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Cyber Blackout

When the Lights Go Out -- Nation at Risk

By: John A. Adams, Jr.

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Cyber Blackout

When the Lights Go Out -- Nation at Risk

By: John A. Adams, Jr.

With over 140 countries fielding nation-state and rouge malious cyber hacking capabilities, it is critical that we are aware of threats and vulnerabilities. Adm. Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency warned Congress regarding cyber attacks, “It’s only a matter of the ‘when,’ not the ‘if,’ that we are going to see something dramatic.” Cyber Blackout is a warning. It is a chronicle of the cyber threats of which we find ourselves at risk every day. Our power supply is vulnerable. Our food supply. Even the basics of communication. Every facet of our national security is vulnerable to cyber threats, and we are not prepared to defend them all. Cyber Blackout explains how these threats have been building since the Cold War, how they affect us now, and how they are changing the concepts of war and peace as we know them. It is essential knowledge for anyone wishing to understand safety and security in the age of the fifth domain. www.cyberblackout.net

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FriesenPress

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1460259815

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King's Lynn and the Fens

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology

By: John McNeill

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King's Lynn and the Fens

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology

By: John McNeill

The fourteen papers collected in this volume explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They arise out of the Association's 2005 conference, and reflect its concern to engage with a broad range of monuments and themes, rather than focusing on a single major building. Within King's Lynn contributors consider the superb 14th-century enamelled drinking vessel popularly known as 'King John's Cup', the former Hanseatic 'Steelyard', the Red Mount Chapel, and the oak furnishings of the chapel of St Nicholas, while the pine standard chest from St Margaret's church is assessed in terms of the importation and distribution of similar chest across England as a whole.Outside King's Lynn there are articles on the historical manipulation of landscapes and buildings at Kirkstead, the 13th-century architecture and sculpture of Croyland Abbey, the 14th-century parish church of St Mary at Snettisham, the tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury at All Saints, Holbeach, the overlooked medieval wall paintings in the Prior's Chapel at Castle Acre, and the late medieval stained glass at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen. Finally, there are three papers that look at particular aspects of the ways in which parish churches were financed, embellished and used across the region - in terms of late-12th and early-13th-century patronage, their 12th-century deployment of architectural sculpture, and the types and arrangements of choir stalls that appeared at a parochial level during the later Middle Ages.

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Routledge

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1351561340

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Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940

By: John S. Gilkeson Jr.

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Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940

By: John S. Gilkeson Jr.

This book inquires into what Americans mean when they call the United States a middle-class nation and why the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as middle class. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400854350

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9781400854356

American Foreign Policy Since World War II

By: Steven W. Hook,John Spanier,Andrea K. Grove

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American Foreign Policy Since World War II

By: Steven W. Hook,John Spanier,Andrea K. Grove

Now in its Twenty-Second Edition, Hook, Spanier, and Grove’s American Foreign Policy Since World War II has long set the standard in guiding students through the complexities of American foreign policy. The text introduces students to the American "style" of foreign policy, imbued with a distinct sense of national exceptionalism. By giving students the historical context they need, this book allows them to truly grasp the functions and dysfunctions of the nation’s foreign policy agenda with historical insight into modern policy context.

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CQ Press

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1071814699

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The Diary of John Longe (1765-1834), Vicar of Coddenham

By: John Longe

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The Diary of John Longe (1765-1834), Vicar of Coddenham

By: John Longe

Pocket-books and other documents of a gentleman-parson bring the Georgian era vividly to life.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843833573

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Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres

Vol. 4

By: Alexander Crawford Lindsay,Colin Lindsay,John Lindsay,Robert Lindsay,James Stair Lindsay,Charles Hugh Lindsay

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Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres

Vol. 4

By: Alexander Crawford Lindsay,Colin Lindsay,John Lindsay,Robert Lindsay,James Stair Lindsay,Charles Hugh Lindsay

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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3368742817

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Sydney Architecture

By: John Haskell,John Callanan

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Sydney Architecture

By: John Haskell,John Callanan

Provides us with a wonderful insight into Sydney's finest and most interesting architecture. Superb photographs by John Callanan and delightful sketches by John Haskell combine to present a sophisticated picture of this stunning city. Designed as an introductory guide, Sydneysiders and tourists alike will discover unsuspected dimensions to our cultural heritage in this stylish new guide.

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UNSW Press

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0868403911

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Genesis B and the Comedic Imperative

By: John F. Vickrey

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Genesis B and the Comedic Imperative

By: John F. Vickrey

Readers of Old English would generally agree that the poem Genesis B, a translation into Old English of an Old Saxon (that is, continental) retelling of the story of the Fall, is a vigorous and moving narrative. They would disagree, however, as to the meaning of the poem. Some hold that it reflects an orthodox Christian viewpoint and others claim that it assumes a distinctly unorthodox position in portraying Adam and Eve as not morally culpable in their disobedience but merely tricked into disobedience through the wiles of the Devil's agent. The study Genesis B and the Comedic Imperative, examining these incompatible readings, infers that the poem is essentially orthodox, that it demonstrates sufficiently the moral culpability of Adam and Eve, and that it departs from orthodoxy only insofar as it conveys a strong impression that Adam and Even will undertake what amounts to Christian penance, leading them eventually to Heaven. The poem thereby attains the happy ending typical of early medieval Christian narrative. Hence the titular "Comedic Imperative." The inference of orthodoxy follows as a nigh-inevitable conclusion of the interpretation of several motifs: the poem's culturally imbued martiality, its allegorical bent, and also what A. N. Doane noted as its tropological bent. The argument depends heavily upon philological inquiry and on examination of prevailing beliefs and attitudes of contemporaneous Frankish society, religious and civil, leading to the reinterpretation of crucial passages. Of these, most notably, is the passage in which Adam, in refusing the Tempter's invitation to eat the fruit, observes that the Tempter has given no tacen ‘sign’ as evidence that he truly is God’s emissary. Other passages that have impeded critical perception of the poem's significance are also examined, such as the notorious micel wundor clause (lines 595-98) and the pseudo-gnomic declaration swa hire eaforan sculon after lybban (623-35). In sum, Genesis B sustains the orthodoxy otherwise of the Junius 11 manuscript.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611461685

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9781611461688

Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005

By: John Sloan Brown

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Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005

By: John Sloan Brown

This is the story of how the United States Army responded to the challenges of the end of the Cold War by transforming itself into the most capable ground force in the world today. It argues that from 1989 through 2005 the U.S. Army attempted, and largely achieved, a centrally directed and institutionally driven transformation relevant to ground warfare that exploited Information Age technology, adapted to post?Cold War strategic circumstances, and integrated into parallel Department of Defense efforts. The process not only modernized equipment, it also substantially altered doctrine, organization, training, administrative and logistical practices, and the service culture. Kevlar Legions further contends that the digitized expeditionary Army has withstood the test of combat, performing superbly with respect to deployment and high-end conventional combat and capably with respect to low-intensity conflict and the counterinsurgency challenges of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Lulu.com

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1300079541

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9781300079545

Modern Peoplehood

By: John Lie

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Modern Peoplehood

By: John Lie

[A] most impressive achievement by an extraordinarily intelligent, courageous, and—that goes without saying—'well-read' mind. The scope of this work is enormous: it provides no less than a comprehensive, historically grounded theory of 'modern peoplehood,' which is Lie’s felicitous umbrella term for everything that goes under the names 'race,' 'ethnicity,' and nationality.'" Christian Joppke, American Journal of Sociology "Lie's objective is to treat a series of large topics that he sees as related but that are usually treated separately: the social construction of identities, the origins and nature of modern nationalism, the explanation of genocide, and racism. These multiple themes are for him aspects of something he calls 'modern peoplehood.' His mode of demonstration is to review all the alternative explanations for each phenomenon, and to show why each successively is inadequate. His own theses are controversial but he makes a strong case for them. This book should renew debate." Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University and author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World

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Univ of California Press

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0520289781

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9780520289789

Citizens

By: John Ringo,Brian M. Thomsen

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Citizens

By: John Ringo,Brian M. Thomsen

Citizens is a new kind of science fiction anthology. The names appearing between its covers are not only veteran authors, among the very best in the field, they are military veterans as well. New York Times bestselling author John Ringo (a veteran of the 82nd Airborne) and Brian M. Thomsen, a Hugo finalist and one of the most respected editors in the field, have selected a treasure trove of gems written by writers who know first hand what it means to wear their country's uniform. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

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Baen Publishing Enterprises

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1618247646

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9781618247643

Honour in African History

By: John Iliffe

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Honour in African History

By: John Iliffe

This is the first published account of the role played by ideas of honour in African history from the fourteenth century to the present day. It argues that appreciation of these ideas is essential to an understanding of past and present African behaviour. Before European conquest, many African men cultivated heroic honour, others admired the civic virtues of the patriarchal householder, and women honoured one another for industry, endurance, and devotion to their families. These values both conflicted and blended with Islamic and Christian teachings. Colonial conquest fragmented heroic cultures, but inherited ideas of honour found new expression in regimental loyalty, respectability, professionalism, working-class masculinity, the changing gender relationships of the colonial order, and the nationalist movements which overthrew that order. Today, the same inherited notions obstruct democracy, inspire resistance to tyranny, and motivate the defence of dignity in the face of AIDS.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521546850

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Improving What is Learned at University

An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education

By: John Brennan,Robert Edmunds,Muir Houston,David Jary,Yann Lebeau,Michael Osborne,John T.E. Richardson

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Improving What is Learned at University

An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education

By: John Brennan,Robert Edmunds,Muir Houston,David Jary,Yann Lebeau,Michael Osborne,John T.E. Richardson

Received the ‘highly commended’ award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010. What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where and how one studies? As higher education has expanded, it has diversified both in terms of its institutional forms and the characteristics of its students. However, what we do not know is the extent to which it has also diversified in terms of ‘what is learned’. In this book, the authors explore this question through the voices of higher education students, using empirical data from students taking 15 different courses at different universities across three subject areas – bioscience, business studies and sociology. The study concentrates on the students’ experiences, lives, hopes and aspirations while at university through data from interviews and questionnaires, and this is collated and assessed alongside the perspectives of their teachers and official data from the universities they attend. Through this study the authors provide insights into ‘what is really learned at university’ and how much it differs between individual students and the universities they attend. Notions of ‘best’ or ‘top’ universities are challenged throughout, and both diversities and commonalities of being a student are demonstrated. Posing important questions for higher education institutions about the experiences of their students and the consequences for graduates and society, this book is compelling reading for all those involved in higher education, providing conclusions which do not always follow conventional lines of thought about diversity and difference in UK higher education.

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Routledge

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1135190976

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9781135190972

A Little Commonwealth

Family Life in Plymouth Colony

By: John Demos

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A Little Commonwealth

Family Life in Plymouth Colony

By: John Demos

The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Bancroft Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant. The book's most startling insights come from a reconsideration of commonly-held views of American Puritans and of the ways in which they dealt with one another. Demos concludes that Puritan "repression" was not as strongly directed against sexuality as against the expression of hostile and aggressive impulses, and he shows how this pattern reflected prevalent modes of family life and child-rearing. The result is an in-depth study of the ordinary life of a colonial community, located in the broader environment of seventeenth-century America. Demos has provided a new foreword and a list of further reading for this second edition, which will offer a new generation of readers access to this classic study.

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Oxford University Press

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0199725969

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9780199725960

How China Sees the World

Han-centrism and the Balance of Power in International Politics

By: John M. Friend,Bradley A. Thayer

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How China Sees the World

Han-centrism and the Balance of Power in International Politics

By: John M. Friend,Bradley A. Thayer

Han-centrism, a virulent form of Chinese nationalism, asserts that the Han Chinese are superior to other peoples and have a legitimate right to advance Chinese interests at the expense of other countries. Han nationalists have called for policies that will allow China to reclaim the prosperity stolen by foreign powers during the "Century of Humiliation." The growth of Chinese capabilities and Han-centrism suggests that the United States, its allies, and other countries in Asia will face an increasingly assertive China--and also one that thinks it possesses a right to dominate international politics. John M. Friend and Bradley A. Thayer explore the roots of the growing Han nationalist group and the implications of Chinese hypernationalism for minorities within China and for international relations. The deeply rooted chauvinism and social Darwinism underlying Han-centrism, along with China's rapid growth, threaten the current stability of international politics, making national and international competition and conflict over security more likely. Western thinkers have yet to consider the adverse implications of a hypernationalistic China, as opposed to the policies of a pragmatic China, were it to become the world's dominant state."--

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1640121358

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9781640121355

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Cyber Blackout

Cyber Blackout

King's Lynn and the Fens

King's Lynn and the Fens

Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940

Middle-Class Providence, 1820-1940

American Foreign Policy Since World War II

American Foreign Policy Since World War II

The Diary of John Longe (1765-1834), Vicar of Coddenham

The Diary of John Longe (1765-1834), Vicar of Coddenham

Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres

Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres

Sydney Architecture

Sydney Architecture

Genesis B and the Comedic Imperative

Genesis B and the Comedic Imperative

Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005

Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005

Modern Peoplehood

Modern Peoplehood

Citizens

Citizens

Honour in African History

Honour in African History

Improving What is Learned at University

Improving What is Learned at University

A Little Commonwealth

A Little Commonwealth

How China Sees the World

How China Sees the World

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