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Hurricane Katrina

Lessons for Army Planning and Operations

By: Lynn E. Davis,Jill Rough,Gary Cecchine,Agnes Gereben Schaefer,Laurinda L. Rohn,Laurinda L. Zeman

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Hurricane Katrina

Lessons for Army Planning and Operations

By: Lynn E. Davis,Jill Rough,Gary Cecchine,Agnes Gereben Schaefer,Laurinda L. Rohn,Laurinda L. Zeman

The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but a number of changes would enhance future Army and National Guard disaster-response efforts, including preparing governors to call up Guard units for out-of-state emergencies and the creation of regional standing homeland security task forces.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042742

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9780833042743

Security Sector Reform in Ukraine

By: Olga Oliker,Lynn E. Davis,Keith Crane,Andrew Radin,Celeste Ward Gventer,Susanne Sondergaard,James T. Quinlivan,Stephan B. Seabrook,Jacopo Bellasio,Bryan Frederick,Andriy Bega,Jakub Hlavka

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Security Sector Reform in Ukraine

By: Olga Oliker,Lynn E. Davis,Keith Crane,Andrew Radin,Celeste Ward Gventer,Susanne Sondergaard,James T. Quinlivan,Stephan B. Seabrook,Jacopo Bellasio,Bryan Frederick,Andriy Bega,Jakub Hlavka

The Maidan Revolution in Ukraine created an opportunity for change and reforms in a system that had resisted them for 25 years. This report examines Ukraine’s security sector—assessing what different institutions need to do and where gaps exist—and offers recommendations for the reform of Ukraine’s security and defense institutions that meet Ukraine’s security needs and align with Euro-Atlantic standards and approaches.

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Rand Corporation

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0833095986

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9780833095985

The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy

By: Lynn E. Davis,Jeremy Shapiro,Bruce Nardulli,Roger Cliff,Nora Bensahel

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The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy

By: Lynn E. Davis,Jeremy Shapiro,Bruce Nardulli,Roger Cliff,Nora Bensahel

This book examines the Army's role in the war on terrorism; the Army's homeland security needs; the implications of increased emphasis on Asia; the Army's role in coalition operations; the unfinished business of jointness-the lessons learned from operations and how to prepare for the future; the Army's deployability, logistical, and personnel challenges; and whether the Army can afford its Transformation. These examinations are bracketed by an introduction, a description of the Army's place in the new national security strategy, and a summary of the authors' conclusions.

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Rand Corporation

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0833034138

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Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues

By: Karrie Lynn Pennington,Thomas V. Cech

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Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues

By: Karrie Lynn Pennington,Thomas V. Cech

How much water does the world need to support growing human populations? What are the potential effects of climate change on the world's water resources? These questions and more are discussed in this thoroughly updated and expanded new edition. Written at the undergraduate level, this accessible textbook covers the fundamentals of water resources, water law, allocation, quality and quantity, health issues, and provides examples of potential personal actions and solutions. There is a keener focus on climate change, as many of the predictions made in the first edition have now come to pass. This new edition features improved artwork, more active learning prompts, more positive examples of beneficial changes, basic introductions to scientific approaches and a discussion of emerging contaminants and LiDAR technology. It contains strong teaching features, with new 'In Depth' and 'Think About It' sections to encourage class discussion, and homework questions to test students' understanding.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108802001

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Big Media, Big Money

Cultural Texts and Political Economics

By: Ronald V. Bettig,Jeanne Lynn Hall

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Big Media, Big Money

Cultural Texts and Political Economics

By: Ronald V. Bettig,Jeanne Lynn Hall

Big Media, Big Money is a lively and scathing critique of the contemporary communications industry, examining how media ownership and the profit-making motive affect the messages we receive in alarming ways. Through close readings of recent news events and critical examination of corporate influence, Bettig and Hall conclude that current interconnections among media, big business, government, and education pose a serious threat to democratic communications. The second edition includes three new chapters, covering the contemporary Hollywood film industry; the changing landscape of the music industry; and “ad creep,” the proliferation of advertising into previously ad-free venues such as schools and children’s television programming.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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144220429X

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Protest and the Politics of Blame

The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages

By: Debra Lynn Javeline

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Protest and the Politics of Blame

The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages

By: Debra Lynn Javeline

The wage arrears crisis has been one of the biggest problems facing contemporary Russia. At its peak, it has involved some $10 billion worth of unpaid wages and has affected approximately 70 percent of the workforce. Yet public protest in the country has been rather limited. The relative passivity of most Russians in the face of such desperate circumstances is a puzzle for students of both collective action and Russian politics. In Protest and the Politics of Blame, Debra Javeline shows that to understand the Russian public's reaction to wage delays, one must examine the ease or difficulty of attributing blame for the crisis. Previous studies have tried to explain the Russian response to economic hardship by focusing on the economic, organizational, psychological, cultural, and other obstacles that prevent Russians from acting collectively. Challenging the conventional wisdom by testing these alternative explanations with data from an original nationwide survey, Javeline finds that many of the alternative explanations come up short. Instead, she focuses on the need to specify blame among the dizzying number of culprits and potential problem solvers in the crisis, including Russia's central authorities, local authorities, and enterprise managers. Javeline shows that understanding causal relationships drives human behavior and that specificity in blame attribution for a problem influences whether people address that problem through protest. Debra Javeline is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rice University.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472024779

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9780472024773

A Strategic Planning Approach

Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration

By: Lynn E. Davis,Melanie W. Sisson

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A Strategic Planning Approach

Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration

By: Lynn E. Davis,Melanie W. Sisson

While the United States government has historically undertaken strategic reviews and produced numerous strategy documents, these have provided only very general directions for U.S. policymakers. This paper defines an approach to strategic planning and illustrates its application using the example of the critical national security topic of counterterrorism.

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0833052950

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Choosing a New Organization for Management and Disposition of Commercial and Defense High-Level Radioactive Materials

By: Lynn E. Davis,Debra Knopman,Michael D. Greenberg,Laurel E. Miller,Abby Doll

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Choosing a New Organization for Management and Disposition of Commercial and Defense High-Level Radioactive Materials

By: Lynn E. Davis,Debra Knopman,Michael D. Greenberg,Laurel E. Miller,Abby Doll

Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials and examines three models for such an organization--federal government corporation, federally chartered private corporation, and independent government agency.

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Rand Corporation

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083307895X

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9780833078957

Juvenile Delinquency

By: Laura Lynn Hansen,Laura Pinto Hansen

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Juvenile Delinquency

By: Laura Lynn Hansen,Laura Pinto Hansen

Introductory book for Criminal Justice courses on Juvenile Delinquency"--

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Aspen Publishing

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1543856241

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Reflecting on Practice for STEM Educators

A Guide for Museums, Out-of-school, and Other Informal Settings

By: Lynn Uyen Tran,Catherine Halversen

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Reflecting on Practice for STEM Educators

A Guide for Museums, Out-of-school, and Other Informal Settings

By: Lynn Uyen Tran,Catherine Halversen

Reflecting on Practice for STEM Educators is a guidebook to lead a professional learning program for educators working in STEM learning environments. Making research on the science of human learning accessible to educational professionals around the world, this book shows educators how to relate this research to their own practice. Educators’ collective work broadens the scope of an organization’s reach, and through this effort, the organization grows its social capital in its local community and beyond. This book offers opportunities to engage in processes that lead toward organizational learning by attending to the professional growth of the educators. Tran and Halversen show how learning together can shape the language and meanings by which educators do and talk about their work to support visitors’ experiences. The book provides guidance on how teams of educators can build community as they engage in reflective practice. Reflecting on Practice for STEM Educators will be essential reading for leaders of any organization that aims to educate and engage the public in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It will be particularly useful to educators who work in museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, youth organizations, after-school programs, and nature, science, and conservation centres.

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Routledge

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1000372367

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9781000372366

Welfare Reform

Effects of a Decade of Change

By: Jeff GROGGER,Lynn A. Karoly,Jeff Grogger

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Welfare Reform

Effects of a Decade of Change

By: Jeff GROGGER,Lynn A. Karoly,Jeff Grogger

In Welfare Reform, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies to assess how welfare reform has affected behavior. To broaden our understanding of this wide-ranging policy reform, the authors evaluate the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior.

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Harvard University Press

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0674037960

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The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis

Diverse Perspectives on the Psychosocial

By: Lynn Chancer,John Andrews

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The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis

Diverse Perspectives on the Psychosocial

By: Lynn Chancer,John Andrews

A collection of 18 contributions by well-known scholars in and outside the US, The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis shows how sociology has much to gain from incorporating rather than overlooking or marginalizing psychoanalysis and psychosocial approaches to a wide range of social topics.

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Springer

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1137304588

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9781137304582

Pediatric Respiratory Medicine E-Book

By: Lynn M. Taussig,Louis I. Landau

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Pediatric Respiratory Medicine E-Book

By: Lynn M. Taussig,Louis I. Landau

Featuring the work of recognized worldwide experts, this user-friendly text presents the most current scientific information, diagnostic approaches, and management strategies for the care of children with acute and chronic respiratory diseases. A consistent chapter format enables you to rapidly and effortlessly locate the most current protocols on manifestations, etiologies, triggers, approaches to treatment, complications, and preventative strategies. And, a bonus website—new to this edition—features all of the book’s illustrations and extensive reference lists for each chapter in electronic format for your personal use. Includes guidance on differential diagnosis to help you determine which disease or condition your patient may have. Uses extensive color-coded algorithms to facilitate quick diagnosis, management, and treatment decisions. Organizes material to parallel your clinical decision making process. Provides expert guidance on what diagnostic tests to order for each patient—and how to interpret the results. Presents important “take home concepts within each chapter to help you recall clinical pearls. Includes the most need-to-know basic science, focusing on providing clear implications for patient care. Includes a separate website with all of the images from the text and extensive reference lists—downloadable for your personal use. Provides the latest scientific information and diagnostic and management strategies for the care of children with respiratory illnesses. Features a new, functional four-color design to help you identify important information quickly and differentiate between essential and extraneous material. Presents cutting-edge coverage with new information on the biology of, and the influences on, the respiratory system during childhood, as well as the diagnosis and management of both common (ie, wheezing infant, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis) and less common (ie, SARS, chest tumors, collagen vascular diseases, Familial Mediterranean Fever) conditions.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323070728

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9780323070720

The Grassroots of a Green Revolution

Polling America on the Environment

By: Deborah Lynn Guber

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The Grassroots of a Green Revolution

Polling America on the Environment

By: Deborah Lynn Guber

An analysis of Americans' environmental concerns and their willingness to translate their beliefs into action.

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MIT Press

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0262571609

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Born Southern

Childbirth, Motherhood, and Social Networks in the Old South

By: V. Lynn Kennedy

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Born Southern

Childbirth, Motherhood, and Social Networks in the Old South

By: V. Lynn Kennedy

A social history of childbearing and motherhood focused on black and white women in slave-owning households in the antebellum and Civil War South. In Born Southern, V. Lynn Kennedy addresses the pivotal roles of birth and motherhood in slaveholding families and communities in the Old South. She assesses the power structures of race, gender, and class—both in the household and in the public sphere—and how they functioned to construct a distinct antebellum southern society. Kennedy’s unique approach links the experiences of black and white women, examining how childbirth and motherhood created strong ties to family, community, and region for both. She also moves beyond a simple exploration of birth as a physiological event, examining the social and cultural circumstances surrounding it: family and community support networks, the beliefs and practices of local midwives, and the roles of men as fathers and professionals. The southern household—and the relationships among its members—is the focus of the first part of the book. Integrating the experiences of all women, black and white, rich and poor, free and enslaved, these narratives suggest the complexities of shared experiences that united women in a common purpose but also divided them according to status. The second part moves the discussion from the private household into the public sphere, exploring how southerners used birth and motherhood to negotiate public, professional, and political identities. Kennedy’s systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience.

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Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM

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0801897408

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9780801897405

West of Jim Crow

The Fight against California's Color Line

By: Lynn M. Hudson

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West of Jim Crow

The Fight against California's Color Line

By: Lynn M. Hudson

African Americans who moved to California in hopes of finding freedom and full citizenship instead faced all-too-familiar racial segregation. As one transplant put it, "The only difference between Pasadena and Mississippi is the way they are spelled." From the beaches to streetcars to schools, the Golden State—in contrast to its reputation for tolerance—perfected many methods of controlling people of color. Lynn M. Hudson deepens our understanding of the practices that African Americans in the West deployed to dismantle Jim Crow in the quest for civil rights prior to the 1960s. Faced with institutionalized racism, black Californians used both established and improvised tactics to resist and survive the state's color line. Hudson rediscovers forgotten stories like the experimental all-black community of Allensworth, the California Ku Klux Klan's campaign of terror against African Americans, the bitter struggle to integrate public swimming pools in Pasadena and elsewhere, and segregationists' preoccupation with gender and sexuality.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252052226

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9780252052224

Pilgrimage to the National Parks

Religion and Nature in the United States

By: Lynn Ross-Bryant

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Pilgrimage to the National Parks

Religion and Nature in the United States

By: Lynn Ross-Bryant

National Parks – ‘America’s Best Idea’ – were from the first seen as sacred sites embodying the God-given specialness of American people and American land, and from the first they were also marked as tourist attractions. The inherent tensions between these two realities ensured the parks would be stages where the country’s conflicting values would be performed and contested. As pilgrimage sites embody the values and beliefs of those who are drawn to them, so Americans could travel to these sacred places to honor, experience, and be restored by the powers that had created the American land and the American enterprise. This book explores the importance of the discourse of nature in American culture, arguing that the attributes and symbolic power that had first been associated with the ‘new world’ and then the ‘frontier’ were embodied in the National Parks. Author Ross-Bryant focuses on National Parks as pilgrimage sites around which a discourse of nature developed and argues the centrality of religion in understanding the dynamics of both the language and the ritual manifestations related to National Parks. Beyond the specific contribution to a richer analysis of the National Parks and their role in understanding nature and religion in the U.S., this volume contributes to the emerging field of ‘religion and the environment,’ larger issues in the study of religion (e.g. cultural events and the spatial element in meaning-making), and the study of non-institutional religion.

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Routledge

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1136207252

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9781136207259

Russian Grand Strategy

Rhetoric and Reality

By: Samuel Charap,Dara Massicot,Miranda Priebe,Alyssa Demus,Clint Reach,Mark Stalczynski,Eugeniu Han,Lynn E. Davis

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Russian Grand Strategy

Rhetoric and Reality

By: Samuel Charap,Dara Massicot,Miranda Priebe,Alyssa Demus,Clint Reach,Mark Stalczynski,Eugeniu Han,Lynn E. Davis

What is Russia?s declared grand strategy? How do its actions and resource decisions match its declarations? The authors of this report offer answers to these questions and suggest implications for U.S. policymakers.

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Rand Corporation

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1977404324

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9781977404329

Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks

A Quick Guide

By: Lynn E. Davis,Karyn Model,C. Peter Rydell,James Chiesa

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Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks

A Quick Guide

By: Lynn E. Davis,Karyn Model,C. Peter Rydell,James Chiesa

Individuals may have to rely on themselves to protect their own health and safety--perhaps even their own lives--in the event of a terrorist attack. Even those who know how to take care of themselves in the event of a fire, tornado, or earthquake might not know what to do in case of a chemical, radiological, nuclear, or biological attack. This quick guide attempts to fill in some of these gaps by offering specific actions to take during each of these situations, as well as preparations that can be taken. These actions are appropriate regardless of the likelihood of an attack, its scale, or the current government alert level; are designed to be sensitive to potential variations; and have been defined in terms of simple rules that should be easy to follow. A reference card included at the back of the guide encapsulates the key points and can be removed for display in a prominent place.

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0833036076

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9780833036070

Stretched Thin

Army Forces for Sustained Operations

By: Lynn E. Davis,J. Michael Polich,William M. Hix,Michael D. Greenberg,Stephen Brady

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Stretched Thin

Army Forces for Sustained Operations

By: Lynn E. Davis,J. Michael Polich,William M. Hix,Michael D. Greenberg,Stephen Brady

The nation has difficult trade-offs in facing calls on Army forces for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This report describes the effects of large deployments on the Army's ability to provide forces for other contingencies, to ensure that soldiers are trained, and to continue to recruit and retain soldiers. The authors found that Army plans for transformation and employing reserves at reasonable rates still fall short. Steps to improve the situation all involve high risks or costs. Unless requirements recede, the nation faces an Army stretched thin, with no quick fix or easy solution.

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0833040898

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9780833040893

Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects

By: Lynn Hollen Lees

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Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects

By: Lynn Hollen Lees

This is an innovative study of how British Colonial rule and society in Malayan towns and plantations transformed immigrants into British subjects.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107038405

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9781107038400

Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey: Building an Empire from Coal, Ice and Salt

By: Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte

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Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey: Building an Empire from Coal, Ice and Salt

By: Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte

From rags: 1863-1882 -- Emerson's empire beings: 1882-1895 -- Cold cash: 1896-1900 -- Salt bandwagon: 1901-1905 -- Soda ash is where it's at: 1906-1910 -- The very fair senator: 1911-1916 -- Boxes, bags and trolleys: 1917-1920 -- The affluent life: 1921-1922 -- Soaring to new highs and digging to new lows: 1923-1931 -- The final years: 1931-1935.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467140791

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U.S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-1953: Volume III - The Chosin Reservoir Campaign [Illustrated Edition]

By: Lynn Montross,Captain Nicholas A. Canzona USMC

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U.S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-1953: Volume III - The Chosin Reservoir Campaign [Illustrated Edition]

By: Lynn Montross,Captain Nicholas A. Canzona USMC

Includes over 50 photos and 30 maps. THIS IS THE THIRD in a series of five volumes dealing with the operations of the United States Marine Corps in Korea during the period 2 August 1950 to 27 July 1953. Volume III presents in detail the operations of the 1st Marine Division and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as a part of X Corps, USA, in the Chosin Reservoir campaign. The time covered in this book extends from the administrative landing at Wonsan on 26 October 1950 to the Hungnam evacuation which ended on Christmas Eve. The record would not be complete, however, without reference to preceding high-level strategic decisions in Washington and Tokyo which placed the Marines in northeast Korea and governed their employment. “THE BREAKOUT of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir area will long be remembered as one of the inspiring epics of our history. It is also worthy of consideration as a campaign in the best tradition of American military annals. The ability of the Marines to fight their way through twelve Chinese divisions over a 78-mile mountain road in sub-zero weather cannot be explained by courage and endurance alone. It also owed to the high degree of professional forethought and skill as well as the “uncommon valor” expected of all Marines. When the danger was greatest, the 1st Marine Division might have accepted an opportunity for air evacuation of troops after the destruction of weapons and supplies to keep them from falling into the enemy’s hands. But there was never a moment’s hesitation. The decision of the commander and the determination of all hands to come out fighting with all essential equipment were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Marine Corps.”- Gen. Pate

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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178625428X

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9781786254283

Ragged but Right

Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

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Ragged but Right

Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. “Coon songs,” with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses, and played a transitional role in the commercial ascendancy of blues and jazz. In Ragged but Right, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff investigate black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history is crowned by the “big shows,” the stunning musical comedy successes of Williams and Walker, Bob Cole, and Ernest Hogan. Under the big tent of Tolliver's Smart Set, Ma Rainey, Clara Smith, and others were converted from “coon shouters” to “blues singers.” Throughout the ragtime era and into the era of blues and jazz, circuses and Wild West shows exploited the popular demand for black music and culture, yet segregated and subordinated black performers to the sideshow tent. Not to be confused with their nineteenth-century white predecessors, black, tented minstrel shows such as the Rabbit's Foot and Silas Green from New Orleans provided blues and jazz-heavy vernacular entertainment that black southern audiences identified with and took pride in.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496800303

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9781496800305

By Any Greens Necessary

A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat

By: Tracye Lynn McQuirter

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By Any Greens Necessary

A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat

By: Tracye Lynn McQuirter

A vegan food guide designed to help African-American women lose weight, get healthy, and look good, providing facts about the vegan diet, and including over forty recipes, menus, a shopping list, and resources.

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Chicago Review Press

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1556529988

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A Tissue of Lies

Eudora Welty and the Southern Romance

By: Jennifer Lynn Randisi

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A Tissue of Lies

Eudora Welty and the Southern Romance

By: Jennifer Lynn Randisi

A study linking the novels of Eudora Welty to a tradition of Southern romance writers. Beginning with the Civil War diarists, the author isolates and defines the components of the Southern romance, tracing Welty's adaptation of each component within the novels themselves and revealing a twofold importance: it connects the literature of the Civil War diarists to the work of Eudora Welty in a meaningful way while illuminating her work in the light of a Southern Romance tradition.

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0819124524

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9780819124524

Pharsalia

An Environmental Biography of a Southern Plantation, 1780-1880

By: Lynn A. Nelson

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Pharsalia

An Environmental Biography of a Southern Plantation, 1780-1880

By: Lynn A. Nelson

Pharsalia, a plantation located in piedmont Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is one of the best-documented sites of its kind. Drawing on the exceptionally rich trove of papers left behind by the Massie family, Pharsalia's owners, this case study demonstrates how white southern planters paradoxically relied on capitalistic methods even as they pursued an ideal of agrarian independence. Lynn A. Nelson also shows how the contradictions between these ends and means would later manifest themselves in the southern conservation movement. Nelson follows the fortunes of Pharsalia's owners, telling how Virginia's traditional extensive agriculture contributed to the soil's erosion and exhaustion. Subsequent attempts to balance independence and sustainability through a complex system of crop rotation and resource recycling ultimately gave way to an intensive, slave-based form of agricultural capitalism. Pharsalia could not support the Massies' aristocratic ambitions, and it was eventually parceled up and sold off by family members. The farm's story embodies several fundamentals of modern U.S. environmental thought. Southerners' nineteenth-century quest for financial and ecological independence provided the background for conservationists' attempts to save family farming. At the same time, farmers' failure to achieve independence while maximizing profits and crop yields drove them to seek government aid and regulation. These became some of the hallmarks of conservation efforts in the New Deal and beyond.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820334162

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9780820334165

Book's by Lynn E Davis

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