North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century:: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World (Leuprecht Christian)(Pevná vazba)

North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century:: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World (Leuprecht Christian)(Pevná vazba)

The protection of the homeland is the top priority for U.S. national security strategy. Strategic defense, however, has been an overlooked dimension in the vast literature on the U.S. strategic posture, with even less attention given to the necessity and dynamics of security collaboration within

The Quest for Security: Sovereignty, Race, and the Defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931 (Tumblin Jesse)(Pevná vazba)

The British Empire entered the twentieth century in a state of crisis, with many in the legal establishment fearing that the British constitution could no longer cope with the complexity of imperial institutions. At the same time, the military establishment feared the empire was becoming impossible

Security of India's Ports, Coast and Maritime Trade: Challenges in the 21st Century (Nayal Mohit)(Pevná vazba)

India's rise as a global power in the 21st century will be backed with a strong blue economy. The high volumetric trade activities through its coastal region, mainly due to its geostrategic location and efficient links with the vast potential market in the hinterland and other landlocked states,

Security in an Interconnected World: A Strategic Vision for Defence Policy (Hirsch Ballin Ernst)(Pevná vazba)

This open access book follows the idea that security policy must be based on strategic analysis. Defence policy and the role of the armed forces can subsequently be determined on the grounds of said analysis. More than ever, internal and external security, and developments both in the Netherlands

Reckoning with Rebellion: War and Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century (Sheehan-Dean Aaron)(Pevná vazba)

Virgin Monologues - Confessions of a Christian Girl in a Twenty-First-Century World (Lloyd Carrie)(Pevná vazba)

An insightful, inspirational, amusing and honest guide to relationships for the modern single Christian

Propaganda Art in the 21st Century (Staal Jonas)(Pevná vazba)

Going There: Black Visual Satire (Powell Richard J.)(Pevná vazba)

A kaleidoscopic survey of black satire in 20th- and 21st-century American art In this groundbreaking study, Richard J. Powell investigates the visual forms of satire produced by black artists in 20th- and 21st-century America. Underscoring the historical use of visual satire as antiracist dissent

The Soldier's Two Bodies: Military Sacrifice and Popular Sovereignty in Revolutionary War Veteran Narratives (Greene James)(Pevná vazba)

In The Soldier's Two Bodies, James M. Greene investigates an overlooked genre of early American literature--the Revolutionary War veteran narrative--showing that it by turns both promotes and critiques a notion of military heroism as the source of U.S. sovereignty. Personal narratives by veterans

Photography and Literature in the Twentieth Century (Cunningham David)(Pevná vazba)

Photography and Literature in the Twentieth-Century offers an accessible and fresh approach to an object of interdisciplinary research that is currently receiving increased international attention. Providing a broad historical schema, and examining pivotal moments within it, the collection brings

Rise and Decline of the American Century (Walker William O.)(Pevná vazba)

In 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-II era proponents of the American Century faced a daunting task. Even so, Luce had articulated an animating idea that, as William O. Walker III skillfully shows in

Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves (Vizl Christian)(Pevná vazba)

Silent Kingdom reveals the world beneath the waves in an ethereal collection of black-and-white underwater photography. In Silent Kingdom, award-winning photographer Christian Vizl brings creatures of the deep sea to a fine art medium. Through stark black-and-white images, Vizl uses a masterful

The Florentine Codex: An Encyclopedia of the Nahua World in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Peterson Jeanette Favrot)(Pevná vazba)

In the sixteenth century, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahag n and a team of indigenous grammarians, scribes, and painters completed decades of work on an extraordinary encyclopedic project titled General History of the Things of New Spain, known as the Florentine Codex (1575-1577). Now

The Steam Engines of World War II in Europe: The German 'Kriegsdampflokomotiven' and the British and American War Engines (Horton Phil)(Pevná vazba)

Few events had a greater influence on Europe's railways in the 20th century than the Second World War. As described in this book, thousands of steam engines were produced for the conflict by all sides. Although many were damaged during the war, most survived. Indeed, many of the British and

Poetry and Sovereignty in the English Revolution (Allsopp Niall)(Pevná vazba)

Poetry and Sovereignty in the English Revolution presents a new interpretation of the poetry of the English revolution. It focuses on royalist poets who left their cause behind following the abolition of the monarchy, exploring how they re-imagined the traditional language of allegiance in newly

Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World: Complete 21st Century Edition (Loomes Brian)(Pevná vazba)

First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G.H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clock makers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians, and libraries

(Il)Logical Knowledge Management: A Guide to Knowledge Management in the 21st Century (Weed-Schertzer Beverly)(Paperback)

In today's world, strategic knowledge management is a critical practice for all businesses seeking to protect its assets and produce intelligible and useable information. However, formally implementing a comprehensive knowledge management infrastructure to support an organization--enabling

By Design or Accident: Reflections on Asian Security (Singh Daljit)(Pevná vazba)

Asia is rising and will wield greater economic and strategic weight in world affairs. However Asia also faces numerous challenges like poverty, domestic instability, deficiencies in governance and the rule of law, inter-state disputes and rivalries, and military build-ups, to name just a few. The

Pride: The Inside Story of Derby County in the 21st Century (Hills Ryan)(Pevná vazba)

Pride: The Inside Story of Derby County in the 21st Century is the fascinating story of one of Britain's most tumultuous football teams, as told by the people at the heart of the club. Ryan Hills gained exclusive access to almost 50 former players, managers and board members to bring you the Rams'

The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America (Dorgan Byron L.)(Pevná vazba)

Through the story of Tamara, an abused Native American child, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan describes the plight of many children living on reservations--and offers hope for the future. On a winter morning in 1990, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the

Origins of Order: Project and System in the American Legal Imagination (Kahn Paul W.)(Pevná vazba)

An examination of how two fundamental concepts of order influence our ideas about sovereignty, citizenship, law, and history Western accounts of natural and political order have deployed two basic ideas: project and system. In a project, order is produced by the intentional act of a subject; in a

An Open World: How America Can Win the Contest for Twenty-First-Century Order (Lissner Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

In this ambitious and incisive book, Lissner and Rapp-Hooper outline a new vision for American grand strategy and international order that will advance American interests in the face of political polarization, technological innovation and diffusion, and major global power shifts that empower rivals

Holy Envy - Finding God in the faith of others (Taylor Barbara Brown)(Pevná vazba)

The renowned Christian preacher and New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching world religions to undergraduates in Baptist-saturated rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding

The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World (Liautaud Susan)(Pevná vazba)

The essential guide for ethical decision-making in the 21st century, The Power of Ethics depicts 'ethical decision-making not in a nebulous philosophical space, but at the point where the rubber meets the road' (Michael Schur, producer and creator of The Good Place). It's not your imagination: