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Severed States

Dilemmas of Democracy in a Divided World

By: Robert K. Schaeffer

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Severed States

Dilemmas of Democracy in a Divided World

By: Robert K. Schaeffer

Russia, Bosnia, Palestine, Ireland--and many other nations are torn by seemingly intractable conflict in which partition has played a major role.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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084769335X

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The Strategy of Nonviolent Defense

A Gandhian Approach

By: Robert J. Burrowes

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The Strategy of Nonviolent Defense

A Gandhian Approach

By: Robert J. Burrowes

Because of the way in which the history of nonviolence has been marginalized, relatively few people have a sense of the rich history of nonviolent struggle or realize that it can be systematically planned and applied. Nevertheless, the historical record illustrates that nonviolent struggle is a powerful form of political action. But can it be effective against military aggression? The Strategy of Nonviolent Defense answers this question in the affirmative by first defining the notion of "social cosmology"—the four mutually reinforcing features that determine the character of any society. It then devotes attention to strategies for dealing with conflict, in particular, to developing a strategic theory and framework for planning a strategy of nonviolent defense. In order to develop this theory, Burrowes synthesizes insights drawn from the strategic theory of Carl von Clausewitz, the nonviolence of Mahatma Gandhi, and recent human needs and conflict theory.

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State University of New York Press

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0791498085

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How Statesmen Think

The Psychology of International Politics

By: Robert Jervis

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How Statesmen Think

The Psychology of International Politics

By: Robert Jervis

Robert Jervis has been a pioneering leader in the study of the psychology of international politics for more than four decades. How Statesmen Think presents his most important ideas on the subject from across his career. This collection of revised and updated essays applies, elaborates, and modifies his pathbreaking work. The result is an indispensable book for students and scholars of international relations. How Statesmen Think demonstrates that expectations and political and psychological needs are the major drivers of perceptions in international politics, as well as in other arenas. Drawing on the increasing attention psychology is paying to emotions, the book discusses how emotional needs help structure beliefs. It also shows how decision-makers use multiple shortcuts to seek and process information when making foreign policy and national security judgments. For example, the desire to conserve cognitive resources can cause decision-makers to look at misleading indicators of military strength, and psychological pressures can lead them to run particularly high risks. The book also looks at how deterrent threats and counterpart promises often fail because they are misperceived. How Statesmen Think examines how these processes play out in many situations that arise in foreign and security policy, including the threat of inadvertent war, the development of domino beliefs, the formation and role of national identities, and conflicts between intelligence organizations and policymakers.

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Princeton University Press

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1400885337

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9781400885336

Wealth of an Empire

The Treasure Shipments that Saved Britain and the World

By: Robert Switky,OverDrive, Inc

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Wealth of an Empire

The Treasure Shipments that Saved Britain and the World

By: Robert Switky,OverDrive, Inc

Wealth of an Empire tells the dramatic true story of a top-secret mission that changed the course of World War II: Great BritainÆs shipment of virtually its entire treasury across the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic to safety in the United States and Canada. Had the Germans captured or sunk the treasure-laden ships, the war could have been lost more than eighteen months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The British government authorized this immensely risky and long-running operation not only because of the obvious danger that GermanyÆs rising militancy posed but also becaus.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612344976

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The Integrative Family Therapy Supervisor: A Primer

By: Robert E. Lee,Craig A. Everett

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The Integrative Family Therapy Supervisor: A Primer

By: Robert E. Lee,Craig A. Everett

Encouraging the development of a personal model of supervision built upon the integration of theory, research, and regard for the uniqueness of clinical settings, this new text will prepare readers for approved supervisor credential while advancing their ability to blend systemic theory with clinical practice in the context of personal and professional development.

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Routledge

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1135942420

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Open Studio

The Work of Robert A.M. Stern Architects

By: Robert A.M. Stern

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Open Studio

The Work of Robert A.M. Stern Architects

By: Robert A.M. Stern

Open Studio offers a window into the methods and unique culture of an architecture firm that has achieved international success. Curated illustrations of hand sketches, study models, design sessions, and site visits pull back the curtain on the creative collaboration behind the scenes at Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Nearly 100 pages of photographs of finished work, including academic buildings, museums, houses, apartment houses, and office towers, demonstrate the firm's ability to realize modern buildings in a wide variety of stylistic vocabularies through a commitment to fundamental principles of architecture and a respect for context and history. Founded in 1969, the 250-person New York-based Robert A.M. Stern Architects has received numerous awards for design excellence from the American Institute of Architects, the Congress for the New Urbanism, the Urban Land Institute, the Society for College and University Planning, and the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art.

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The Monacelli Press, LLC

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1580935184

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Enough Is Enough

Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

By: Robert Dietz,Daniel W. O'Neill

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Enough Is Enough

Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

By: Robert Dietz,Daniel W. O'Neill

Strategies for transitioning to a steady-state economy that maximizes long-term well-being for all people. We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where the goal is not more but enough. They explore specific strategies to conserve natural resources, stabilize population, reduce inequality, fix the financial system, create jobs, and more—all with the aim of maximizing long-term well-being instead of short-term profits. Filled with fresh ideas and surprising optimism, Enough Is Enough is the primer for achieving genuine prosperity and a hopeful future for all. “Humans seem to be intent on confirming the argument of biologist Ernst Mayr that higher intelligence may be a lethal mutation. But the grim prognosis is not inevitable. This lucid, informed, and highly constructive book shows that with the will to act, solutions can be found to build a steady-state economy geared to meeting human needs.”—Noam Chomsky “Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill bring clarity and style to their impassioned and meticulous analysis, offering the way to a better quality of life and a sustainable future for all.”—Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York; cofounder, The Equality Trust; and coauthor of The Spirit Level “Dietz and O’Neill create a remarkable vision—a world with enough prosperity and happiness for everyone, not just for a few. This book will restore your hope in the future and give you specific things you can do to help!”—Thom Hartmann, internationally syndicated talk show host and author of twenty-four books

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1609948076

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The Chair: Volume I

Lightning, Thunder, & Glory

By: Robert McKenzie

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The Chair: Volume I

Lightning, Thunder, & Glory

By: Robert McKenzie

A grand epic saga by Robert McKenzie, The Chairspans centuries, touching the lives of 22 related mothers and daughters, their stories witnessed by a simple pine chair. Resolute, strong, loving, and fiercely protective, these women must strive to pass their values to new generations in a world of racism and sexism, politics, scandal, fashion—even the rise and dominance of baseball. They live in privilege and poverty, with faith and despair, relishing every moment of love even as they suffer abiding grief. Volume I: Lightning, Thunder, & Glory spans the 1600s through WWI, while Volume II: Faith, Hope, & Lovefollows these women’s descendants into modern times and beyond. An authentic and uniquely American novel, The Chairconjures the very hallmarks of history, yet navigates the simple intimacy of everyday lives to reveal who and why we are. Everybody sits, so find your own seat and discover The Chair.

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Fresh Ink Group

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1947867962

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The Origins of World War Two

The Debate Continues

By: Robert Boyce,Joseph A. Maiolo

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The Origins of World War Two

The Debate Continues

By: Robert Boyce,Joseph A. Maiolo

No issue in modern history has been more intensively studied, or subject to wider interpretation, than the origins of the Second World War. A conflict involving three - arguably four - major aggressor Powers, operating simultaneously but largely separately on two continents, inevitably raises complex theories and debates. Each participating power has its own history, and each one must take account of various influences upon the behaviour of its soldiers and statesmen. His wide-ranging collection of original essays, each by an international expert in their field, covers all aspects of the subject and highlights the controversy that continues to characterise current thinking on the origins of the war. Going beyond the usual Eurocentric approach, Part I examines the roles of all seven of the Great Powers (including Japan and the USA), as well as the parts played by several of the lesser Powers, such as Czechoslovakia, Poland and China. Part II contains chapters which explore key themes that cannot be fully understood within the context of any single country. These themes include the role of ideology, propaganda, intelligence, armaments, economics, diplomacy, the neutral states, peace movements, and the social science approach to war. Written in clear, jargon-free prose, together these essays provide a comprehensive single-volume text for students and teachers, and are essential reading for all with an interest in the debates surrounding the causes of World War Two.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1403937389

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Indispensable Nation

American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World

By: Robert J. Lieber

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Indispensable Nation

American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World

By: Robert J. Lieber

A clear-eyed analysis of the role the United States should play in the world as it exists today The United States remains "the indispensable nation." In this book, the distinguished international relations theorist and foreign policy specialist Robert Lieber argues that in a world full of revisionist powers, America's role is more important than ever. No other country is capable of playing that role. America remains the essential pillar of the postwar liberal order. It is a center of both political and financial stability, and it promotes important values that the revisionist powers do not. Not beholden to any particular theory, this is a clear-eyed analysis of the role the United States should play in the world as it exists today.

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Yale University Press

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0300256957

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The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars

By: Robert Gilpin

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The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars

By: Robert Gilpin

This analysis of the origins of major wars, since the development of the modern state system in Europe centuries ago, also considers the problems involved in preventing a contemporary nuclear war.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521379555

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Specialty Competencies in Couple and Family Psychology

By: Mark Stanton,Robert Welsh

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Specialty Competencies in Couple and Family Psychology

By: Mark Stanton,Robert Welsh

Couples and family psychology is a broad and general specialty in professional psychology that is founded on an understanding of the human experience in a systems context. For the public, the terms "couples" and "family" provide a user friendly translation but underestimate the multifaceted perspectives required of the specialty. Specialists in couples and family psychology have developed unique assessment and treatment methods that impact behavioral and dynamic factors across individuals, couples, families, and larger social systems. In Specialty Competencies in Couple and Family Psychology, Mark Stanton and Robert Welsh provide a comprehensive explanation of the competencies involved in the specialty and illustrates how complexity, reciprocity, interdependence, adaptation, and self-organization are important aspects of the epistemology of a couples and family approach. As the authors underscore for the reader, the specialty of couple and family psychology is not confined to marital or family therapy, but encompasses a broad orientation to human behavior that occurs in the context of relationships as well as larger macrosystemic dynamics. The conceptualization and the application of systemic concepts to human behavior includes a body of knowledge and evidence-based interventions that require specialty training and competence. This is a must-read for all those interested in pursuing couples and family psychology specialty practice. Series in Specialty Competencies in Professional Psychology Series Editors Arthur M. Nezu and Christine Maguth Nezu As the field of psychology continues to grow and new specialty areas emerge and achieve recognition, it has become increasingly important to define the standards of professional specialty practice. Developed and conceived in response to this need for practical guidelines, this series presents methods, strategies, and techniques for conducting day-to-day practice in any given psychology specialty. The topical volumes address best practices across the functional and foundational competencies that characterize the various psychology specialties, including clinical psychology, cognitive and behavioral psychology, school psychology, geropsychology, forensic psychology, clinical neuropsychology, couples and family psychology, and more. Functional competencies include common practice activities like assessment and intervention, while foundational competencies represent core knowledge areas such as ethical and legal issues, cultural diversity, and professional identification. In addition to describing these competencies, each volume provides a definition, description, and development timeline of a particular specialty, including its essential and characteristic pattern of activities, as well as its distinctive and unique features. Written by recognized experts in their respective fields, volumes are comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible. These volumes offer invaluable guidance to not only practicing mental health professionals, but those training for specialty practice as well.

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Oxford University Press

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0199874786

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9780199874781

Winter Passages

Reflections on Theatre and Society

By: Robert Brustein

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Winter Passages

Reflections on Theatre and Society

By: Robert Brustein

Winter Passages is Robert Brustein’s nineteenth book of criticism. It includes his considerations of culture and politics over the past four years of American life, demonstrating how the imperfections of the government and economy have plunged the country into an artistic winter in which there is a troubling lack of support for, and understanding of, America’s arts and artists. In a section on “Cultural Passages,” Brustein includes chapters on compromised theatre institutions, auteur productions, the American musical, generational idiosyncrasies, and China’s growing theatre culture, which contrasts with American culture. The second section, “Dramatic Passages,” addresses twenty-seven great playwrights from Aeschylus to August Wilson and demonstrates how they have influenced our sense of history and human character. In “Laudatory Passages,” Brustein discusses great American artists, living and dead, who continue to influence our sense of self as a nation and as individuals. Brustein concludes that we will be judged, like all cultures, by the quality of our arts and artists, and by our willingness to allow their insights to influence our behavior.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412855225

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The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution

Statecraft and the Prospect of Armageddon

By: Robert Jervis

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The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution

Statecraft and the Prospect of Armageddon

By: Robert Jervis

Robert Jervis argues here that the possibility of nuclear war has created a revolution in military strategy and international relations. He examines how the potential for nuclear Armageddon has changed the meaning of war, the psychology of statesmanship, and the formulation of military policy by the superpowers.

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Cornell University Press

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0801495652

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The Arms Control, Disarmament, and Military Security Dictionary

By: Jeffrey M. Elliot,Robert Reginald

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The Arms Control, Disarmament, and Military Security Dictionary

By: Jeffrey M. Elliot,Robert Reginald

This facsimile reprint of the 1989 edition is, according to Library Journal, ..".a wonderfully concise and comprehensive resource on a very important topic. In 268 detailed entries, the authors provide a wealth of information on such topics as the arms race, conventional and nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy, and disarmament. The entries are cross-referenced, and there is an index. Of great value to general readers as well as specialists.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434490513

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The Alzheimer's Family

Helping Caregivers Cope

By: Robert B. Santulli

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The Alzheimer's Family

Helping Caregivers Cope

By: Robert B. Santulli

Responding to families' questions and fears with compassion.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393705773

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Henry M. Jackson

A Life in Politics

By: Robert G. Kaufman

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Henry M. Jackson

A Life in Politics

By: Robert G. Kaufman

Henry M. Jackson ranks as one of the great legislators in American history. With a Congressional career spanning the tenure of nine Presidents, Jackson had an enormous impact on the most crucial foreign policy and defense issues of the Cold War era, as well as a marked impact on energy policy, civil rights, and other watershed issues in domestic politics. Jackson first arrived in Washington, D.C., in January 1941 as the Democratic representative of the Second District of Washington State, at the age of 28 the youngest member of Congress. “Scoop” Jackson won reelection time and again by wide margins, moving to the Senate in 1953 and serving there until his death in 1983. He became a powerful voice in U.S. foreign policy and a leading influence in major domestic legislation, especially concerning natural resources, energy, and the environment, working effectively with Senator Warren Magnuson to bring considerable federal investment to Washington State. A standard bearer for the New Deal-Fair Deal tradition of Roosevelt and Truman, Jackson advocated a strong role for the federal government in the economy, health care, and civil rights. He was a firm believer in public control of electric and nuclear power, and leveled stern criticism at the oil industry’s “obscene profits” during the energy crisis of the 1970s. He ran for the presidency twice, in 1972 and 1976, but was defeated for the nomination first by George McGovern and then by Jimmy Carter, marking the beginning of a split between dovish and hawkish liberal Democrats that would not be mended until the ascendance of Bill Clinton. Jackson’s vision concerning America’s Cold War objectives owed much to Harry Truman’s approach to world affairs but, ironically, found its best manifestation in the actions taken by the Republican administration of Ronald Reagan. An early and strong supporter of Israel and of Soviet dissidents, he strongly opposed the Nixon/Kissinger policy of detente as well as many of Carter’s methods of dealing with the Soviet Union. Robert Kaufman has immersed himself in the life and times of Jackson, poring over the more than 1,500 boxes of written materials and tapes that make up the Jackson Papers housed at the University of Washington, as well as the collections of every presidential library from Kennedy through Reagan. He interviewed many people who knew Jackson, both friends and rivals, and consulted other archival materials and published sources dealing with Jackson, relevant U.S. political history and commentary, arms negotiation documents, and congressional reports. He uses this wealth of material to present a thoughtful and encompassing picture of the ideas and policies that shaped America’s Cold War philosophy and actions.

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University of Washington Press

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0295802227

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9780295802220

Contemporary Israel

Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Security Challenges

By: Robert O Freedman

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Contemporary Israel

Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Security Challenges

By: Robert O Freedman

This book provides the reader with a balanced understanding of both the dynamism and the complexity of Israeli politics. It is devoted to Israel's domestic politics which includes right-wing and left-wing parties, Israel's main interest-group parties, Israeli security and foreign policy issues.

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Routledge

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0429981007

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9780429981005

Environmental Forensics

Contaminant Specific Guide

By: Robert D. Morrison,Brian L. Murphy

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Environmental Forensics

Contaminant Specific Guide

By: Robert D. Morrison,Brian L. Murphy

Environmental forensics is the application of scientific techniques for the purpose of identifying the source and age of a contaminant. Over the past several years, this study has been expanding as a course of study in academia, government and commercial markets. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are among the governmental agencies that utilize the study of environmental forensics to ensure national security and to ensure that companies are complying with standards. Even the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), a group supported by the European Commission and the World Bank, utilizes the study of environmental forensics as it applies to terror threats.This title is a hands-on guide for environmental scientists, engineers, consultants and industrial scientists to identify the origin and age of a contaminant in the environment and the issues involved in the process. An expansion of the authors' first title with Academic Press, Introduction to Environmental Forensics, this is a state-of-the-art reference for those exploring the scientific techniques available. - Up-to-date compendium for referencing forensic techniques unique to particular contaminants. - International scientific unit system - Contributors from around the world providing international examples and case studies.

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Elsevier

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0080494781

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Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre

By: Robert J. Andreach

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Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre

By: Robert J. Andreach

This book refutes the claim that tragedy is no longer a vital and relevant part of contemporary American theatre. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre examines plays by multiple contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of America’s major twentieth-century tragedians: Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. The book argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre concludes that tragedy is vital and relevant, though not always in the Aristotelian model, the standard for traditional evaluation.

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University Press of America

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0761864016

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Fierce Patriot

The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman

By: Robert L. O'Connell

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Fierce Patriot

The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman

By: Robert L. O'Connell

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • William Tecumseh Sherman was more than just one of our greatest generals. Fierce Patriot is a bold, revisionist portrait of how this iconic and enigmatic figure exerted an outsize impact on the American landscape—and the American character. America’s first “celebrity” general, William Tecumseh Sherman was a man of many faces. Some were exalted in the public eye, others known only to his intimates. In this bold, revisionist portrait, Robert L. O’Connell captures the man in full for the first time. From his early exploits in Florida, through his brilliant but tempestuous generalship during the Civil War, to his postwar career as a key player in the building of the transcontinental railroad, Sherman was, as O’Connell puts it, the “human embodiment of Manifest Destiny.” Here is Sherman the military strategist, a master of logistics with an uncanny grasp of terrain and brilliant sense of timing. Then there is “Uncle Billy,” Sherman’s public persona, a charismatic hero to his troops and quotable catnip to the newspaper writers of his day. Here, too, is the private Sherman, whose appetite for women, parties, and the high life of the New York theater complicated his already turbulent marriage. Warrior, family man, American icon, William Tecumseh Sherman has finally found a biographer worthy of his protean gifts. A masterful character study whose myriad insights are leavened with its author’s trademark wit, Fierce Patriot will stand as the essential book on Sherman for decades to come. Praise for Fierce Patriot “A superb examination of the many facets of the iconic Union general.”—General David Petraeus “Sherman’s standing in American history is formidable. . . . It is hard to imagine any other biography capturing it all in such a concise and enlightening fashion.”—National Review “A sharply drawn and propulsive march through the tortured psyche of the man.”—The Wall Street Journal “[O’Connell’s] narrative of the March to the Sea is perhaps the best I have ever read.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post “A surprising, clever, wise, and powerful book.”—Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff

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Random House

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0679604693

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Thomas Schelling and the Nuclear Age

Strategy as Social Science

By: Robert Ayson

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Thomas Schelling and the Nuclear Age

Strategy as Social Science

By: Robert Ayson

An illuminating insight into the work of Thomas Schelling, one of the most influential strategic thinkers of the nuclear age. By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the United States' early forays into Vietnam, he had become one of the most distinctive voices in Western strategy. This book shows how Schelling's thinking is much more than a reaction to the tensions of the Cold War. In a demonstration that ideas can be just as significant as superpower politics, Robert Ayson traces the way this Harvard University professor built a unique intellectual framework using a mix of social-scientific reasoning, from economics to social theory and psychology. As such, this volume offers a rare glimpse into the intellectual history which underpins classical thinking on nuclear strategy and arms control - thinking which still has an enormous influence in the early twenty-first century.

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Routledge

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1000159124

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A House of David In the Land of Jesus

By: Robert Lewis Berman

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A House of David In the Land of Jesus

By: Robert Lewis Berman

University of Mississippi and Harvard educated author, Robert Lewis Berman, has researched and written a compelling history of what was once a relatively large Jewish community, located in one of the least expected placesÂ–Lexington, Mississippi, a small rural town in the heart of the Bible belt. Unlike some other places in the South and nation, it has been a comparatively peaceful area, with little, if any racial violence and no demonstrations of anti-Semitism since Jews came to that little town well over a century and a half ago. Lexington is one of the most ecumenical communities in America. A House of David in the Land of Jesus consists of true heart-warming stories about the lives of the entire Jewish community in this Mississippi town, their outreach, their accomplishments, their failures, their triumphs and their tragediesÂ–including their close and lasting relationships with the Christian community, both black and white. ItÂ's a history worth reading and emulating.

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Pelican Publishing

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1419673947

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Prophetically Incorrect

A Christian Introduction to Media Criticism

By: Robert H. Jr. Woods,Paul D. Patton

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Prophetically Incorrect

A Christian Introduction to Media Criticism

By: Robert H. Jr. Woods,Paul D. Patton

The Bible includes prophetic speech and at times the church and its representatives are called to speak prophetically. But in our media-saturated age when many claim to speak for God, how can we evaluate the avalanche of supposedly prophetic speech? What does it mean to truly be prophetic? And when Christians should speak prophetically, how can they do so in a biblical and effective way? Using vivid examples, this book offers clear guidelines for creating, critiquing, and consuming popular media, as well as practical suggestions for faithful communication. It also helps readers think critically about communication technology. The book includes a foreword by Quentin Schultze and a preface by Clifford Christians.

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Baker Books

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1441212396

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9781441212399

It Shouldn't be this Way

The Failure of Long-term Care

By: Robert L. Kane,Joan C. West

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It Shouldn't be this Way

The Failure of Long-term Care

By: Robert L. Kane,Joan C. West

A wrenching, firsthand account of how the longterm care system can defeat even the best prepared of us - with the lessons they learned to help others dealing with it, too.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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082651488X

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9780826514882

The Contemporary Relational Supervisor

By: Robert E. Lee,Thorana S. Nelson

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The Contemporary Relational Supervisor

By: Robert E. Lee,Thorana S. Nelson

The Contemporary Relational Supervisor is an empirically based, academically sophisticated, and learner-friendly book on the cutting edge of couple and family therapy supervision. Appropriate for master’s and doctoral level students, as well as experienced clinicians who wish to learn about supervision, it emphasizes system and relational thinking and intervention, while privileging the diversity of training system members, their realities, experiences, and interpretations of life. The authors are attuned throughout the text to how and where clinical training and services are provided, and to whom, and provide detailed literature reviews for readers. These factors assist their discussion of the socio-historic development of the AAMFT supervision designation, and the fundamentals, contexts, philosophy, relationships, and pragmatics of CFT supervision. They also discuss major models and approaches, evaluation, ethical and legal issues, and therapist development. Perhaps most important is their presentation of methods that help tailor and extend supervision practices to meet the clinical, institutional, and economic realities that CF therapists navigate. Readers are engaged by the discussions and exercises at the end of each chapter, which help them to feel more grounded in a topic, to have their own voices heard, and to be granted insight through experiencing multiple realities. This valuable reference prepares the next wave of cutting-edge CFT supervisors–those who are knowledgeable, skilled, and realistically confident.

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Red Mafiya

How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America

By: Robert I. Friedman

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Red Mafiya

How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America

By: Robert I. Friedman

In the past decade, from Brighton Beach to Moscow, Toronto to Hong Kong, the Russian mob has become the world's fastest-growing criminal superpower. Trafficking in prostitutes, heroin, and missiles, the mafiya poses an enormous threat to global stability and safety. Today, the mafiya controls over 80 percent of Russia's banks and has siphoned off billions of dollars in Western loans and aid, almost certainly derailing the chance for a stable democracy there. But that is just the beginning, for the mafiya is now in every corner of the United States and has infiltrated some of the banks and brokerage firms that handle your money. And American law enforcement is just waking up to this staggering problem. No journalist in the world knows more about the mafiya than Friedman, who has covered the Russian mob for Details, Vanity Fair, and New York. At great peril to himself, Friedman interviewed many of the top mobsters, who were stunningly candid about their activities. In their depravity, ruthlessness, and brutality, Russian gangsters make the traditional Mafia look like choirboys. Red Mafiya will appeal to anyone interested in the Mob.

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Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

An Introduction for Students and Practitioners

By: Chris Barker,Nancy Pistrang,Robert Elliott

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Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

An Introduction for Students and Practitioners

By: Chris Barker,Nancy Pistrang,Robert Elliott

Fully updated to reflect the latest developments, the third editionof Research Methods In Clinical Psychology offers acomprehensive introduction to the various methods, approaches, andstrategies for conducting research in the clinical psychologyfield. Represents the most accessible, user-friendly introduction toconducting and evaluating research for clinical psychologists andrelated professionals Ideal for students and practitioners who wish to conduct theirown research or gain a better understanding of publishedresearch Addresses important issues such as philosophical underpinningsof various methodologies, along with socio-political issues thatarise in clinical and community settings Step-by-step guidance through all phases of a clinicalpsychology research project—from initial concept andgroundwork, through to measurement, design, analysis, andinterpretation Updates to this edition include new or expanded coverage ofsuch topics as systematic review and literature searchingmethods, modern psychometric methods, guidance on choosing betweendifferent qualitative approaches, and conducting psychologicalresearch via the Internet

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In Defense of the Bush Doctrine

By: Robert G. Kaufman

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In Defense of the Bush Doctrine

By: Robert G. Kaufman

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shattered the prevalent optimism in the United States that had blossomed during the tranquil and prosperous 1990s, when democracy seemed triumphant and catastrophic wars were a relic of the past. President George W. Bush responded with a bold and controversial grand strategy for waging a preemptive Global War on Terror, which has ignited passionate debate about the purposes of American power and the nation's proper role in the world. In Defense of the Bush Doctrine offers a vigorous argument for the principles of moral democratic realism that inspired the Bush administration's policy of regime change in Iraq. The Bush Doctrine rests on two main pillars—the inadequacy of deterrence and containment strategies when dealing with terrorists and rogue regimes, and the culture of tyranny in the Middle East, which spawns aggressive secular and religious despotisms. Two key premises shape Kaufman's case for the Bush Doctrine's conformity with moral democratic realism. The first is the fundamental purpose of American foreign policy since its inception: to ensure the integrity and vitality of a free society "founded upon the dignity and worth of the individual." The second premise is that the cardinal virtue of prudence (the right reason about things to be done) must be the standard for determining the best practicable American grand strategy. In Defense of the Bush Doctrine provides a broader historical context for the post–September 11 American foreign policy that will transform world politics well into the future. Kaufman connects the Bush Doctrine and current issues in American foreign policy, such as how the U.S. should deal with China, to the deeper tradition of American diplomacy. Drawing from positive lessons as well as cautionary tales from the past, Kaufman concludes that moral democratic realism offers the most compelling framework for American grand strategy, as it expands the democratic zone of peace and minimizes the number and gravity of threats the United States faces in the modern world.

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The Contemporary Relational Supervisor 2nd edition

By: Robert E. Lee,Thorana S. Nelson

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The Contemporary Relational Supervisor 2nd edition

By: Robert E. Lee,Thorana S. Nelson

The Contemporary Relational Supervisor, 2nd edition, is an empirically based, academically sophisticated, and learner-friendly text on the cutting edge of couple and family therapy supervision. This extensively revised second edition provides emerging supervisors with the conceptual and pragmatic tools to engage a new wave of therapists, helping them move forward together into a world of highly systemic, empirically derived, relational, developmental, and integrative supervision and clinical practice. The authors discuss major supervision models and approaches, evaluation, ethical and legal issues, and therapist development. They present methods that help tailor and extend supervision practices to meet the clinical, institutional, economic, and cultural realities that CFT therapists navigate. Filled with discussions and exercises to engage readers throughout, as well as updates surrounding telehealth and social justice, this practical text helps emerging therapists feel more grounded in their knowledge and develop their own personal voice. The book is intended for developing and experienced clinicians and supervisors intent on acquiring up-to-date and forward-looking, systemic, CFT supervisory mastery.

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1000414787

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International Politics

Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues

By: Robert J. Art,Robert Jervis

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International Politics

Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues

By: Robert J. Art,Robert Jervis

Fifty papers by scholars of economics, international relations, and related fields discuss the anarchic structure of international relations, the use of force, the international political economy, and contemporary world politics. Current issues like international cooperation, nuclear proliferation, globalization, terrorism, failed states, and climate change receive special attention. There is no index. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321005252

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Securities Regulation

Cases and Materials

By: James D. Cox,Robert William Hillman,Donald C. Langevoort

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Securities Regulation

Cases and Materials

By: James D. Cox,Robert William Hillman,Donald C. Langevoort

With its modular organization, Cox, Hillman, and Langevoort's second edition is notable for its currency and class-proven pedagogy. This popular casebook builds on the problem approach to provide an intellectually stimulating yet eminently teachable introduction To The field. SECURITIES REGULATION, Second Edition, opens with an engaging chapter that presents the issues in terms of their effect on investors. From this unique starting point, students progress to well-conceived problems that require them to fill the role of judge or lawyer. Timely coverage brings students in direct contact with: mutual funds; a new chapter on Investment Advisers and Investment Companies explores the growth of the industry And The resulting regulatory problems the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 today's high tech environment and its implications for regulation contemporary theories and academic literature The problems in SECURITIES REGULATION, Second Edition, are carefully structured to be multi-level, So professors have a point of departure into as much theory as they wish. With this modular casebook, you can select the subjects and topics you wish to cover and sequence them to match your syllabus. Whatever level of depth and detail your course brings To The Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act, this fully revised casebook will fit your needs.

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1567065139

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The Illuminated Leader

How Leaders Transform People, Cultures and Organizations

By: Ph. D. Robert Boggs

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The Illuminated Leader

How Leaders Transform People, Cultures and Organizations

By: Ph. D. Robert Boggs

The Illuminated Leader transforms people, cultures, organizations, and even nations. The illuminated leader models leadership behaviors and traits designed to enlighten others. The behaviors and traits of the illuminated leader include: Courage - they make the right decision even when the decision is unpopular with others. Transformation - they are visionary and fully understand the need for change and innovation. Communication - they effectively practice the art of dialogue and deep listening. Character - they exhibit traits such as passion, exuberance, creativity and harmony. Inspiration - they bring out the very best in others because they see their value and potential. Service - they actively and unselfishly serve the needs of others. Relationships - they network continuously understanding the importance of forming friendships with others.

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0595532691

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