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Prior to the atrocities of September 11, 2001, the inhumane treatment of women by the Taliban received sporadic media and academic coverage. After the disintegration of the Taliban and al-Qaeda alliance, Afghanistan has been on the forefront of international headlines. The Taliban removal has...

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

By providing a stable source of liquidity for mortgage credit markets and offering borrowers access to capital markets, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have played a prominent role in the development of a highly efficient secondary market for home mortgages. The government-sponsored enterprises' (GSEs')...

The authors illustrate the degree to which great power rivalry in Eurasia has become a major security issue and source of growing Russo-American tensions. Dr. R. Craig Nation lays out some of the fundamental macro-strategic issues of this rivalry and U.S. goals in Eurasia,...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed...

The Colorado State Publications Library (CoSPL) was established by the General Assembly in 1980 as a part of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education. The mission of the library is to provide Colorado residents with permanent public access to information...

The Colorado State Publications Library (CoSPL) was established by the General Assembly in 1980 as a part of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education. The mission of the library is to provide Colorado residents with permanent public access to information...

An FBI investigation was conducted to identify the leaders and to determine policy of this group of youth gangs who operated in the Harlem area of New York City during the years 1965 - 1967. The name Five Percenters meant, five percent of muslims...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases many records with topics ranging from Anti-War, Gangs Extremist Groups, Organized Crime, Supreme Court, World War II and many more. Included are several older files but also many new updated unreleased files; this is one of those...

This paper applies a macroeconomic-based model for estimating probabilities of default. The first part of the paper focuses on the relation between macroeconomic variables and the default behavior of Dutch firms. A convincing relationship with GDP growth and oil price and, to a lesser...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The Marquis de Custine's record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world's most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing. Custine, who met with people in...

In this new book, Dimitris Vardoulakis asks how it is possible to think of a politics that is not commensurate with sovereignty. For such a politics, he argues, sovereignty is defined not in terms of the exception but as the different ways in which...

In this gripping account of the human cost of the war in Iraq, Dr. Ronald Glasser offers an unparalleled description of the horror endured daily by the troops on the ground. Written by the author of bestselling 365 Days, this critical analysis focuses on...

Author: Dorothy ThompsonISBN-10: 0860916502ISBN-13: 9780860916505Publisher: VersoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/1993Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.00w x 0.45d

Factual misinformation is spread in conflict zones around the world, often with dire consequences. But when is this misinformation actually believed, and when is it not? Seeing is Disbelieving examines the appeal and limits of dangerous misinformation in war, and is the go-to text...

This book defends timeless conservative ideas in a modern way. It challenges popular liberal beliefs in education, such as the importance of preschool and small class sizes. It delves into the philosophy of science, showing why scientific conclusions aren't always final, and explains how...

In self, society, religion and politics we are used to the language and discourse of Kingdom of God. But in this God is presented as an omnipotent king who is also angry at slight deviation. We get glimpses of such powerful and angry God...

GAO reviewed the underwriting activities used by the Veterans Administration (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to grant and insure mortgage loans. A large portion of the processing costs incurred by VA and HUD in insuring loans involves underwriting. VA...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

This book is about the problematic and complex relations between the Arab World and the West historically but especially since WW1. A discussion of Islam, Arab Islamic history, and political culture is presented as a prerequisite to an understanding of the contemporary Arab World....

Asynchronicity is a study of the information stress and its genesis in the accelerative dynamics of computation and automation. In simple terms, this volume illustrates how anti-democratic communication has become characteristic of our present social and political reality. This book is significant in two...

How neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War Neoliberals should have seen the end of the Cold War as a total victory--but they didn't. Instead, they saw the chameleon of communism changing colors from red to green....

This archive documents the long-standing efforts of John Wilson to hold the DOJ and FBI to account. It's a chilling account of political retribution as stark and dystopian as any in Kafka.It follows FBI retribution after a work report Wilson authored in March 1996...

This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run.Author: James C. ScottISBN-13: 9798228017580Publisher:...

- Self-Study including control questions and answers. Alternative therapy methods Volume 2 - Units 18 on 237 pages. - You can find a detailed reading sample with table of contents here: https: //drive.google.com/file/d/1aIJAbThgwMucsIl3XdQBBNLe8-QU-4el/view?usp=drive_link Self-Study Volumes 1 and 2. After successfully completing the learning units...

TrumpLaw is the sequel to TrumpTruth -- another hard-hitting collection of political cartoons -- this time focusing on the myriad legal entanglements of the former president and embattled candidate. It's a funny and insightful series of nearly 90 graphic judgments on the cavalcade of...

This book considers different stages of Kurdish history, oppression, and genocide through a critical lens, offering an historiography of Iraq and colonialism. Divided into two parts, the first part conceptualizes the coined term "genocide culture" and examines dominant Iraqi cultural practices that fostered genocide....

Gathering Evidence (The Evidence of Things Not Said) is a collection of two diary cycles and two essays. The diaries are from the period, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. The diaries gives an insight into life in Zimbabwe during these periods, 10 years ago. You find...

Empowering Labor uses a comparative study of Chile, Portugal, and Uruguay to analyze the underlying political dynamics that shape the use of wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument of leftist parties in power in unequal democracies. The book theorizes that the unity of the...

The opponents of Epicureanism in antiquity, including Cicero, Plutarch and Lactantius, succeeded in establishing a famous clich? the theoretical and practical disinterest of Epicurus and the Epicureans in political communities. However, this anti-Epicurean literature did not provide considerations of Epicurean political theory or the...

First published in 1901, this book is an early exploration of electricity and electrical engineering. Written by Bradley Allen Fiske, a prominent American naval officer and engineer, it covers both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject.This work has been selected by scholars as...

Endangered ecosystem or renewable resource? How we feel about forests has to do with more than trees. This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the history of forestry in the United States, exploring the impact of the discipline on natural and human landscapes since the...

This book is a collection of Mrs. Rajavi's speeches, presenting a comprehensive understanding of the Ten Point Plan's principles, vision, and practical implications. It serves as a testament to the importance of presenting a clear and comprehensive program for a serious alternative seeking to...

This book consists of lectures on gender-discriminatory criminal laws. As is discussed in the book, the socially constructed roles that a given society considers appropriate for women and men hinder women from enjoying their fundamental human rights. In this sense, several forms of violence...

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,...

Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of...

LEARN THE REVOLUTION FROM THE REVOLUTIONARIES How to resist? How to become an activist? How to start a movement? How to fight for freedom? How does one begin the revolution? The ultimate revolutionary manual / handbook for all new activists, fighters and revolutionaries who...

I had lived all my life out of town. When, in 1881, I went to live in Moscow, the poverty of the town greatly surprised me. I am familiar with poverty in the country; but city poverty was new and incomprehensible to me. In...

Does the Presbyterian church help or hinder individuals in their lives? Baillie uses over a hundred interviews with Ministers and individuals to examine the role of women, the influence of life history and geographical location, education, inter-church relations, the Orange Order, Freemasonry, the ministry...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some...

Open ocean aquaculture is broadly defined as the rearing of marine organisms in exposed areas beyond significant coastal influence. Open ocean aquaculture employs less control over organisms and the surrounding environment than do inshore and land-based aquaculture, which are often undertaken in enclosures, such...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, also sometimes shortened to CoE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering,...

Global trade in illegal wildlife is a growing illicit economy, estimated to be worth at least $5 billion and potentially in excess of $20 billion annually. Some of the most lucrative illicit wildlife commodities include tiger parts, caviar, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and exotic...

The Alabama Department of Archives and History was founded in 1901 and became a model for many other states. The first Director, Dr. Thomas Owen, argued that the state had a responsibility to preserve the basic records of its people and its history. As...