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The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

By: John W. Steinberg

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The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

By: John W. Steinberg

This book examines the rise and the fall of the Russian Empire through the lens of its military history. While much of the literature on this history tends to focus on epochs, The Russian Military and the Creation of Empire uses a variety of archival sources to capture this aspect of modern Russia from Peter the Great right up to the present day. John W. Steinberg analyzes the social dynamic between Russian society and its military over time. Through a focus on civil-military relations, he demonstrates that both the Tsarist and Soviet regimes were built on, and ultimately dependent upon, the support of the military. Case studies of significant battles are also used throughout the volume to reveal insights into the roles, missions, and capabilities of the Russian military since 1689. The Russian Military and the Creation of Empire is a vital study for all students of modern Russia and the history of modern warfare.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350037192

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9781350037199

Agents of Innovation

The General Board and the Design of the Fleet that Defeated the Japanese Navy

By: John Trost Kuehn

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The General Board and the Design of the Fleet that Defeated the Japanese Navy

By: John Trost Kuehn

Agents of Innovation examines the influence of the General Board of the Navy as agents of innovation during the period between World Wars I and II. The General Board, a formal body established by the Secretary of the Navy to advise him on both strategic matters with respect to the fleet, served as the organizational nexus for the interaction between fleet design and the naval limitations imposed on the Navy by treaty during the period. Particularly important was the General Board’s role in implementing the Washington Naval Treaty that limited naval armaments after 1922. The General Board orchestrated the efforts by the principal Naval Bureaus, the Naval War College, and the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in ensuring that the designs adopted for the warships built and modified during the period of the Washington and London Naval Treaties both met treaty requirements while attempting to meet strategic needs. The leadership of the Navy at large, and the General Board in particular, felt themselves especially constrained by Article XIX (the fortification clause) of the Washington Naval Treaty that implemented a status quo on naval fortifications in the Western Pacific. The treaty system led the Navy to design a measurably different fleet than it might otherwise have in the absence of naval limitations. Despite these limitations, the fleet that fought the Japanese to a standstill in 1942 was predominately composed of ships and concepts developed and fostered by the General Board prior to the outbreak of war.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612514057

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9781612514055

The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

World War Zero, Volume II

By: John Steinberg

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The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

World War Zero, Volume II

By: John Steinberg

Like Volume one, Volume two of The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective examines the Russo-Japanese War in its military, diplomatic, social, political, and cultural context. In this volume East Asian contributors focus on the Asian side of the war to flesh out the assertion that the Russo-Japanese War was, in fact, World War Zero, the first global confl ict of the 20th century. The contributors demonstrate that the Russo-Japanese War, largely forgotten in the aftermath of World War I, actually was a precursor to the catastrophe that engulfed the world less than a decade after the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth. This study also helps us better understand Japan as it emerged at the beginning of its fateful 20th century.

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BRILL

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9047411129

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9789047411123

Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

By: David S. Segal,Joel Yager,John L Sullivan

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Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

By: David S. Segal,Joel Yager,John L Sullivan

Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry provides information pertinent to the development of biochemical psychiatry, including biochemical studies of psychiatric patients before and after pharmacological intervention and genetic studies. This book discusses the development of biochemical psychiatry as a significant experimental and conceptual approach to understanding mental illness. Organized into 24 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the neurochemical processes involved in the elaboration of a behavior and the extent to which alterations in those processes are responsible for behavioral differences. This text then discusses the clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, including common symptoms, natural history, and subtypes. Other chapters consider the contribution of genetic factors to the etiology of schizophrenia. This book discusses as well the similarities among hallucinations, dreams, and primary process thinking. The final chapter deals with the factors that may influence the neuroendocrine system. This book is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, neuropharmacologists, neurobiologists, behavioral biologists, and psychoanalysts.

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359

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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1483192660

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9781483192666

Free Labor

Workfare and the Contested Language of Neoliberalism

By: John Krinsky

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Free Labor

Workfare and the Contested Language of Neoliberalism

By: John Krinsky

One of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s proudest accomplishments is his expansion of the Work Experience Program, which uses welfare recipients to do routine work once done by unionized city workers. The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less money and enjoy fewer rights than do city workers has sparked fierce opposition. For antipoverty activists, legal advocates, unions, and other critics of the program this double standard begs a troubling question: are workfare participants workers or welfare recipients? At times the fight over workfare unfolded as an argument over who had the authority to define these terms, and in Free Labor, John Krinsky focuses on changes in the language and organization of the political coalitions on either side of the debate. Krinsky’s broadly interdisciplinary analysis draws from interviews, official documents, and media reports to pursue new directions in the study of the cultural and cognitive aspects of political activism. Free Labor will instigate a lively dialogue among students of culture, labor and social movements, welfare policy, and urban political economy.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226453677

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9780226453675

Alliance of Adversaries: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East

By: John Sexton

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Alliance of Adversaries: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East

By: John Sexton

In 1920 Lenin called on the Communist International to open a second front against the imperialist powers by fighting alongside nationalist and peasant movements in the colonies. Eighteen months later, leaders of fledgling East Asian communist parties and other revolutionaries gathered in Moscow to plan the way forward. The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East profoundly influenced the strategy of Communist Parties throughout the colonial world. But alliances with other parties were fragile and risky. East Asian Communist Parties suffered serious defeats in the years following the Congress until WWII revived their fortunes. This edited and annotated edition of the Congress minutes will be of interest to scholars and general readers alike.

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9004280677

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9789004280670

The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

By: John W. Steinberg

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The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

World War Zero

By: David Wolff,John W. Steinberg

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The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

World War Zero

By: David Wolff,John W. Steinberg

Der er her tale om et to-binds værk om ovennævnte krig på over 1200 sider. Værket er skrevet på grundlag af en række fremtrædende militære forskeres undersøgelser af bl.a. nyåbnede russiske og tidligere ubrugte japanske kilder. Værkets hovedtese er, at denne krig er en direkte forløber for første verdenskrig, hvorfor forfatterne benævner den russisk-japanske krig, World War Zero. Bind I vurderer den russiske side og den vestlige kontekst, medens bind II ser på den asiatiske side af krigen. I begge bind ses på følgende forhold: Militære, diplomatiske, sociale, politiske, økonomiske og kulturelle sammenhænge, der alle har spillet en rolle.

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9004154167

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Book's by John W. Steinberg

The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

Agents of Innovation

Agents of Innovation

The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

Free Labor

Free Labor

Alliance of Adversaries: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East

Alliance of Adversaries: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East

The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

The Military History of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great until Nicholas II

The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective

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