack. The foundation of our nation is being shaken. The U.S. Constitution has been trampled and spit upon. The blood of our forefathers who won us...

Taking into account recent developments in historical and ecological criticism, and incorporating fresh research into poetry and politics in the 1790s, the second edition of The Politics of Nature enlarges and updates Nicholas Roe's acclaimed study of Romanticism. Hitherto marginal figures are restored to...

Author: Letty Cottin PogrebinISBN-10: 0316712639ISBN-13: 9780316712637Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1996Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.53h x 6.44w x 1.08dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 02/26/1996 pg. 88Booklist 03/15/1996 pg. 1218Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/1996 pg. 74Kirkus Reviews 03/01/1996 pg. 359Library Journal 01/01/1996

During the long reign of Alfonso VIII, Castilian bishops were crusaders, castellans, cathedral canons, and collegiate officers, and they served as powerful intermediaries between the pope and the king of Castile. In A Constellation of Authority, Kyle C. Lincoln traces the careers of a...

Rich in historical detail, Images of a Free Press is an elegant, powerful guide to the evolution of our modern conception of freedom of the press, which finds expression in laws that protect print journalism and regulate broadcast media. Bollinger argues that this distinction...

Humans are justificatory beings - they offer, demand, and require justifications. The rules and institutions they follow rest on justification narratives that have evolved over time and, taken together, constitute a dynamic and tension-laden normative order. In this collection of essays, the first translation...

My book has 75 poems, nearly all of them taken from current events. I am very conservative so they lean that way. There is a mixture of comedy and also more serious rants. Sometimes I get upset watching the news or opinion shows.Author: Douglas...

Experiments are a central methodology in the social sciences. Scholars from every discipline regularly turn to experiments. Practitioners rely on experimental evidence in evaluating social programs, policies, and institutions. This book is about how to "think" about experiments. It argues that designing a good...

Why are some states able to deliver public services to their citizens while others cannot? Why are some states beset by internal conflict that leaves many impoverished? Much of what has become known as the failed states literature attempts to engage with these questions,...

Since 1787, only twenty-seven amendments have been proposed by two-thirds majorities in Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states. During this same time, members of Congress have introduced more than eleven and a half thousand proposals, and states have filed close to four...

What do we mean by "we the people?" Who are the people? Who claims authority to speak for the people? How seriously do we take the words of our grand proclamations in the Declaration of Independence, the preamble to the US Constitution, the Gettsysburg...

- WINNER of 14 AWARDS -Conquest is murder & theft.Conquerors are vicious criminals.Vicious criminals become kings.Kings designed civilization....and we are the products of civilization.Right wing movements are rising around the globe, but our attention is misdirected. The problem is not the authoritarian leader, but...

This public domain reproduction in durable hardcover matte rides the coattails of Colonel Philip S. Meininger's book, Ten Propositions Regarding Air Power. As the United States ponders its future regarding space operations, the time has come to frame similar propositions regarding spacepower. Specifically, this...

Focusing on hashtags used for topics from Ferguson, Missouri, to Australian politics, from online quilting communities to labour protests, from feminist outrage to drag pop culture, this collection follows hashtag publics as they trend beyond Twitter into other spaces of social networking such as...

Does process theology have something to say about political and social issues and our response to them?In this short book, Bruce Epperly says that it has much to say, and can shape not just the ethics and policies of a better world, but also...

The book makes the reader understand the logistics of People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China with introduction to the theory of supply chain management and logistics of foreign Armies.Author: Rajiv ChauhanISBN-10: 9384464481ISBN-13: 9789384464486Publisher: Vij BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2016Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

Hoodwinked Volume III- TOWN HALL: Code, the Debasing of America chronicles the unlawful abuse of power by the Town of Simsbury from 2010 to 2013, going against musical activities taking place in my Connecticut property. Hoodwinked III demonstrates the recklessness municipal authorities exhibit in...

An introduction to the philosophy of education. Classic unabridged reprint of the original edition.Author: John DeweyISBN-10: 1453701206ISBN-13: 9781453701201Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2010Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.46d

In this third installment of Attorney Rahul Manchanda's expose of deep-state corruption in the United States and beyond, the author takes us into the first few years of the Trump presidency and the obstacles and impediments faced by him in his struggles against the...

Thousands of Cameroonian women played an essential role in the radically anti-colonial nationalist movement led by the Union of the Populations of Cameroon (UPC): they were the women of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women (UDEFEC). Drawing on women nationalists' petitions to the United...

Machiavellian Management - A chief executive's guideBased on Machiavelli's "The Prince", this modernisation describes what modern capitalists need to know to be able to get and hold onto corporate power.Machiavelli's original notorious and amoral guide was written for one of the Medici princes. It...

The purpose of this explanatory research is to evaluate the impact of medical marijuana legalization (MML) in Colorado on crime. Specifically, does legalization lead to a decline in crime rates associated with marijuana (property crimes, burglary, larceny/theft, violent crimes, robbery, driving under the influence)...

Reprint of volume 13 of the Complete Works edited by Oscar Levy. Red cloth, gilt lettering front and spine. Translated by Horace Samuel.Author: F. W. NietzscheISBN-10: 1986693910ISBN-13: 9781986693912Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2018Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.31d

From the Diggers seizing St. George Hill in 1649 to Hacktivists staging virtual sit-ins in the 21st century, from the retributive fantasies of Robin Hoods to those of gangsta rappers, culture has long been used as a political weapon. This expansive and carefully crafted...

The arrival in 2015 and 2016 of over one million asylum seekers and refugees in Germany had major social consequences and gave rise to extensive debates about the nature of cultural diversity and collective life. This volume examines the responses and implications of what...

At a May 1981 "Proseminar in Space History'' held at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC, historians came together to consider the state of the discipline of space history. It was an historic occasion. The community of scholars...

First published in 2002 as volume 24 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.Author: Asif a. Siddiqi, Nasa History DivisionISBN-10: 1780393245ISBN-13: 9781780393247Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2011Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.54d

Addressing the hot-button topic of women balancing their potentially dualing desires for professional success and children, this polemic weighs the conscious and unconscious choices women make in their 20s and 30s about career, love, and sex, and how those decisions shape the rest of...

The persistence of 'Ndrangheta activities around the world show that deterrence efforts alone directed against organized crime fall short in significantly reducing or preventing 'Ndrangheta organized crime. Additional approaches derived from the Rational Choice Perspective (RCP) are discussed, which include Routine Activities (RA) and...

"Who is the REAL John Kerry?" traces the political commentary that exemplifies his heritage, his aristocratic upbringing and current life, his lack of heroism in Vietnam, his anti-war activities, his liberalism and lack of achievement in the US Senate, his lack of character and...

Balkan Anschluss tackles the thorny issue of the disappearance of Montenegro as a sovereign state in the course of and as a result of the First World War, a problem with clear contemporary relevance. In particular, Pavlovic investigates the ambiguous and often troubled relationship...